Home Visitor 1

**Requisition ID**: 384695

**Position Number**: 880-715521012H210-11

**Posting End Date**:July 18, 2025

**Employer**:**Southern Health-Santé Sud

**Site**:_ _Public Health-Healthy Living - Rosenort

**Union**: CUPE

**Department/Unit**: Public Health-Healthy Living

**Work Location**:Public Health-Healthy Living - Rosenort

**City**: Rosenort

**Hiring Status**: Permanent

**FTE**: 0.6

**Employment arrangement**:In Person

**Daily hours worked**: 7.75

**Anticipated shift**: Days, may be required to work evenings and weekends

**Annual base hours**:2015

**Anticipated Start Date**:To be determined

**Salary**: $21.73 - $24.12

Find your rewarding career in a vibrant and diverse community within Southern Health-Santé Sud. Our organization is privileged to provide care for people at every point in their lives.

Partnering with our communities, we provide safe, accessible and sustainable people-centered health care. We are proud to work in collaboration with all our partners within and throughout our diverse region: seven First Nations Communities, Francophone, Métis, Mennonite and Hutterite communities as well as a growing number of immigrants from all over the world.

Be part of the Southern Health-Santé Sud team, who is rooted in what matters most. Join a region that offers a lifestyle like no other - a safe, peaceful, beautiful, fulfilling life for you and your family.

**Position Overview**:
Families First is a community-based resource designed to promote healthy growth and development of children by supporting families in their homes during pregnancy and the first five years of a child’s life, for a period of up to three years.

Under the guidance of the Families First - Public Health Nurse, and directly reporting to the Manager Health Services, the Home Visitor 1 acts as a member of an inter
- disciplinary team and is responsible to initiate and maintain regular connection through family centered home based visiting. The incumbent will utilize an evidence informed curriculum, and share activities that support positive parent-child relationships and enhance child health and development as well as build on existing strengths by optimizing the family’s use of community resources. In consultation with Public Health Nurses, the Home Visitor 1 has a responsibility to support families to explore goals related to their values.

The incumbent exercises the appropriate level of initiative and independent judgment in determining work priorities, work methods to be employed and action to be taken on unusual matters. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision and values; and the policies of Southern Health-Santé Sud.

**Experience**:

- Previous experience working with families with young children.

**Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)**:

- Grade twelve (12) education or equivalent.

**Certification/Licensure/Registration**:
Not Applicable

**Qualifications and Skills**:

- Working knowledge of parent-child attachment and early childhood development.
- Knowledge of and ability to link to community resources that support families, parenting, and optimal childhood growth and development.
- Demonstrated strong interpersonal & communication skills.
- Demonstrated written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated decision-making and problem-solving skills.
- Demonstrated ability to adapt to a changing environment.
- Demonstrated ability to establish effective and professional working relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently & effectively as a member of an interdisciplinary team.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively with community resources that support families, parenting, and optimal childhood growth and development.
- Given the cultural diversity of our region, the ability to respect and promote a culturally diverse population is required.
- Proficiency of both official languages is essential for target and designated bilingual positions.
- Demonstrated ability to respect confidentiality including paper, electronic formats and other mediums.
- Good work and attendance record.
- Requires a valid Class 5 driver’s license, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.00.

**Physical Requirements**:

- Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
- No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
- May be required to work in an environment that promotes and is conducive to pets and plants.
- May work occasionally evenings and weekends as necessary.
- Will be required to travel to other regional facilities as the position duties may require.

Applicants may request reasonable accommodation related to the materials or activities used throughout the selection process.

All Health Care Workers are required to be immunized as a condition of employment in accordance with Southern Health-Santé Sud policy.

Please be advised that job competitions for union represented positions may be grieved