Family Support Worker

**Position Summary**

The In-Home support program strives to empower parents and children to reach their personal goals that restore, support and enhance family functioning, child development, parent-child relationships and parental health. The Family Support Worker, using a strength-based, solution-focused approach will develop a collaborative, helping relationship that is grounded in a spirit of respect, connection, curiosity and hope. Family Support Workers provide practical assistance to families in their homes (houses, apartments, condos, rented or owned), based on a service agreement created with each family.

**Duties**
- To provide child care to young children (primarily infants, toddlers, and school aged children),
- Undertake light housekeeping and meal preparation duties.
- Provide emotional support and parental guidance
- Connect families additional community resources during difficult family circumstances.

**Education**
- Completion of post-secondary certificate or diploma program in Child and Youth Care, Early Childhood Education, Community/Family Support Worker or other Human Services education.
- A combination of relevant experience and training will be considered for applicants without a diploma/certificate
- Current First Aid and CPR is required (must be verified before any work placement/shifts arranged).
- Mental Health First Aid is as asset (training can be provided)
- De-escalating Potentially Violent Situations or Non-Violent Crisis Intervention is an asset.

**Experience**
- Minimum of three years’ related experience working in the social services sector with children, youth and/or parents impacted by poverty, trauma, mental illness, intimate partner violence, child welfare involvement, addictions, disability, racism and colonization.
- Experience working together with parents to build and strengthen parent-child relationships.
- Experience identifying and reporting indicators of child abuse or a child in need of protection.
- Experience assisting parents to meet developmental needs of infants, toddlers, and children, and recognizing milestones.
- Experience with household management like providing assistance with household duties, meal preparation, budgeting strategies, making use of available family resources
- Experience with documentation and reporting.

**Working Conditions**
- Availability to work 40 hours/week (days and evening including weekend)
- Evening shifts may be scheduled until 10:00pm
- Placement with a family could be for six weeks or up to one year.

**At Family Dynamics, your well-being is our priority**:
Supporting others also means supporting our team. We have you covered
- Positive and supportive work environment including active committees:

- Workers Health and Safety;
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; and
- Psychological Health and Safety
- Manitoba Government Employees Union

**Benefit plan includes**:
Health and dental coverage, Vision, Ambulance and travel insurance life insurance, long-term disability insurance and travel insurance, Company pension plan

**Other benefits**:

- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid Sick Leave that accumulates upon hire
- Paid Vacation Leave that accumulates upon hire
- Reimbursed parking and mileage when personal vehicle is required for direct client service
- Opportunity to work from home one day per week(conditions apply)
- Flexibility to adjust work hours with management approval
- Ongoing training and opportunities for professional development

**As a condition of employment, applicants will be required to provide a satisfactory criminal records check, including vulnerable sector search, and child abuse registry checks (six months prior to hiring).**

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.