Job Order Detail

Description

One Arrow First Nation is seeking a devoted professional to join the Mental Health team as a Family Advocate. This individual will be responsible for service delivery as a front-line support.  The Family Advocate will report, evaluate and refer to programming that meet the needs for children and families in the community. The Family Advocate is a vital and valuable role in the Mental Health services department.  Strict confidentiality and professionalism are required in the Mental Health department.
Duties: The following duties are not intended to serve as a comprehensive list of all duties, only as a representative summary of duties and responsibilities where amendments be made by the organization as needs are developed in accordance with One Arrow First Nation Mental Health department.  
The Family Advocate will: Attend home-visits regularly by physically entering homes; Support all applicable safe work policies and procedures; Work with families to promote traditional parenting approaches, healthy family lifestyle engagements and child development; Support families with preventative measures in the best interest of the child including but not limited to referral supports available for Immunizations, Dental, Indian Registry system, Food Security, Cultural supports (Elders) and the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA); Be familiar with other services and resources within the community and outside service providers, to be able to navigate and work closely to provide information to families; Must be able to identify any concerns or unmet needs of the families in community, report all incidents of abuse and neglect to their direct supervisor and appropriate child and family services agency; Work with the Mental Health Director and Program Coordinator to create and develop family centered case plans with short and long term goals and to ensure on-going support is available; Ability to work from a strengths-based perspective in motivating families to make a change.