The Community Health Visitor (CHV) will deliver health and social integrated care for mother and child, focusing on antenatal and postnatal care, developmental-centred parenting, parent-child interaction and family well-being, with the aim of optimising every child's potential for healthy growth and development. The CHV is the keyworker who will support the mother-child dyad and family through home visits and clinic service touchpoints, also providing service coordination between patient/client/family with healthcare and social service systems.
Job Responsibilities:
- To support the pregnant mother during the antenatal period by providing anticipatory care and advice to optimise health, nutrition and improve birth outcomes.
- Conduct mental wellness screenings and nutritional assessments for the pregnant mother, and to work with the trans-disciplinary team to make appropriate referrals when required.
- To support mother and main caregivers in the postnatal period in parentcraft skills.
- To build rapport and cultivate a positive relationship with parents/caregivers to impart child development knowledge and skills and facilitate parent-child bonding, developmental-centred parenting and family well-being.
- Conduct child development screening and work with the trans-disciplinary team to make family-centred recommendations.
- To collaborate and partner community and social service agencies, or hospital specialists to provide necessary support for client and family. This includes inter-agency case conferences and discussions.
Job requirements and Competencies:
- Degree in Early Childhood Development, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Special Education, Nursing or equivalent OR
- Diploma in Early Childhood Development, Social Work, Counselling, Psychology, Special Education, Nursing or an Advanced Healthcare related diploma from a recognized institution; with 2-3 years relevant work experience, which may include working with vulnerable children and families in a community setting or in infant and early childhood development (preferred).
- Passionate and committed to work with pregnant mothers, caregivers and children from vulnerable families
- Excellent team player with good interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
- Dynamic, problem-solver, efficient, resourceful individual.
- Demonstrates initiative and has good organisational skills.
- Ability to independently travel to and from clients’ homes for service delivery.
