Employment Opportunity

Competition: 2025-08

Positions:            Infant Wellness Worker                                               Term:                    Contract – Full-time

Department:      Child Welfare/Prevention                                           Location:             Timmins, ON

Hours:     35 Hours per week                                                                       Salary Range:    TBD

Reports to: Prevention Team Supervisor                                              

Posting Date: April 17, 2025                                                                       Closing Date: May 1, 2025

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Infant Wellness Worker is responsible for the delivery of programs and services that aim to strengthen family wellness starting prenatally, as well as throughout infancy and toddlerhood for families in the community. The overall purpose of the Prevention Program is to prevent child welfare involvement in families and to reduce the number of children in care. The length of time that a family stay connected to an Infant Wellness Worker is dependent on the needs of the family, as well as their family wellness goals. The Infant Wellness Program is an integral part of the Prevention program. The Infant Wellness Program plays a key role in preventing child welfare involvement in families by:

·         Providing support, education and awareness to families starting at the very beginning of a child’s life and

·         Helping parents/caregivers to support their children throughout the most critical developmental period of their lives. However, in the case that families are already involved with child welfare, the Infant & Child Wellness Program collaborates with parents/caregivers to address and resolve the identified child welfare concerns and

·         Providing both one-to-one support for families and group/community programming and

·         Providing one-to-one in-home support to parents/caregivers and

·         Providing community programming/activities relevant to promoting family wellness of this specific population.

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DUTIES and RESPONSIBILITIES:

·         Receive referrals, connect with family, build rapport, develop Family Wellness Plan.

·         Assist family in achieving wellness goals through in-home support services (cleaning, organizing, meal planning, routines, budgeting, educational awareness, etc.).

·         Facilitating tailored therapeutic activities, connecting them to appropriate programming/referral sources and providing financial assistance when necessary (baby essential needs pantry, Support Services budget).

·         Conduct Ages & Stages Screener (Nurturing the Seed) when necessary and assist in Developmental Support Planning with family.

·         Deliver consistent community programming with a focus on parenting/parent-child relationship (I.e., Making the Connection, Calm Cool Connected, Healthy Family Kitchen, Talk & Task, pre/post-natal vouchers, etc.)

·         Facilitate educational/awareness presentations on the following topics: infant/early childhood mental health, nutrition, screen time, attachment, the importance of routines, maternal/paternal mental health, family bonding, etc.

·         Collaborate with local community resources on various initiatives that promote family wellness in your target population when available (NAAW, Mental Health Week, etc.)

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QUALIFICATIONS:

·         Social Work diploma or degree and/or related discipline

·         Relevant work experience

·         Proven organizational skills

·         Proven group presentations skills

·         Excellent communication skills (written and oral)

·         Advocacy skills

·         The ability to speak Cree is an asset

·         Valid Driver’s Licence

·         Clean Driver’s Abstract

·         Microsoft Word programs

·         Vital critical thinking skills

Please submit cover letter and resume along with 3 recent work references with their email addresses and phone number to hrgeneralist@fortalbany.ca. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only selected applicants will be contacted for an interview.