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About the role

  • Home Visitor supporting families with young children through Manitoba’s Families First program. Conducting strength-based home visits and promoting parenting, child development, safety, and community connections.

Responsibilities

  • Work with families using a strength-based and solution-focused approach
  • Promote positive parent-child relationships and healthy childhood growth and development
  • Enhance parenting skills and promote family safety and well-being
  • Connect families with community resources
  • Initiate and maintain regular family-centered home visits
  • Work as a member of an interdisciplinary team
  • Use an evidence-informed curriculum to support positive parent-child interactions
  • Consult with and receive guidance from Public Health Nurses
  • Support families in exploring goals related to their culture and values
  • Implement home-visiting practices according to the provincial Families First Program guidelines
  • Provide services in a wide variety of community settings and varying weather and environmental conditions
  • Travel for training, program needs, or home-visiting services

Requirements

  • Minimum (1) year experience working with families with young children ages 0-5, or prenatal families in areas related to parenting, in the last five years required
  • High School Diploma or equivalent; or GED Manitoba Standards required
  • Certification as a Community Support Worker, Social Services Worker, Family Support Worker, Early Childhood Educator, or other relevant post-secondary education in a related field is an asset
  • Successful candidate required to complete Families First provincial orientation and training as scheduled
  • Valid Manitoba Class 5 driver’s license and access to a vehicle
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Ability to adapt to a changing work environment
  • Shows initiative and ability to take direction
  • Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team using effective communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to effectively 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 prenatally up to five years of age
  • Understanding of Indigenous culture, traditions, values, and language is an asset
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Internet applications, other information technology, and technical equipment
  • Demonstrated fluency in English, including verbal, reading, and written communication skills
  • Proficiency in both official languages essential for designated bilingual positions
  • Physically able to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. or 9 kgs.
  • Physically able to climb stairs, crouch, and kneel/sit on the floor
  • Current satisfactory Criminal Records Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search
  • Current Child Abuse Registry Check
  • Current Adult Abuse Registry Check
  • Willingness and ability to travel throughout the region/province; designated Northern positions may require remote-community travel and overnight accommodations
  • Evening and weekend work may be required

Benefits

  • Indefinite term position
  • Accommodations available upon request during the assessment and selection process
  • Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply
  • Unionized position (CUPE)

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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