Family Home Visitor
What is a family home visitor?
Michele is a member of the Healthy Babies Healthy Children team where family home visitors and public health nurses provided home visiting support to families by building on their strengths, enhancing their parenting skills, and connecting them with community resources.
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A typical day in the life as a family home visitor:
On any day, you will find Michele focused on encouraging and supporting healthy infant and child development. She brings a positive attitude to work each day, while providing families with information and resources on nutrition, breastfeeding, child development, care of infants and children, effective parenting, providing a safe, secure, and nurturing environment, life skills, and overall general family health. She encourages parents to interact with their children in ways that promote healthy growth and development through a positive caregiver and child relationship.
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What inspires you to work at KFL&A Public Health?
Michele is inspired to work at KFL&A Public Health by having the opportunity to encourage and support families within her own community. She is empowered to know that her own parenting experiences and resilience to life challenges have contributed to her ability to build trusting relationships with so many wonderful families over many years.
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