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Preference will be given to citizens of the Liard First Nation and people of Indigenous ancestry.

The Yukon First Nation Education Directorate Early Years Team is seeking a self-motivated individual who is passionate about children’s early years and family connection to join our small team in Watson Lake. Early Year Visitors take a holistic approach to infant, toddler and family supports; providing those support new parents – parents, caregivers, their infants and toddlers by providing routine home visits and delivering, wrap around cultural and family support programming. Our Program builds on community strengths and cultural context to enhance parenting and early learning opportunities which is known to result in better health, well-being and learning outcomes for children.

The YFNED is partnered with the Martin Family Initiative (MFI); a charity that works alongside First Nations, Inuit and Métis People in Canada to help foster Indigenous children and youth’s education and wellbeing. The MFI Early Years is an innovative evidence-informed program model that seeks to honour parents as their children’s first teachers, support healthy pregnancies and infancy and successful service navigation.

For more information including qualifications please visit the job description. Note: All workers must complete Understanding the Early Years a 45-hour course within three months of hire. An acceptable pre-employment RCMP Security Clearance with vulnerable sector clearance; Standard First Aid & CPR, valid Class 5 Yukon Driver’s license, personal transportation and an acceptable Driver’s Abstract are required.