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About the role

  • Home Visitor supporting Winnipeg families through Manitoba’s Families First public health program. Conducting family-centered 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 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 provincial Families First Program guidelines
  • Travel throughout the region/province for training, program needs, and home-visiting services

Requirements

  • Minimum 1 year of experience working with families with young children ages 0–5, or prenatal families in areas related to parenting, within the last five years
  • High School Diploma or equivalent, or GED Manitoba Standards
  • Successful completion of 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 organizational change
  • Initiative and ability to 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 stages through age five
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint; Internet applications; information technology; and technical equipment
  • Fluency in English, including verbal, reading, and written communication
  • Physically able to work in varied community settings and weather conditions
  • Able to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. or 9 kg
  • Able to climb stairs, crouch, and kneel or sit on the floor
  • Willingness and ability to travel throughout the region/province, including possible overnight accommodations for remote communities
  • Evening and weekend work may be required
  • Current satisfactory Criminal Records Check, including Vulnerable Sector Search
  • Current Child Abuse Registry Check
  • Current Adult Abuse Registry Check

Benefits

  • Families First provincial orientation and training provided
  • Accommodations available upon request during the assessment and selection process
  • Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and 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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