HOME VISITOR

Whitecourt & Surrounding Area

35 Hours per week The Position:

Provide early, continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development and in-home family support services. Responsible for optimizing the home environment for the purpose of enhancing the physical and emotional well-being of children (prenatally to 6 yrs old) and their families. Assist in the strengthening of caregiver-child relationships, promotion of healthy childhood growth and development outcomes, and encourage safe home environments.

Services are provided in the home and are long-term, structured, family-centred and strengths-based. Serve as a coach, giving support and encouragement to caregivers and their families, to help raise healthy children using a developmental approach that supports positive caregiver-child interactions and relationships.

What you will do

- Working from your home, travel to families’ homes throughout Whitecourt and surrounding area to provide service
- Establish trusting relationships with clients, their family, and support network
- Assess strengths and needs in order to help create service plans and strategies to support the healthy development of the family
- Work with a strength-based, relational, harm-reduction approach
- Utilize screens, assessments, and observation to guide service plan
- Provide confidential, emotional, and practical support to parents and caregivers
- Connect families with other service providers and resources to improve their health and well-being
- Advocate, as necessary, for clients to obtain the necessary supports for an improved quality of life, including basic needs,



health, housing, transportation, legal, and income supports
- Document all activities accurately and according to procedure
- Transport clients to access services if necessary

Qualifications:

- Compassionate with a positive and empathetic approach to others
- Diploma in Social or Human Services, with relevant experience or equivalencies considered
- Experience working with individuals and families with complex needs
- Respect for the diversity of cultural differences and beliefs
- Knowledge of community resources
- Understanding of how to set professional boundaries
- Ability to maintain computerized files and documentation
- Current Child Welfare Record Check and Criminal Record/Vulnerable Sector Check
- Valid driver’s license with a reliable car will be required

Healthy Families Healthy Futures offers a benefits package, caring work workplace, and opportunities for on‑going training and professional development. Wage will be dependent on a combination of education and experience. Please submit your resume and cover letter along with three work related references to [email protected].

This competition will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those individuals selected for interviews will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.51-$24.39 per hour

Expected hours: 35.0 per week

Benefits

- Extended health care
- Paid time off

Flexible language requirement:
- French not required

Education:
- Bachelor's Degree (preferred)

Work Location: On the road

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