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Healthy Families Healthy Futures offers a benefits package, caring work environment, and opportunities for on-going training and professional development. Wage will be dependent on a combination of education and experience.

   

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

Westlock 

FASD/PCAP Mentor
Westlock, Thorhild, Rochester & Surrounding Areas
30 Hours per week

The Position:

The Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Mentor provides in-home, one-on-one mentorship to individuals who may be prenatally exposed to drugs and/or alcohol. You will support the client to build and maintain a healthy lifestyle, including developing life and social skills, while supplying support, collaboration, and system navigation across multiple sectors.

 

The Parent-Child Assistance Program (PCAP) Mentor provides in-home, one-on-one mentorship services with a focus on reducing or stopping alcohol and/or drug use during pregnancy. You will work to support women to achieve and maintain recovery while encouraging healthy, possible pregnancies. Assist in the strengthening of caregiver-child relationships, promotion of healthy childhood growth and development outcomes, and encourage safe home environments.

 

You will have a role in enhancing the capacity of the community to prevent Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder through awareness and prevention activities.

 

                                                                                                                  What you will do:

  • Travel to program participant’s homes in Westlock, Thorhild, Rochester and surrounding area to provide service

  • Establish trusting relationships with clients, their family, and support network

  • Assess strengths and needs in order to help create service plans and strategies to support the healthy development of the family/client

  • Work with a strength based, relational, harm reduction approach

  • Utilize screens, assessments, and observation to guide service plan

  • Provide confidential, emotional, and practical support to parents and caregivers

  • Connect families/clients with other service providers and resources to improve their health and well-being

  • Advocate, as necessary, for clients to obtain the necessary supports for an improved quality of life, including basic needs, health, housing, transportation, legal, and income supports

  • Document all activities accurately and according to procedure

  • Transport clients to access services if necessary

 

                                                                                                                 Qualifications: 

  • Compassionate with a positive and empathetic approach to others

  • Diploma in Social or Human Services, with relevant experience or equivalencies considered

  • Experience working with individuals and families with complex needs

  • Knowledge and awareness of FASD

  • Respect for the diversity of cultural differences and beliefs

  • Knowledge of community resources

  • Understanding of how to set professional boundaries

  • Ability to maintain computerized files and documentation

  • Current Child Welfare Record Check and Criminal Record/Vulnerable Sector Check

  • Valid driver’s license, with a reliable car, will be required

 

Healthy Families Healthy Futures offers a competitive benefits package, caring work environment, and opportunities for on-going training and professional development. Wage will be dependent on a combination of education and experience.

 

Please submit your resume and cover letter along with three work related references to main.office@hfalberta.com. This competition will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.
 

​​Call us:

1-780-307-2444

1-866-859-8109

​Find us: 

#204, 10619 100 AVE

Westlock, AB  T7P 2J4

Our Vision:   Resilient Individuals      Resourceful Families      Responsive Communities

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​Contact us: 

main.office@hfalberta.com

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We are honored to provide our services on the traditional territories of the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit, whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries. We acknowledge Indigenous Peoples as the traditional stewards of these lands and appreciate that many come to live, work, and volunteer in Alberta, enriching our communities.

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