Healthy Baby Coordinator

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.

The role of the Healthy Baby Coordinator is to assess, plan, promote, implement, coordinate and evaluate programming in accordance with the Province of Manitoba - Healthy Baby program and Southern Health-Santé Sud vision and mission. Healthy Baby programs are intended to connect with and support pregnant women and families with babies up to the age of one with the primary focus on those whose needs may be overlooked or underserved by mainstream health services.

The emphasis is on positive parenting, parent-child relationships, improved infant health and development, healthy eating and optimal awareness and use of community resources. Healthy Baby programs are primarily designed for groups that are strength-based/family-centered and follow a harm reduction philosophy. Functioning within a team the Coordinator supports planning, development and implementation of the program for all regional sites and acts as a resource for health care professionals and community partners.

• Minimum 2 years working in a community health care setting.
• Minimum 1 year facilitating groups.
• Previous experience working with families with young children.
• Previous experience working in an interdisciplinary team environment.
• Experience using trauma-informed strength based and harm reduction approaches.

• Graduate of an accredited post-secondary degree in Health or Social Sciences.
• Other relevant educational qualifications and experience may be considered.

• Active license and registration to practice as required by professional association and provincial legislation.

• Knowledge of parent-child attachment theories, healthy parenting practices and basic child and development and family nutrition.
• Knowledge of mental health promotion strategies.
• Knowledge and understanding of health equity, social justice and cultural safety.
• Demonstrated ability to establish a trusting and positive relationship with participants.
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with interdisciplinary teams.
• Demonstrated ability to display independent judgement, leadership skills and flexibility.
• Physically capable of providing service in a variety of community settings under varying weather and environmental conditions.
• 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 licence, an all-purpose insured vehicle and liability insurance of at least $1,000,000.

• Demonstrated ability to meet the physical and mental demands of the job.
• No hazardous or significantly unpleasant conditions.
• 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.

Southern Health-Santé Sud in partnership with the Indigenous community is committed to increasing the representation of Indigenous people within all levels of our workforce. Indigenous applicants are encouraged…