Job Description

Requisition ID: 351179

Position Number: 20036106

Posting End Date: January 7, 2024

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: WRHA Community Health Services - Winnipeg Community

Department / Unit: Health Outreach & Community Supports

Job Stream: Clinical

Union: CUPE

Anticipated Start Date: February 5, 2024

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings;Nights;Weekends;Standby coverage as required

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $22.086, $22.429, $22.770, $23.111, $23.465, $23.807

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We\'re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

The main function of the Community Health Worker is twofold: individual capacity building i.e. helping clients to help themselves and community development.

Experience

• Minimum of two years (within the last five years) experience in community-based setting.
• Extensive personal and/or professional experience working with inner city populations, including those with mental health/addiction issues, the mentally challenged, elderly, immigrants and refugees.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• High School Diploma, Manitoba standards required.
• Successful completion of a related outreach training program preferred.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Requires a valid driver\'s license and vehicle.

Qualifications and Skills

• Understanding of community development, individual capacity building, and knowledge of community resources is essential.
• Understanding of the determinants of health and adult education is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an interdisciplinary team setting.
• Ability to initiate and work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.
• Demonstrated ability to promote teamwork, collaboration and partnerships.
• Demonstrates a professional approach in all situations.
• Proficiency in computer software.

Physical Requirements

Not Applicable

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services. Effective April 1, 2024, Golden West Centennial Lodge will also be part of the WRHA legal entity.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority