Home Visitor

Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is seeking a Home Visitor in Winnipeg to support families with young children using a strength-based, solution-focused approach. You will promote positive parent-child relationships and healthy development within the Families First framework.

You will work with an inter-disciplinary team, provide regular home visits, and coordinate with Public Health Nurses to help families explore goals aligned with culture and values.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent (Manitoba standards) required.
• Certification as a Community Support Worker / Social Services Worker / Family Support Worker / Early Childhood Educator or related post-secondary asset.
• Successful candidate to complete Families First provincial orientation and training.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and maintain regular family-centered home visits.
• Engage in activities to support positive parent-child interactions using an evidence-informed curriculum.
• Support families to explore goals related to culture and values in consultation with Public Health Nurses.

Skills

Problem solving

Interpersonal skills

Team collaboration

Curriculum-based resources

Adult learning principles

Culturally safe practices

Microsoft Office

English proficiency

Bilingual English/French

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Community Support Worker / Social Services Worker / Family Support Worker / Early Childhood Educator certification

Other related education may be considered

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Access

PowerPoint

Job description

Requisition ID: 409408

Position Number: 20001731

Posting End Date: August 31, 2026

City: Winnipeg

Employer: Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Site: WRHA Community Health Services

Department / Unit: Public Health Seven Oaks

Job Stream: Clinical Support

Union: CUPE

Anticipated Start Date - End Date: 10/05/2026 - Indefinite

Reason for Term: Other Leave

FTE: 1.00

Anticipated Shift: Days;Evenings

Work Arrangement: In Person

Daily Hours Worked: 7.75

Annual Base Hours: 2015

Salary: $24.039, $24.563, $25.043, $25.538, $26.038

Grow your career in the Winnipeg Health Region! Our team provides a spectrum of health care services through an integrated network of sites, services and organizations. We’re united by a shared commitment to excellent and equitable health care.

Position Overview

The Home Visitor works with families using a strength-based and solution-focused approach to promote positive parent-child relationships, support healthy childhood growth and development, enhance parenting skills, promote safety and well-being, and connect families with their community.

The Home Visitor works as a member of an inter-disciplinary team and is responsible to initiate and maintain regular connection through family-centered home visiting. Utilizing an evidence-informed curriculum, the Home Visitor engages in activities that support positive parent-child interactions. In consultation and with guidance from Public Health Nurses, the Home Visitor has a responsibility to support families to explore goals related to their family’s culture and values. The Home Visitor implements home visiting practices according to established guidelines of the provincial Families First Program. The position functions in a manner that is consistent with the mission, vision, values, and policies of the Regional Health Authority.

Experience

• Minimum (1) year experience working with families with young children ages 0-5, or prenatal families in areas related to parenting, in the last five years required.

Education (Degree/Diploma/Certificate)

• High School Diploma or equivalent; or GED Manitoba Standards required.
• Certification as a Community Support Worker, Social Services Worker, Family Support Worker, Early Childhood Educator, or other relevant post-secondary education in a related field is an asset.
• Other combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• Successful candidate required to complete Families First provincial orientation and training as scheduled.

Certification/Licensure/Registration

• Valid Manitoba Class 5 driver’s license and access to a vehicle.

Qualifications And Skills

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to adapt to a work environment within an organization that embraces change.
• Shows initiative and ability to take direction.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team using effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to effectively use curriculum-based resources, utilizing adult learning principles.
• Ability to plan, organize and implement strength-based, trauma-informed, and culturally safe practices effectively.
• Knowledge of early childhood growth and development prenatally up to five years of age.
• Understanding of Indigenous culture, traditions, values, and language is an asset.
• Proficiency with Microsoft programs (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, and PowerPoint), as well as Internet applications, other information technology, and technical equipment.
• Demonstrated fluency in English including verbal, reading, and written communication skills.
• Proficiency in both official languages essential for designated bilingual positions.

Physical Requirements

• Physically capable of providing service in a wide variety of community settings under varying weather and environmental conditions.
• Physically able to lift and carry equipment weighing up to 20 lbs. or 9 kgs.
• Physically able to climb stairs, crouch, and to kneel/sit on the floor when facilitating home visit components and engaging in parent-child activities.
• Expected travel throughout the region/province for training requirements, program needs, or for provision of home visiting services to families.
• Designated Northern positions requires travel to remote communities, and this may necessitate overnight accommodations.
• Evening and weekend work may be required to meet client needs.

This term position may end earlier as outlined in your collective agreement.

This position requires a current satisfactory Criminal Records Check (including Vulnerable Sector Search), Child Abuse Registry Check and Adult Abuse Registry Check as conditions of employment. The successful candidate will be responsible for any service charges incurred. A security check is considered current if it was obtained no more than six (6) months prior to the start of employment.

Please note that an employee is not permitted to hold two or more positions across the WRHA legal entity that combine to equal more than 1.0 EFT. The WRHA legal entity includes Churchill Health Centre, Deer Lodge Centre, Golden West Centennial Lodge, Grace Hospital, Middlechurch Home of Winnipeg, Pan Am Clinic, Prairie Crocus Manor, River Park Gardens, Victoria General Hospital, WRHA corporate programs, and WRHA community health services.

Interviewed candidates may be called upon to participate in a skills assessment.

Any application received after the closing time will not be included in the competition.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request during the assessment and selection process.

Manitoba healthcare employers, in partnership with the Indigenous community, are committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous People within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged to apply and to voluntarily self-identify as being of Indigenous descent in their cover letter/application.