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About the Role

Clinical Therapists (CT) are hired across the Mental Health & Addictions portfolio in different service areas. The role involves assessment and planning, treatment and intervention, and crisis management for clients. Specific duties vary by service area, including community outpatient, child & adolescent services, schoolsPlus, urgent care, and virtual care.

Responsibilities

• Provides assessment and planning, treatment and intervention, and crisis management for clients.
• Participates in quality initiatives in the program of care.
• Engages in collaborative person-centered care.
• Utilizes available information technology to support best practice.
• Responsible for the delivery of time-limited, evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments to children and youth with Tier-3 mental disorders and substance use disorders.
• Provides services directly in the school community environment within designated SchoolsPlus schools.
• Provides advanced assessment, intervention, brief follow up and care planning for crisis/urgent care clients across the lifespan.
• Provides assessment, psychotherapy, group facilitation, and consultation via virtual technologies to youth (12 and above) and adults with mental health and substance use disorders.
• Delivers evidence-based individual and group interventions.
• Works collaboratively with other service providers and community agencies.

Requirements

• Minimum two (2) years' related experience required including assessment and planning, treatment and intervention, and discharge planning.
• Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience required.
• Candidates with less than two (2) years of experience may be considered for the selection process and placed on the Clinical Therapist (Developmental) scale if offered employment.

Skills

• Assessment and planning
• Treatment and intervention
• Crisis management
• Collaborative person-centered care
• Utilizing information technology
• Evidence-based psycho-social assessments and treatments
• Stepped Care framework
• Disorder-based clinical care pathways
• Consultation group participation
• Advanced assessment
• Brief follow up
• Care planning
• Psychotherapy
• Group facilitation
• Virtual technologies
• Individual interventions
• Group interventions

Location

• Various Sites and Community-based Locations Throughout Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia

Work Type

• Permanent
• Assignments (temporary)
• Casual Relief

Experience Level

• Minimum two (2) years' related experience
• Minimum two (2) years of clinical experience

Education Level

• Master’s Degree in a clinical health-related discipline (Masters in Social Work, Psychology, Masters in Counseling, Masters in Nursing, or Masters in Occupational Therapy)
• Current registration with relevant provincial regulatory body or eligible

Salary/Compensations

• $42.21 - $58.30 hourly
• $37.64 - $49.94 hourly

Benefits

• Virtual Health Access
• Three weeks of paid vacation
• Parental Leave Top-Up
• Exclusive Corporate Discounts
• Health & dental coverage
• Travel insurance
• Long-term disability protection
• Life insurance
• A defined benefit pension plan

About the Company

• Nova Scotia Health's Mental Health and Addictions program has a mission, vision and journey focused on providing care.
• Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve.
• Nova Scotia Health’s Employee Career Advice (ECA) Program supports internal employees in their career development and progression with résumé-building, interview skill development, resources and advice for optimizing job searches.

Equal Opportunity

• We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.