Teacher, Intensive Outreach Services

Company : IWK Health

Req ID: 224132 
Department/Program: Children's Intensive Services-Day, Mental Health And Addictions 
Location: Halifax  
Type of Employment: Permanent Hourly FT (100% FTE)  x 1 position(s)
Start Date: August 2026
Union Status: NSGEU Hlthcare, Healthcare Bargaining Unit
Compensation: $40.3717 - $54.6035 /hour
Closing Date: August 10, 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.

The Opportunity

The Outreach stream of Intensive Services provides treatment services within the IWK Mental Health and Addictions Program. The Outreach team services children and adolescents up to 19 years of age. The teacher participates within an interdisciplinary treatment team and focuses on working with clients with disrupted learning and/or who are experiencing school/educational challenges. The teacher supports individualized education goals/needs of clients and families. This includes travel across Nova Scotia to meet with clients and families, as well as to schools to facilitate planning and to support reintegration. The teacher liaises and collaborates with NS public school staff to explore educational options and supports and to develop school plans that best meet the needs of clients. On a case-by-case basis, the teacher may provide one-to-one teaching to reintroduce clients to learning and/or to support academic progress. As necessary, the teacher assesses clients’ academic status to determine previous learning and to identify any learning gaps and/or learning challenges/deficits to inform school planning. The teacher monitors progress towards education goals throughout treatment. The teacher works with members of the interdisciplinary team in helping adolescents and families cope with mental health and addiction issues, in planning for new admissions, and attends case conferences and discharge planning meetings. The teacher collaborates with IWK teachers to share resources, educational strategies/options and engages in professional development opportunities. 

Please note that this position will support Children’s Intensive Services until the Intensive Outreach team becomes operational.

Hours of Work

Monday to Friday; 08:30-16:30

Your Qualifications

• Baccalaureate Degree in Arts or Science and Baccalaureate Degree in Education required.
• Valid Nova Scotia Teacher’s Certificate required, minimum of ITC or equivalent certificaiton.
• Minimum of two (2) years teaching experience required.
  Current successful completion of a CPR Level C Health Care Provider or Basic Life Support (BLS) course required within the last 12 months.
• Special education training and experience preferred.
• Training in working with children and youth with exceptionalities required, or commensurate experience.  
• Experience working with children and adolescents with mental illness required, in particular Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct /Oppositional Defiant Disorders, Anxiety Disorder.
• Demonstrated ability to support the educational needs of children and youth with interrupted learning.
• Capacity to implement proactive and positive behaviour supports.
• Demonstrated understanding of Collaborative Problem Solving approach.
• Familiarity with Department of Education Learning Outcomes for grades P-6.
• Demonstrated ability to work with children with cognitive impairments, speech and language delays.
• Demonstrated ability to work both as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and independently in a family centred atmosphere is required.
• Demonstrated ability to liaise with families, community groups and schools to advance the educational needs of clients.
• Excellent communication, organization, problem solving and administrative skills required.
• 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.