Early Years Visitor

2 weeks ago

Halifax, Canada Mi'kmaw Native Friendship Centre Full time

**Employment Opportunity**: Early Years Visitor

**Location**: Halifax, NS

**Salary Range: $**45,000.00 per year

**Employment Term**: Contract February 2023 -March 31, 2024 (possible renewal), Full time hours (40 hours/ week)

**General Description**:
At the Mi’kmaw Child Development Centre, the Early Years Visitor is responsible for delivering programming to families in a culturally sensitive manner, to promote and facilitate healthy pregnancies and enhance parenting capacity and early learning opportunities for infants and toddlers. Practice will be adapted to meet family needs while maintaining recommended practices.

The Early Years program builds upon community strengths and cultural context to enhance parenting and early learning opportunities which is known to result in better child health, well-being and learning outcomes for children at school entry and life. Recognizing parents/caregivers as the first and best teachers of their young ones, the early year’s program empowers parents and caregivers, offering tools and support to uplift families.

Key Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain supportive relationships with parents and other primary caregivers, introducing conversations and learning activities from the Early Years Toolbox to respond to family context and infant/toddler interests and developmental stages.
- Encourage parent/caregiver involvement by providing opportunities to participate and support the child’s involvement in culturally inclusive and age-appropriate programming. Support parents/caregivers to set and attain goals, participate and look after both themselves and their children in healthy, culturally appropriate ways.
- Provide weekly home visits with pregnant moms and/or families with children under 6 months of age, and continued visits until the child(ren) are 3 years old to assist with pre and post-natal care and support.
- Plan, coordinate and deliver regular (e.g., weekly) community specific group gatherings for families.
- Work to identify, plan, prepare and deliver educational, wellness and other information sessions at group events that respond to family needs and preferences. Promote culturally inclusive and responsive support through information sharing and program promotion.
- Support the rest of the MCDC team with Early Years programming.
- Service navigation which includes:

- Being knowledgeable of and assisting parents with services and interventions available in the community, including referral protocols, scope of services of allied agencies and criteria for participation
- Making appropriate referrals with informed consent to other service providers in community and surrounding areas
- Serving as a source of information regarding community resources and assists with referrals to public or private agencies with appropriate follow-up
- Facilitating participation in other services and interventions as required
- Work with supervisor and colleagues to ensure the needs of the children, families and communities are identified and supported, without duplication of programming or service.
- Adhere to records & information management standards and ensure the use of data and client information aligns with the purposes for which it was intended. Maintain client records and ensure the collection of data is used to ensure meaningful outcomes for families and children.
- Participate and contribute as a member of the team in staff meetings, attend professional development workshops and other trainings as approved/required.
- Other related duties and responsibilities as required.

**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary diploma in early childhood development, elementary education or a related academic field is preferred
- Experience working with infants, toddlers and families in programming, preferably in First Nation community
- Knowledge of maternal and infant health, parenting education and concepts of child development
- Knowledge of and experience with home visits is an asset
- Ability to communicate effectively and diplomatically, both verbally and in writing, with parents/caregivers, other professionals, co-workers, Knowledge Keepers, other agencies and organizations
- Ability to build and maintain trust and cooperation of others
- Ability to work effectively and contribute as a member of team
- Ability to work independently and in an organized manner to effectively support a number of families (scheduling, daily reporting and prioritizing is necessary)
- Experience implementing and leading events, workshops and learning opportunities focused to young moms, babies, toddlers and caregivers
- An awareness of educational, cultural and social issues affecting First Nations in Nova Scotia is required for success.
- **Indigenous ancestry is an asset, please self identify**

**Application Deadline: January 26th 2023**

**_Disclaimer: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They ar

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