Term Community Navigator

3 weeks ago

Dartmouth, Canada Northwoodcare Inc. Full time

**Join the Northwood team**

The Community Navigator role is to build relationships and with the assistance of volunteers to facilitate and remove barriers and through coaching encourage seniors to be self-reliant with support and accessing services. A part of this work is the promotion of the recovery, independence, health and well-being of Creating Caring Communities (CCC) members and will work in the community in a peripatetic way.

**Department: Creating Caring Communities**

**Reporting to: Project Manager, Creative Caring Communities or Delegate**

**Responsibilities**:

- Develops Personalized Support Plans
- Coordinates/Participates in Educational Outreach
- Collaborates with Stakeholders
- Leads/Collaborates on Community Engagement Activities
- Supports/Collaborates on Advocacy Efforts and matches CCC with a volunteer.
- Project tasks involving project planning, reporting and evaluation

**Tasks**:

- Works collaboratively with others to conduct holistic client assessments that include social determinants of health, to improve overall well-being.
- Works collaboratively with others to identify, organize and facilitate social activities, support groups, and educational workshops that foster wellbeing, a sense of community and help overcome social isolation among seniors.
- Identifies unmet needs and collaborates with system partners to develop and/or deliver educational materials on health promotion, health literacy, disease prevention, and navigating systems to empower individuals with knowledge and skills.
- Links seniors to the appropriate resource (ie: Care Coordinator, Community Relations Worker, Home Care, etc.) to facilitate referrals and access to community programs, social services, and health care options.
- Advocates to address specific challenges and engages with Project Manager in system-level advocacy efforts to address issues affecting the collective wellbeing of seniors.
- Provides project support related to data collection, reporting, planning, monitoring, outreach and evaluation as requested by the Project Manager.
- Travel throughout the community and visiting seniors in their homes.
- Communicates effectively with seniors and stakeholders, and maintains accurate and timely documentation of assessments, care plans, and interventions and making adjustments as needed.
- Promotes self-care and wellbeing, providing guidance on healthy lifestyle choices and encouraging engagement in activities that contribute to physical and mental health.
- Completes other duties as required.
- Minimum Grade 12
- CCA Certification, Social Service Worker Diploma and/or other health related education
- Comprehensive knowledge of the African Nova Scotian communities such as Lake Loon, Cherry Brook, North Preston & East Preston, their history and social structures and a member living within the black community
- Experience with senior care, healthcare, community care
- Project participation and/or management
- Must have own vehicle or access to reliable transportation

**Hours: 70** hours Bi-weekly (Days/Evenings)

**Salary / Benefits**:As per the Northwood scale

**Effective**:ASAP
- **Northwood is proud to be an inclusive employer who encourages diverse applicants. We thank all applicants however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.**_

To learn more about Northwood please visit our website

**Job Type**: Fixed term contract

Pay: From $25.00 per hour

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift

Application question(s):

- Do you live in the Dartmouth area?

**Education**:

- DCS / DEC (required)

**Experience**:

- Community Senior Care: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Provincial Nova Scotia CCA Certificate (required)
- Social Service Worker Diploma (required)

Work Location: In person

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