Hippy Home Visitor

**About AIWCC**

The Alberta Immigrant Women & Children Centre is a registered charitable organization in Edmonton, Alberta. AIWCC assists and provides support to women and children in need. AIWCC recognizes, responds to, and focuses on the specific concerns of immigrant and refugee women and their families. AIWCC’s uniqueness is based on having a gender-related mandate, which has proven best practices in developing customized female-focused initiatives. These initiatives often include children, family, and community well-being as important outcomes of our engagement as we know that our clients live and work within interconnected social systems. Through community collaborations we create programs, promote opportunities, and build connections to support healthy and vibrant communities.

The HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) program provides parents of preschoolers with skills and resources to teach and prepare their children for school. Home Visitors who are the heart and soul of the program, visit parents in their homes to teach them the HIPPY curriculum once every week. In turn, the parent will teach that curriculum to their prepscholar for 15 minutes daily, 5 days a week.

A parent’s ability to teach the curriculum to their child depends on the Home Visitor’s ability to teach and support the parent.

Home Visitors receive Pre-Service Training as well as ongoing weekly training on how to teach the HIPPY curriculum.

**The Home Visitors speak the first language of one of the cluster groups of newcomers served by the HIPPY program, as well as English.**

**Responsibilities**:

- Assist in the recruiting of newcomer families to the HIPPY program
- Make one-hour long home visits to each HIPPY parent every week (with some make-up visits if necessary) to teach them the HIPPY curriculum for the purpose of modeling relationship building activities that parents can do with their child
- Timely completion and submission of required weekly reports and any other documentation
- Participate in the planning and execution of monthly Group Meetings
- Participate in the planning and execution of all other HIPPY events such as graduation celebrations, field trips, etc
- Support other Home Visitors particularly newer colleagues, when needed
- Keep the Coordinator/Site Manager informed of HIPPY families’ progress
- Participate in professional development (PD) training and other staff development opportunities provided
- Participating in AIWCC team meetings
- Promotion all of AIWCC programs and services

**Qualifications Required**
- High school diploma or equivalent

English language skills at CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) Level 5 or better
Ability to speak, read and write a second language besides English
Demonstrated connection to an immigrant/ newcomer community in Edmonton
Class 5 Drivers License and ownership of a reliable vehicle
Ability and willingness to visit clients in their homes for purposes of teaching them the HIPPY curriculum, Monday to Friday.
Good organizational skills and ability to focus on tasks
Ability to follow schedules and specific timetable
Demonstrated emotional maturity and sensitivity to the needs and interests of marginalized newcomer communities served
Demonstrated potential leadership abilities
Knowledge of child development processes is considered an asset.
Legally entitled to work in Canada
Must complete a Vulnerable Sector Check and Child Intervention check in good standing

**Other Requirements of the Job**

**Schedule**: 25 hours per week _**at**_ **$23.70**_ **per hour**_, plus group benefits package after probation period
- AIWCC supports equal employment opportunities and encourages applicants of diversity. Our policies and procedures are intended to be non-discriminatory and barrier-free, in accordance with the Alberta Human Rights Code and the Accessibility for Albertans with Disabilities Act. Please advise us of any accommodation measures you may require during our recruitment and selection process._

**Job Type**: Part-time
Part-time hours: 25 per week

**Salary**: $23.70 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company events
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Edmonton, AB T5A 1C6: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Application question(s):

- English language skills at CLB (Canadian Language Benchmark) Level 5 or better
- Ability to speak, read and write a second language besides English
- Demonstrated connection to an immigrant/ newcomer community in Edmonton

**Education**:

- Secondary School (required)

Work Location: In person