Job Description

Requisition ID: 372380
Position Number: 880-715521012H210-20
Posting End Date: December 19, 2024
Employer: Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud
Site: Community Services - Portage Clinic
Union: CUPE
Department/Unit: Public Health-Healthy Living/Families First
Work Location: Community Services - Portage Clinic
City: Portage la Prairie
Hiring Status: Permanent
FTE: 0.7
Employment arrangement: In Person
Daily hours worked: 7.75
Anticipated shift: Days, with occasional evenings and weekends as required.
Annual base hours: 2015
Anticipated Start Date: As mutually agreed upon
Salary: $20.99 - $23.30
Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.
Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Mxc3xa9tis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.
Be part of the Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most. Join a region that offers a lifestyle like no other - a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.
Position Overview
The Families First Home Visitor works 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, promote safety and well-being, and connect families with their community. The Families First Home Visitor reports to the regional Public Health/Community Team manager and in conjunction with the Public Health Nurse who provides reflective supervision and coordination for guidance in regional day-to-day operations.
Families First is a community-based resource designed to promote healthy growth and development of children by supporting families, in their homes, during pregnancy and the first five years of a child's life, for a period of up to three years. A Families First Home Visitor works as a member of an inter-disciplinary team and is responsible to initiate and maintain regular connection through family-centered home visiting. The incumbent will utilize an evidence-informed curriculum and share activities that support positive parent-child interactions. In consultation and with guidance from Public Health Nurses, the Home Visitor has a responsibility to support families to explore goals related to their family's culture and values. The Home Visitor implements home visiting practices according to established guidelines of the provincial Families First Program. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision, values, and policies of the Regional Health Authority.
Experience

• 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.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• 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.
• Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Successful candidate required to complete Families First provincial orientation and training as scheduled.

Certification/Licensure/Registration
Not Applicable
Qualifications and Skills

• Strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to adapt to a work environment within an organization that embraces change.
• Shows initiative and able to take direction.
• Able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team using effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively use curriculum-based resources, utilizing adult learning principles.
• Ability to plan, organize and implement strength-based, trauma-informed, and culturally safe practices effectively.
• 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 programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint), as well as 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.
• Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required.
• Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums.
• Good work and attendance record.
• Requires a valid Class 5 driver's license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.

Physical Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
• Physically capable of providing service in a wide variety of community settings under varying weather and environmental conditions.
• Physically able to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. or 9 kgs.
• Physically able to climb stairs, crouch, and to kneel/sit on the floor when facilitating home visit components and engaging in parent-child activities.
• Expected travel throughout the region/province for training requirements, program needs, or for provision of home visiting services to families.
• Designated Northern positions requires travel to remote communities, and this may necessitate overnight accommodations.
• Evening and weekend work may be required to meet client needs.

Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.
Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud, in partnership with the Indigenous community, is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.
Completes and maintains Satisfactory Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Search, Adult Abuse Registry Check and Child Abuse Registry Check. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred.
All Health Care Workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud policy.
Please include three work-related references with your job application from persons who are not related to you but have direct knowledge of your current and past work performance.
Consistent with the French Language Services Policy of the Government of Manitoba and Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud's FLS Policy, we are committed to offering services in English and French in designated program/service areas serving French-speaking communities within Southern Health-Santxc3xa9 Sud. If no candidates satisfy the bilingual qualification, candidates meeting all other qualifications may be considered for this position.
Please be advised that job competitions for union represented positions may be grieved by internal represented applicants. Should a selection grievance be filed, information from the competition file may be provided to the grievor's representative. Personal information irrelevant to the grievance and other information protected under legislation will be redacted.