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Req ID: 219568
Department/Program: Reproductive Mental Health Social Work, Mental Health And Addictions
Location: Halifax
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100% FTE) for 18 months x 1 position(s)
Start Date: May 2026
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $42.2138 - $60.344 /hour
Closing Date: May 04, 2026 (Applications are accepted until 23:59 Atlantic Time)
IWK Health is a respected academic health sciences centre located in Halifax, Nova Scotia, providing tertiary and primary care for two million children, youth, adults and families each year across the Atlantic region. We have a team of approximately 4000 employees, physicians, volunteers and learners at sites across Nova Scotia. People build careers with IWK Health with our focus on training and mentorship opportunities. We recognize each other’s talent and celebrate our successes. We collaborate in modern facilities or virtually from home, align our work to our values, and enjoy access to enhanced benefits and wellness programs. We are proud to support our patients, families and communities and are grateful for the generous donor support we receive.
Promoting an anti-racist environment, and calling out discrimination as we work and provide care, is important to us. We are located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded and ancestral territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Working in Mi’kma’ki and providing care to those across Atlantic Canada is a shared privilege with the original inhabitants who have lived here for many thousands of years prior to colonization. There are 13 First Nation communities across Nova Scotia, and more than 50 historic African Nova Scotian communities who also have a long, deep, and complex history dating back over 400 years. We have the highest percentage of people with disabilities in the country. Nova Scotia has the highest proportions of transgender and non-binary people than any other province or territory in the country. We are active in our work to eliminate discrimination, but have more work to do to build that trust, acknowledge our biases and reduce the barriers our diverse communities face. We want IWK Health to be a safe and supportive space of equity and belonging in the care we provide and the employment we offer. We welcome all interested persons who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotians, Persons of Colour, Immigrants/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply to support our goal for our workforce to be representative of the patients, families, and communities that we care for at all job levels.
Reporting to the Manager, Reproductive Mental Health Service, Mental Health and Addictions Program. The Reproductive Mental Health Service (RMHS) provides specialty mental health care to adult pregnant and postpartum women. RMHS provides both inpatient and outpatient comprehensive assessment and treatment initiation to women on referral from community and hospital-based health care providers; including obstetricians, gynecologists, family physicians, pediatricians, maternal and newborn nursing, public health nursing and others.
The RMHS works within an interprofessional team that includes psychiatry, nursing, clinical therapists and social work. This clinical position will have responsibility for the assessment and follow-up treatment of adult women with mental health presentations, within an interdisciplinary team. This position will require strong knowledge and skill in adult interdisciplinary mental health practice and communication sophistication to represent the Service within the IWK Health Centre and the broader community of caregivers. The RMH clinical therapist will be responsible for providing assessments and evidenced based treatment through individual and group-based modalities. The therapist will be involved in team educational activities, clinical rounds and community presentations.
Monday and Friday (8:30 am to 4:30pm)
• Master’s Degree in a clinical health-related discipline (Master’s in Social Work, Psychology, Masters in Counseling, Masters in Nursing, or Masters in Occupational Therapy).
• Current professional registration (in good standing) or eligible for registration with the appropriate association or regulatory body required.
• Clinical training and skills in providing evidence based individual and group-based therapies in the treatment of adult with mental health and substance use challenges and or disorders, required.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience in providing clinical assessment, treatment planning, intervention, and discharge planning required.
• Minimum two (2) years' clinical experience providing adult mental health care to pregnant and postpartum women.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of standard criteria used (DSM V) for the classification and diagnosis of mental health disorders.
• Demonstrated competence in application of the Choice and Partnership approach (CAPA), required.
• Knowledge and experience working with Measurement Based Care platforms and engaging clients in data collection within their practice.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in crisis intervention, suicide and violence risk assessment and intervention.
• Demonstrated knowledge and skills in collaborating and engaging with families in relation to sharing information and implementing family-sensitive services that involve families/caregivers in the care.
• Demonstrated excellent interpersonal skills, ability to take initiative, work independently with limited supervision and participate as a member of an interprofessional team.
• Demonstrated cultural competence and a strong understanding of how the social determinants of health impact on mental/physical health, required.
• Excellent problem-solving, organizational and prioritization skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks.
• High level of written/ oral/ interpersonal communication skills; experience with conflict resolution.
• Ability to work effectively in multiple software applications.
• Non-violent crisis intervention preferred.
• Competencies in other languages an asset.
Thank you for your interest in IWK Health.
Please note that we only contact applicants selected for interview/testing. If we invite you to participate in an assessment process (such as an interview or testing) you have the right to request accommodation. Please discuss your needs when invited to the assessment process.
This is a Healthcare bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.
An offer of employment is conditional upon the completion and satisfactory results of all applicable background checks and confirmation of credentials.
If you are an employee of IWK Health, please apply through the internal careers page to ensure you are flagged as an internal applicant.
