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Business: Ask Wellness Society
Address: 2196 Quilchena Avenue
Website: easyapply.co

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Ask Wellness Society

Looking for Full time/Temporary Health Navigator/ Outreach Worker

$25.95 to $29.76 based on education and related experience.

 As a Health Navigator and Outreach Worker you will work directly with Program Participants and sometimes family members to advocate, educate, reinforce, and coordinate a care plan in order to improve knowledge and assist with self-management of chronic illness and other health issues. To raise awareness and provide sexual health and BBI education/supports, and health navigation to marginalized clients and communities. Service delivery is based on a client-centered, non-judgmental perspective.

Qualifications and Requirements

-         Bachelor of Social Work, Human Services Diploma, Support Worker/Care Aid Certificate, or an equivalent combination of education, training and/or lived experience.

-         Strong ability to recognize and address difficult behaviors.

-         Good communication, documentation, interpersonal and conflict management skills.

-         Ability to work within a team-based environment involving multi-agency supports.

-         Strong working knowledge of community resources.

-         Understands and maintains professional boundaries.

-         Valid driver’s license, safe driving record and reliable/appropriate transportation with business use coverage.

-         VAT (Vulnerability Assessment Tool) training an asset.

-         Must pass an acceptable criminal record check for the vulnerable sector.

-         Occupational First Aid Level 1 required.

-         Readiness to complete in-house online training within the first month of employment.

-         Mental Health First Aid, ASIST, and Trauma Informed Practice an asset.

-         As Program Participants are allowed to have pets, it is noted that this is a pet friendly environment.

For a more detailed description please visit askwellness.ca