Social Worker

Registered Social Worker - Lifemark Health Group 

• Location: Primarily Virtual – linked to FIT for Work - St. John's (114 Empire Avenue, St John's, NL, A1C 3G2)
• Pay: Salary or hourly
• Status: Permanent Full-Time
• Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 16:30pm

Are you a passionate Social Worker looking to belong to a collaborative healthcare community to implement our bold vision to optimize the benefit of integrated health services, including stepped-care mental health, to diverse audiences, including military Veterans in need of psycho-social intervention? If so, join Lifemark Health Group and grow with us, as we build and expand our provincial teams in support of our national mental health strategy. 

Responsibilities: 

• Provide clients, primarily PCVRS military veterans and Workers Compensation Board referrals via the TPI program (Traumatic Psychological Injury), with goal-focused psychotherapy to address mental health and psychosocial problems that are barriers to better health and family/community engagement. 
• Provide veteran clients with social work assessments and social work interventions in the client’s social milieu in order to improve social and community functioning.
• Utilize a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to intervention based on an overall client-centered philosophy.
• Provide individual and group psychoeducational services.
• Participate in interdisciplinary team conferences to discuss clients’ treatment plan and goals, progress, and any barriers to functional goals.
• Deliver quality reporting and effective communication with all stakeholders.

Key Qualifications: 

• Masters Degree in Social Work
• Registration with a provincial College of Social Workers as an autonomous practitioner in good standing
• 1-3 years of experience in Clinical Counselling services for trauma and PTSD is required
• Prior experience in case conceptualization and psychotherapy/social work intervention for a range of mental health symptoms and psycho-social barriers with a variety of adult clients
• Experience providing social work services to military, first responders, and veterans an asset
• Experience working as part of a multi/interdisciplinary team
• Experience writing clear and concise assessments, progress and discharge reports.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, autonomy, and integrity

While our company is focused on helping our clients, as a group we are equally focused on the health and wellness of our staff. We live our values in everything thing we do - striving for simplicity, doing the right thing, being inclusive and welcoming, and having fun!  

Apply today! Please visit our website at www.lifemark.ca 

Inclusion 

We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where people from all backgrounds can thrive. Improving inclusion and equity is a collective responsibility. Lifemark promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including but not limited to those self-identifying as a member of the employment equity groups: Indigenous peoples, Newcomers to Canada, Women, and Visible minorities. 

Accommodation 

Accommodations are available on request for all candidates taking part in any aspect of the recruitment and selection process. Email us at talent at lifemark.ca