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About the role

  • Home Visitor supporting Manitoba families with young children through family-centered public health home visits. Promoting parenting skills, child development, safety, and community connections.

Responsibilities

  • Work with families using a strength-based and solution-focused approach to promote positive parent-child relationships
  • Support healthy childhood growth and development
  • Enhance parenting skills and promote safety and well-being
  • Connect families with their community
  • Initiate and maintain regular family-centered home visits
  • Work as a member of an interdisciplinary team
  • Use evidence-informed curriculum and engage families in activities supporting positive parent-child interactions
  • Support families in exploring goals related to their culture and values, in consultation with Public Health Nurses
  • Implement home visiting practices according to provincial Families First Program guidelines
  • Provide home visiting services across community settings and travel throughout the region/province as required

Requirements

  • Minimum 1 year of experience working with families with young children ages 0–5 or prenatal families in parenting-related areas within the last five years
  • High School Diploma or equivalent, or GED Manitoba Standards
  • Other combinations of education and experience may be considered
  • Successful completion of Families First provincial orientation and training
  • Valid Manitoba Class 5 driver’s licence and access to a vehicle
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Ability to adapt to change and take direction
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team
  • Effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to use curriculum-based resources and adult learning principles
  • Ability to plan, organize, and implement strength-based, trauma-informed, and culturally safe practices
  • Knowledge of early childhood growth and development from prenatal stage through five years
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet applications, information technology, and technical equipment
  • Demonstrated fluency in English, including verbal, reading, and written communication
  • Ability to provide service in varied community settings and weather conditions
  • Ability to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. / 9 kgs.
  • Ability to climb stairs, crouch, and kneel/sit on the floor
  • Ability to travel throughout the region/province; designated Northern positions require travel to remote communities and possible overnight accommodations
  • Evening and weekend work may be required
  • Current satisfactory Criminal Records Check including Vulnerable Sector Search
  • Child Abuse Registry Check
  • Adult Abuse Registry Check

Benefits

  • Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process
  • Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Junior

Salary

CA$24 - CA$26 per hour

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

Location requirements

OnsiteWinnipegCanada

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