Parenting Journey Home Visitor - Sydney, Canada - Cape Breton Family Resource Coalition

Description

Cape Breton Family Resource Coalition
The mandate of the Cape Breton Family Resource Coalition is "families working together to build healthier families".

We work to enhance the health and well being of families with young children (newborn to sixteen years of age, along with expectant parents).

We are currently seeking highly motivated, self-directed applicants who are interested in becoming part of our Island-wide team, working in an accepting, non-judgmental work environment.

Parenting Journey Home Visitor (1) - Term Position - Cape Breton County

Community Home Visitors perform duties to support the goals and objectives of the organization's Parenting Journey program within the defined catchment area.

The Community Home Visitor plans and facilitates both home-based and community-based programs and services.

The main focus of the work is the provision of a home visiting program for parents with children and youth from ages three to sixteen years.

The preparation of individual family support plans and following through on these plans is central to the work. Staff may offer group programs within the community. These programs may include play groups, reading programs, parenting programs and/or other programs.

Making appropriate referrals is a key part of this program which also includes administrative duties as well as program promotion work.

Qualifications

1. Education and Experience

• High School diploma
• Previous experience working with or connecting with families with young children and/or adolescents
• Knowledge of government and communitybased programs and services that relate to the intended population's needs
• A willingness to become certified in safe food handling, WHMIS, Emergency First Aid and Infant/Child CPR

2. Skills and Abilities

• Good oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Capacity to work in both English and French
• Ability to build and maintain trusting relationships
• Solid problemsolving skills
• Excellent organization, time and general management skills
• Ability to work effectively with participants and volunteers
• Nonjudgmental and accepting attitude
• Ability to work in a noisy, busy environment with frequent interruptions
• Expressed interest to work with families living in difficult life circumstances
• Basic computer literacy
• Accurate record keeping abilities, including collaborative development and maintenance of family plans
• Good decisionmaking skills

Additional Information

This position requires:

• The ability to function both independently and collaboratively
• The ability to accommodate a flexible work schedule including evenings and occasional weekends
• The ability and willingness to travel
• Satisfactory Child Abuse Registry checks and Police Checks
• Access to reliable transportation
• Packing, lifting, setting up and closing up of communitybased program related materials.

Salary:
$18.98 per hour.


Application Deadline:
January 26, :30 p.m.