Family Home Visitor #24-143 (Job opportunity)
Casual – Recruitment #24-143 (Non-Union)
Division: Health Promotion and Vaccine Preventable Diseases
Location: Main Office – 1300 Paris St., Sudbury
Current Work Location Arrangement: Mostly Remote
- This position has a hybrid model of visiting, utilizing a combination of regular home and virtual visits.
- Attendance at the main office will be determined by your manager.
Salary: $23.12 – $26.46 per hour
Position summary:
Reporting to the Manager of the Healthy Families team, the Family Home Visitor works with families to build on their strengths, provide hands on role modelling and teaching, support with parenting skills, connecting them with resources in the community, and by promoting the healthy growth and development of children.
The Family Home Visitor works with high-risk families in the Public Health Sudbury & Districts catchment area during the prenatal period and with those who have children from 0-6 years of age, in accordance with the Ministry standards and agency policies. This work is done collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team under the guidance of an assigned Public Health Nurse.
Responsibilities:
- Schedules and maintains appointments for home and virtual visits.
- Develops a trusting professional relationship with the family.
- Assists families to identify their goals and provide support for the families to accomplish them.
- Helps families to develop problem-solving skills to further promote and support their independence and resourcefulness.
- Plans materials for education and demonstration with the family’s both in the home and through a virtual platform.
- Provides information and support to parents on topics such as pregnancy, child development, providing a safe and nurturing environment.
- Completes accurate and ongoing records of contact with families, meetings with other agencies and case conferences, within program timeframes.
- Works collaboratively with the Public Health Nurse. Consults with the Family Home Visitor Lead and the manager as needed.
- Provides regular updates to the assigned Public Health Nurse regarding family progress.
- Updates and/or consults with the Family Home Visitor Lead when there are concerns regarding a family file.
- Acts with professionalism and integrity, demonstrates and adheres to policies, procedures, ethics, and values of Public Health Sudbury & Districts.
- Maintains confidentiality in all issues relating to family care.
- Attend staff meetings regularly and participates in training opportunities when possible.
- Participates in the orientation of staff, students, volunteers, and others as may be required for the position.
- As this is a casual position, weekly hours worked is dependent on varying factors such as number of clients available/assigned, is flexible, and will fluctuate.
Requirements:
- Minimum grade 12 diploma required. Post-secondary education in social work or child/youth worker programs or equivalent will be considered an asset.
- Advanced oral and written proficiency in English is essential.
- Advanced oral and written proficiency in French is required.
- Child/youth worker programs or equivalent will be considered an asset.
- Flexibility to schedule family visits between the hours of 0830-1630 Monday through Friday.
- Ability to meet with families every 2 weeks (alternating home and virtual visits).
- Ability to complete virtual visits and all administrative functions from confidential home office.
- Demonstrated experience and genuine interest in working with and assisting high-risk families with young children who are facing challenging life situations is essential.
- Familiarity with, and ability to interact effectively and respectfully with diverse individuals, groups, and communities with consideration towards language, culture, ethnicity, age group and socioeconomic status.
- A good listener, who demonstrates compassion, ability to nurture, flexibility, patience, and ability to tolerate rejection.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively problem-solve and the ability to support and empower others to solve their own problems.
- Extensive knowledge and the ability to navigate and link families to community resources and organizations.
- Ability to work both as a part of a multi-disciplinary team and independently.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Strong computer skills and an ability to learn new computer programs is essential.
- Must be prompt, reliable and maintain a good attendance record.
- Maintains current Ontario Driver’s license with agency required insurance and has access to a reliable vehicle to fulfill position requirements. Travel within the district of Sudbury is a requirement of this position.
- Satisfactory police reference check in accordance with Public Health Sudbury & Districts policy.
- Ministry of Labour “Worker Health and Safety Awareness in 4 Steps” training certificate is required.
Send resumés with cover letter to:
Human Resources, Corporate Services Division
Public Health Sudbury & Districts
1300 Paris Street, Sudbury, ON P3E 3A3
Email: recruitment@phsd.ca
Please include the recruitment number in the subject line.
Please include cover letter and resumé in one PDF or Word document.
Tel: 705.522.9200, ext. 570
Fax: 705.522.5182
Application deadline:
Will remain open until filled.
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This item was last modified on June 12, 2024