Family Resource Practitioner

Family Resource Practitioner:
Perinatal, Early Years, and Parent Support

Family Place is seeking a dedicated Family Resource Practitioner to guide community-driven parent engagement, perinatal initiatives, and multi-generational family support across our centre. Grounded in the Standards of Practice for Family Support, relational early development frameworks, and participant-centred service delivery, this position walks alongside expectant caregivers, babies, and young families. We believe in continuous professional investment and will fully sponsor certified Doula training for the hired practitioner.

• Facilitate welcoming, drop-in parent-child environments and structured peer circles that build caregiver capacity, reduce isolation, and strengthen early attachment.
• Deliver responsive perinatal navigation, walking alongside expectant and newly parenting families through prenatal planning, physiological labor education, lactation, and postpartum adjustment.
• Design intentional play invitations and responsive learning opportunities that promote healthy infant and toddler development while modeling attuned adult-child interactions for caregivers.
• Facilitate parent education series and reflective group discussions on early childhood milestones, emotional regulation, and positive parenting practices.
• Provide nourishing hospitality and light meal offerings within a community kitchen environment to foster a dignifying, kitchen-table atmosphere during program gatherings.

• Post-secondary credential in Family Studies, Social Work, Nursing, Midwifery, Childbirth Education, Child and Youth Care, Health Promotion, Public Health, or a related human service discipline.
• Proven experience in family support practice, adult group facilitation, community program delivery, or community-based parent navigation.
• Demonstrated aptitude and enthusiasm for supporting expectant parents, infants, and growing families through relational, non-judgmental community practice.
• Grounded understanding of family support principles, infant mental health, parent-child relational attunement, and family systems theory (foundational orientation provided).
• Familiarity with prenatal well-being, physiological labor and birth, lactation, infant feeding, newborn care, and perinatal mental health is a strong asset.
• Certification or documented experience as a Childbirth Educator, Postpartum Educator, or Doula is welcomed (formal Doula training will be fully funded through an accredited institution if not already certified).
• Thoughtful interpersonal communication, active listening across diverse family constellations, and the ability to maintain healthy professional boundaries within a high-connection community setting.
• Current resident of Prince Edward Island.

• Deep respect for children and families, approaching all relationships with warmth, curiosity, and unconditional positive regard.
• Eagerness to expand professional knowledge through funded certifications, peer mentorship, and reflective practice.
• Collaborative mindset and ability to work effectively within an interdisciplinary team.
• Dependable, punctual, self-directed, and participant-centred work ethic.

• Clear Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check completed prior to commencement (organizational verification letter provided upon offer).
• Standard First Aid and CPR (Level C or Infant/Child) certification, or commitment to obtain immediately upon hire (fees covered by the organization).
• Provincial Food Safety certification (Food Handler Certificate), or commitment to complete during onboarding (fees covered by the organization).
• Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS) certificate (completed during onboarding, fees covered by the organization).

Schedule: Monday through Friday, daytime operational hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30/5:00 p.m.), with scheduled flexibility required to facilitate occasional evening or weekend workshops, perinatal groups, or community events as program needs require.
Professional Distinction: This is a community-based family resource, parenting support, and perinatal group facilitation role. It is not an early childhood daycare worker post, nor is it a personal support worker (PSW), resident care worker (RCW), or healthcare attendant position.

Review of complete packages begins immediately on a rolling basis, and the…