Family Engagement Worker Young Dads Services

20 hours ago

Edmonton, Canada Terra Centre for Teen Parents Full time

**Family Engagement Worker: Young Dad Services**

**Mission**:Empowering Teen Parents to Succeed**

**Vision**:Teen Parent Families Thrive and Enrich our Community**

**Job ID**: 24-025TERRA

**Job Overview**:
The Family Engagement Worker: Young Dad’s Services assists young Fathers in their development of positive parenting skills to foster healthy parent-child relationships. Through home visits, community outreach and group programming participants are supported to make healthy choices and to develop their capacity to effectively meet the needs of their children.

**Job Conditions**:
This is a full time (35 hours/week) with flexible hours Monday through Friday, 1-2 evenings/week, and the occasional weekend based on the needs of families and staff and to support day/evening programming. The position will be working out of the Terra Centre located at 10320-146 Street and Braemar School located at 9359 67A Street.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Be a leader and ambassador of Terra Centre for Teen Parents by practicing in a manner that is consistent with Terra’s mission, vision, values, policies, strategic goals and practice model
- Participate in the annual review process
- Participate and engage in relationship building with the agency, partners, and community resources
- Coordinate referrals and assessments to other community resources for families and support them in building a strong connection with their community
- Plan, organize and facilitate family meetings to reflect the needs and interests of families and support strategies to identify goals
- Advocate for families in crisis, assisting with problem solving, communication skills, decision-making skills and goal planning to increase their confidence in meeting the needs of their children and family
- Identify community resources and contacts to continually enhance programming to meet both the needs of the families and the outcomes of the program
- Provide guidance and support as required to help participants build skills and confidence in problem solving
- Complete documentation including the progress on client goals.
- Complete monthly statistical information and collect outcomes measures data and evaluation activities as required
- Adhere to Terra’s policies and procedures and to the professional code of ethics of applicable professional associations
- Work to build an integrated service team and consult with the team to ensure participant needs are addressed
- Engagement in conversations during Community of Practice and Team Unit Meetings, Internal and External committees and resource fairs to increase staff awareness and capacity
- Plan and facilitate day and evening group programming across all Terra sites and in the community to support partnerships and collaborations programming
- Accountability in completing work efficiently and effectively
- Expand personal sensitivity and knowledge regarding different cultures

**Qualifications/Requirements**:

- Post-secondary diploma or degree in Human Services, Social Work, or Child and Youth Care/Worker
- Experience providing outreach support services through home visitation
- Experience providing life skills coaching and training
- Experience working with low income and marginalized participants, including people facing multiple barriers

**Knowledge and Abilities**:

- Effectively and respectfully works with others who have diverse traditions, beliefs, interpersonal styles, attitudes and behaviours
- Ability to work flexible hours, if required
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written
- Ability to work with families from diverse cultural backgrounds and develop positive, effective, professional rapport and relationships with youth
- Knowledge of issues associated with people impacted by mental illness and substance abuse
- Knowledge of referral services and supports within the Edmonton community and/or the ability to research and connect with community resources
- Knowledge of child/youth development and child-parent attachment
- Understanding and knowledge of the issues pregnant and parenting young people face

**Other requirements**:

- **Police Information Check (including vulnerable Sector Check) and Child and Youth Intervention Check, completed within the last 90 days prior to start date.** Processing times may take several weeks to complete these checks. Results will be reviewed on a case by case basis.
- Manual dexterity required to operate various appliances and equipment. Ability to lift between 25- 50 lbs.
- Current Standard First Aid with Level C CPR, renewed every 3 years
- Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), renewed every 3 years
- Valid Driver’s License, clear (or Director approved) Driver’s Abstract, current vehicle registration
- Reliable vehicle, with 2 million dollars vehicle liability insurance, available for regular use, as outlined in Terra Policy

**Core Behavioral Competencies**

Terra values are core to the organization. We strive to hire individuals wh

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