Parenting Journey Home Visitor

**Mulgrave Park Caring and Learning Centre is hiring**

**Position: Parenting Journey Home Visitor**

**57 Jarvis Lane, Halifax NS B3K 3J3**

Mulgrave Park Caring and Learning Centre (MPCLC) is a Family Resource Centre nestled in the North End of Halifax. We have been providing programs and services to promote healthy interactions between children, families and caregivers in the community for over 12 years. We have a variety of resources and programs for residents and community members to get involved in.

Parenting Journey is a home visitation program that provides support for families experiencing complex social, emotional, and familial challenges. Parenting Journey Home Visitors work collaboratively with families to build meaningful helping relationships while collectively identifying strengths, resources, challenges, and priorities, using a holistic framework. Parenting Journey strives to understand, respect, and honour the identity and culture of the children, youth, and families served.

As an organization we are committed to prioritizing representation. Understanding cultural responsiveness and respect for diversity of values and ways of raising children, is critical in ensuring culturally safe practices.

The Parenting Journey Home Visitor will provide support to families and their children from newborns to age 18 (up to 19th birthday) in the following areas:

- child/youth growth and development
- parent-child relationships
- parenting knowledge and skills
- family life management
- community connections and referrals

Specific duties include:
1. Working with families to determine families’ strengths, resources, and areas for development, priorities and needs

2. Developing goals with families using a formal goal-setting process

3. Developing and implementing individualized family plans in a collaborative manner with families that outline goals, strategies, roles and responsibilities and timelines

4. Making referrals for families to other formal/informal supports and services

5. Provide updates to Social Workers

6. Participating in regular, weekly supervision and informal debriefs

7. Participating in case conferencing that includes families and other service providers

8. Participating in ongoing training and professional development

9. Participating in reflective supervision and practice

Parenting Journey Home Visitors will work out of Mulgrave Park Caring and Learning Centre location serving the communities in the North End of Halifax. This position is directly supervised by Executive Director of MPCLC.

Applicants for positions of Parenting Journey Home Visitor should have demonstrated proof of the ability and capacity to:
1. Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all staff

2. Develop positive personal and professional relationships

3. Strong communication skills in preparing correspondence with follow-up processes

4. Full competency with technology and Microsoft Office

5. High level phone skills in professionally answering and taking messages

6. Prepare and assist with report writing and distribution

7. Understand the full degree of confidentiality required for participants and staff personal information as well as business security and confidentiality

8. Work effectively in high activity environment that is sometimes stressful

Personal Skills

1. Strong, respectful inter-personal relationship

2. Effective communication and social-media skills

3. Culturally aware

4. Knowledge of child/youth development

5. Knowledge and understanding of positive parenting and parent-child relationships

6. Knowledge and understanding of the diversity of families and communities and the importance of culturally competent practice

7. Knowledge of trauma informed approaches

8. Understanding of family and community systems and its impact on child/youth development

9. Knowledge of child/youth/family/community resources, programs and services

10. Gender and sexual orientation sensitive

11. Cooperative and engaging

12. Work collaboratively and create effective, positive and respectful collaborations

13. Strong leadership skills

14. Open and engaging approach to participants, public and staff

15. Creative problem solver with team attitude

Experience and Qualifications

1. Experience in working with children and/or youth and families in a community-based setting

2. Work experience in community service settings or community-based services

3. Complete and clear criminal records, Child Abuse Registry and vulnerable sector check certificate

4. Current and valid Nova Scotia Drivers License

6. Community volunteer service is preferred

7. Undergraduate degree or diploma in social sciences (Early Childhood Education, Psychology, social work, or equivalent experience etc.)

**Start Date: ASAP**

**Salary: $43,000 with benefits package included**

**Hours: Full-time hours. Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, with flexibility to meet needs of families**

Note:

- Only those applicants selected for inter