Successful Young Parents (SYP) Home Visitor

at  Families Matter

(35 HOURS PER WEEK)

The Families Matter Society of Calgary strives to promote optimal child development and family resilience by helping caregivers learn about early childhood development, by providing concrete supports in times of need; by helping families build strong relationships, and by creating lasting, supportive social networks among families.
We are looking for a dynamic, creative, and experienced professional to join our team. Our agency values the wellness of our staff, healthy work relationships, professional development, and work-life balance. We offer excellent benefits and advancement opportunities.
The purpose of role is to provide home-based support to families with children to promote healthy child development; caregiver capacity-building; family resilience; and community connections. This role will support Home Visitation clients, as well as Successful Young Parents (SYP) clients. SYP specifically supports young parents aged 23 and under build confidence, competence, and connection to their community because of participating in our SYP programming and support. Home Visitor develops and delivers targeted group-based and individualized programming that will meet the unique and emergent needs of young parents in the areas of caregiver capacity building, community connections, and child development. This service is offered city wide, within the city limits of Calgary.

QUALIFICATIONS:

A degree (preferred) or diploma in the Human Services field is required with a minimum of 2 years of service to families with young children, including work experience in the following areas:

• Experience providing support to families with complex needs.
• Experience working with young families (age 23 and younger) is considered an asset.
• Strong knowledge of developmental milestones for children 0-6 years of age.
• Experience providing in-home support is considered an asset.
• Strong knowledge of child and family serving community resources.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Utilizing a client database and tracking assessment and outcome data for families served.
• Proficient computer skills.
• Ability to work in a very organized, accurate and detail-oriented way.
• Self-directed, and able to take initiative.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and use of own vehicle.

TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:

• ASQ & ASQ-SE Developmental Screening
• Strengthening Families Approach
• Standard First Aid with CPR Level C
• Suicide Awareness and Intervention
• Indigenous Awareness (minimum 8 hours per year)
• Diversity Competence (minimum 4 hours per year)

1. Serve families (parents 23 years old and under) in Calgary as assigned.
2. Establish and maintain a supportive and mentoring relationship with complex families by providing regular services through weekly in-home visits.
3. Provide targeted relationship-based support and learning opportunities for families.
4. Use skills to address identified family concerns and implement effective interventions with families, utilizing advanced strength-based, solution focused strategies. Implement assessment tools including FCSS, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS), Outcome STAR, Parent Assessment of Protective Factors (PAPF), Ages and Stages Questionnaires (ASQs) and others to support family goal setting.
5. Act as a liaison between families and other community agencies and promote family resilience and self-sufficiency.
6. Establish and implement a family support plan with goals, strategies and activities developed with parents. Ensure these documentations are completed on time and kept up to date.
7. Utilize developmental assessment tools (ASQ3/ASQ-SE and DSP) for children and make recommendations or necessary referrals to parents to support optimal child development.
8. Assist parents with referrals to community services and resources required.
9. Maintain best practice, a high quality of service, and ensure that your work is fully compliant with provincial home visitation standards.
10. Ensure complete and accurate data entry into the agency’s client database.
11. Work cooperatively as part of the Home Visitation team, contributing to team meetings and providing coverage to team members as needed.
12. Work collaboratively with Calgary Region and key community stakeholders.
13. Other related duties as assigned by the Society.
    Salary: $48,000.00 - $50,000.00 per year