Home Visitor; Lethbridge

**South Region Parents as Teachers**

**PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY**

Are you searching for meaningful work? Do you have a heart to make a difference in the lives of young children and families in Lethbridge including diverse families? Consider joining our team of caring family support professionals.

**Title: Parent Educator - Lethbridge,**early years home visitor/parent educator

**Location**: Lethbridge

**Hours**: Up to.8 FTE; 4 days per week, Tu - Fri (up to 28 hrs/week) Occasional evening and weekend work required.

We offer an exceptional benefits package including vision, dental, extended health, generous health spending account.

**Reports to**:Program Manager

For over twenty-nine years, South Region Parents as Teachers has been engaging and supporting families in Southern Alberta to promote the optimal development, learning and health of their children in the crucial early years of life. Our mission is to provide the information, support and encouragement families need to help their young children develop optimally (prenatal through kindergarten). South Region Parents as Teachers is proud to be an international Parents as Teachers Affiliate program utilizing the innovative, evidence-based Parents as Teachers home visiting model.

**Position Summary**:
**Qualifications**:

- Post-secondary degree or diploma preferred in a human-services related field such as child and youth care, early childhood development and education, education, nursing, social work, health or psychology. Combination of equivalencies and experience may be considered.
- Minimum of two years supervised experience working with young children and their parents.
- Strong work ethic.
- Knowledge of early childhood development and parent education.
- Strong working knowledge of community and cultural resources to assist diverse families.
- Ability to establish rapport with diverse families and empower them to build their strengths.
- Familiarity with developmental screening tools such as the Ages and Stages 3 and Ages and Stages Social-Emotional 2 Questionnaires.
- Demonstrated group facilitation skills.
- Exceptional, effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills (i.e. non judgmental, strength-based, objective, reflective, empathic, patient, tactful).
- Ability to be a self-starter, work independently and contribute in a team environment.
- Strong written communication, organizational and record-keeping skills.
- Ability to work flexible hours when necessary.
- Physically able to carry large items, go up and down stairs, and join families in play on the floor.

**Requirements**:

- Successfully complete the Parents as Teachers Foundational and Model Implementation Trainings.
- Maintain current certification as a parent educator by completing the required professional development hours for years of service.
- Valid Alberta Driver’s License, insurance and a reliable vehicle.
- Current clear Criminal Record and Vulnerable Sector Check.
- Current satisfactory Child Intervention Record Check.
- Documentation of a valid Social Insurance Number.
- Proof of Photo Identification.

**Duties & Responsibilities**:

- Provide personal home visits focused on parent-child interaction, development-centered parenting and family well-being (including planning, delivering and documenting the visit).
- Deliver culturally rooted services and tailored supports with care and consideration to individual unique family and cultural context.
- Use the PAT Foundational Curricula to share research-based information with families.
- Complete all required documentation regarding personal home visits, group connections, developmental screenings and resource connections in a timely manner.
- Facilitate group connections to give families an opportunity to build social connections with each other, engage in parent-child interaction activities and increase their knowledge of ways to support children’s development.
- Complete developmental monitoring, developmental screenings and health reviews for each enrolled child.
- Complete family-centered assessments with each family.
- Develop, monitor and review goals with each family.
- Connect families to resources that help them reach their goals and address their needs.
- Help parents and children transition to other services as needed, such as to preschool or to kindergarten.
- Organize and clean inventory supplies/materials, etc.
- Participate in regular, reflective supervision, professional development, and engage in setting personal goals for self-development.
- Participate in regular staff meetings.
- Offer support, orientation, mentoring as requested to new staff/practicum students.
- Obtain competency-based professional development and renew parent educator certification annually.
- Participate in continuous quality improvement.
- Engage in recruitment activities including community awareness events and presentations.
- Assist with the preparation of newsletters and promotional material.
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