SOCIAL WORKER

NOVA SCOTIA LEGAL AID COMMISSION

 

Position:  Social Worker to assist in Indigenous Communities throughout Nova Scotia, Job Description is attached hereto.

Start Date:  Immediately

Location:   Executive Office, 920-1701 Hollis Street

Nova Scotia Legal Aid is a firm of close to 100 lawyers located in 19 Regional Offices throughout Nova Scotia.  We are the largest Criminal Defence, Family Law and Social Justice Law firm in the Province.  We have been serving Nova Scotians since the 1970’s.  In addition to having community based offices, we also provide outreach services within the Communities themselves.

Connecting with Communities is a key strategic direction for Nova Scotia Legal Aid.  To help provide this service, we employ fully practicing Lawyers, Support Staff, Court Support Workers, Family Support Assistants and a Researcher.

As part of our outreach with Nova Scotia’s diverse population, we currently go into ten (10) Indigenous Communities and have plans for further expansion into more communities.  To assist our Lawyers and Court Support Workers and more importantly to help Indigenous clients and their families we have an opening for  a full time Social Worker, particularly to deal with clients involved with Child Protection and other family matters.

Qualifications:

• Have a degree in Social Work;
• Be a member in good standing with the NSASW;
• Have excellent communication skills;
• Have the ability to work with other professionals and at times, work on your own;
• Strong file/case management skills
• Hold a valid driver’s license;
• Be familiar with the Family Court system and legal procedures in Nova Scotia;
• Have worked with Indigenous Communities recently;
• Fluency in Mi’kmaq would be an asset

Closing Date:  Friday, November 3, 2017 at 12:00 Noon

Reply To:

Amy Dickson
Nova Scotia Legal Aid Commission
920-1701 Hollis Street
Halifax, NS    B3J 3M8
902-420-3471 Fax
Email:  Amy.Dickson@nslegalaid.ca

Our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the citizens we serve.  We have an Employment Equity Policy and welcome applications from historically disadvantaged groups, including: Indigenous People, African Nova Scotians and Other Racially Visible Persons, Persons with Disabilities, and Women in occupations or positions where they are under-represented.  If you are a member of one of the equity groups, you are encouraged to self-identify, on your application form, cover letter, or resume.

While we appreciate receiving all applications, only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.  All applications will be held in strict confidence.

Please see information below shared by Family SOS regarding their BEEA Honey with Heart youth program.

CAST YOUR 18 VOTES AND HELP US #CREATEABUZZ

Good Morning Everyone!  My name is Simone and I am the Community Engagement Officer for Family SOS and the BEEA Honey with Heart project based in Halifax, Nova Scotia! BEEA Honey with Heart is a youth led urban beekeeping social enterprise project that currently operates in Dartmouth North, Spryfield (Greystone) & the North End of Halifax! Our goal is to bring urban beekeeping to youth in marginalized communities! With three successful sites, the current youth involved in the project are setting their sites on expansion. Last month the youth applied to the Aviva Community Fund and were accepted! Now we need the public’s help so they can expand their project.

How can you help? By simply voting for them.

Each person who registers gets to submit 18 votes (these can be submitted all at once – you do not have to vote daily and the entire process takes about one minute).  If even half of the people included on this email voted – our youth would have a real chance at winning and expanding their project into five more communities, and positively impacting the lives of youth and our environment!

To vote visit https://www.avivacommunityfund.org/voting/project/view/17-418 and click register! It takes less than a minute to vote and your 18 votes would mean the world to us!

Statistics Canada is conducting a public consultation on the 2021 Census of Population from September to December 2017. We encourage you to participate in this online consultation and to forward information about the consultation to other census data users.

The online consultation questionnaire is designed to gather information about how and why Canadians use census data, the type of information they believe should be available from the census, and details of other data sources that could be used to supplement or replace current census content. The information gathered during consultation will help Statistics Canada assess the data needs of Canadians and evaluate whether emerging social and economic trends are reflected. Your feedback will help Statistics Canada determine the content of the 2021 Census of Population questionnaire.

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Comments collected during the consultation may be published anonymously in the 2021 Census of Population Content Consultation Report, which will be available on the Statistics Canada website in the fall of 2019.

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Click on the link below to take part in the consultation:

Complete the consultation questionnaire

If the link does not open, copy this link https://www68.statcan.gc.ca/ecp-pce/en/load-init/CPCC and paste it into the address bar of your browser.

For additional information

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Contact us

Telephone
1-877-949-9492 (TTY: 1-855-382-7745)
Monday to Friday (except holidays), from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. (Eastern Time).

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Your feedback is valuable. Please submit your completed questionnaire by December 8, 2017.

Thank you in advance for your participation.
Marc Hamel
Director General | Directeur général
Census Management Office | Bureau de gestion du recensement
Statistics Canada | Statistique Canada

 

We are pleased to Report that NS Legal Aid’s 150 for 150 Food Drive in Support of Feed Nova Scotia was a success.

We had 12 offices actively participate. Activities included food drives to local Feed NS supported food banks and ticket raffles. Almost $1,500 in cash was collected in addition to dozens of boxes of food. Special mention must go out to our Cape Breton Office who raised $615 plus food.

Below are some photos of ticket raffle items and activities. In Bridgewater, the office implemented a « curse jar ». Dartmouth had a “name that lawyer game” where staff paid $5 to see what animal represented them in a picture painted by Colin Coady, Staff Lawyer.

There were definitely some creative ways to raise donations for a very worthy cause!

Thank you Kelly Rowlett for taking the lead on this great initiative and thank you NSLA staff for your support.