Results-driven professional skilled in planning, team collaboration, and successfully completing projects. Strong focus on fostering a collaborative environment, ensuring adaptability, and delivering impactful outcomes. Known for effective communication, problem-solving acumen, and unwavering reliability in dynamic settings.
Hi, I’m
Dunja Luzar
Regina,Canada
Summary
Overview
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Chief Red Bear Children’s Lodge, Cowessess First Nations
Prenatal Leader - Ayawawasowin leader
01.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Developing curriculum for Eagle Nest – home visiting program.
- Developing a home visiting Program.
- Developing a Program Connecting with Love (attachment and bond).
- Supporting prenatal/postnatal families.
- Creating workshops/programs.
- Creating a program for families / connected to cultural practices.
- Collaborating with other programs.
- Creating a work plan/budget for the fiscal year.
- Creating mini sessions.
- Creating prenatal journey.
- Early years support/program facilitator - at Chief Red Bear Children’s Lodge, Cowessess First Nations.
- Gathering, organizing and inputting information into a digital database.
- Developing effective improvement plans in alignment with goals and specifications.
- Creating and managing project plans, timelines and budgets.
- Creating mini sessions.
- Creating a program for families/connected to cultural practices.
- Collaborating with other programs.
- Identified team weak points and implemented corrective actions to resolve concerns.
Regina Early Learning Centre
Triple P / Parenting Program facilitator
01.2023 - Current
Job overview
- Casual programming at the Early Years Family Resource Centre
- Enhanced participant engagement by incorporating interactive activities and group discussions in program sessions.
- Gathered participant feedback regularly via surveys or evaluations, utilizing insights gained to improve future programming continuously.
- Delivered clear and concise program modules, ensuring participants grasped key concepts effectively.
- Provided ongoing support to participants beyond the duration of the program, reinforcing key learnings through follow-up resources and check-ins as necessary.
Regina Early Learning Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan
Triple P Leader / Practitioner
10.2017 - 01.2023
Job overview
- Delivering an intensive, broad-focused parenting support intervention individually to parents with children (aged birth -12 years.
- Standard Triple P is suitable for parents concerned about their child's behavior.
- Delivering Triple P discussion groups.
- Delivering Triple P primary teen.
- Delivering Triple P steppingstones.
- Delivering Triple P family transition.
- Delivering Triple P seminars.
- Delivering Triple P small groups.
- Groups for dads.
- MTC (Making the Connection) 0-1,01-2.
- Building Healthy Relationships Facilitator.
- Financial literacy program, budgeting facilitator.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
- Gathered, organized, and inputted information into a digital database.
Raising Hope - Moving Families Forward
Casual support worker
02.2020 - 01.2022
Job overview
- Supporting prenatal and postnatal women who struggle with substance abuse issues.
- Assisted clients with daily living need to maintain self-esteem and general wellness.
- Helped clients manage and reach individual goals, supporting independent progression and social skills.
- Established trusting relationships with clients and their families through empathetic communication and active listening.
- Kept clients engaged in social networks and communities for personal health and growth.
- Supported clients accessing community resources, enhancing their integration and participation in community activities.
- Provided crisis intervention when necessary, maintaining client safety and stability.
Regina Early Learning Centre – KidsFirst program, Regina, Saskatchewan
Home Visitor
09.2015 - 10.2017
Job overview
- Provide information about parenting and early child development.
- Performed required home visits to families every week
- Provide social support by connecting families to community resources.
- Empowering families to set personal goals (IFSP) as they realize their strengths.
- Provide access to services for children who require additional support due to developmental delays.
- Empowering families to meet their potential.
- Helping families with housing and food security.
- Assisting parents enrolling in childcare services.
- Facilitation at Regina Early Learning Centre and KidsFirst programs.
- Recruited families and building positive relationships with parents to support parenting roles.
- Maintained current assessments of families and children and prepared daily portfolios.
- Empowered parents as their child's first teacher through coaching on age-appropriate activities that foster cognitive growth.
- Enhanced family well-being by conducting regular home visits and providing personalized support.
Regina Open Door Society – KidsFirst program, Regina, Saskatchewan
Home Visitor
12.2014 - 09.2015
Job overview
- Provided information about parenting and early child development.
- Performed required home visits to families every week.
- Provided social support by connecting families to community resources.
- Empowered families to set personal goals (IFSP) as they realize their strengths.
- Provided access to services for children who require additional support due to developmental delays.
- Empowered families to meet their potential.
- Assisted families in practical ways to enhance family members' overall health.
- Helped families with housing and food security
- Attended immunization and dental appointments with clients.
- Provided support and opportunities for attending English classes at Regina Open Door Society and Regina Immigrant Women's Centre.
- Assisted parents in enrolling in childcare services.
- Volunteering at Regina Open Door Society and KidsFirst events.
- Recruited families and building positive relationships with parents to support parenting roles.
- Maintained current assessments of families and children and prepared daily portfolios.
- Empowered parents as their child's first teacher through coaching on age-appropriate activities that foster cognitive growth.
- Enhanced family well-being by conducting regular home visits and providing personalized support.
- Collaborated with local agencies to provide services to those in need.
- Facilitated evidence-based parenting workshops, equipping parents with the tools to foster healthy child development.
- Established trust with families by maintaining confidentiality and demonstrating cultural sensitivity during home visits.
- Strengthened parent-child relationships through modelling effective communication and interaction techniques.
- Coordinated resources and program referrals to support family needs.
Education
Doba, European Business And Education Centre
01.2009
University Overview
Business secretary
University of Ljubljana - Biotechnical faculty
from Department of Animal Science
01.1994
University Overview
Skills
- The ability to work as a team member and independently as it often brings better and higher results
- Good organizational skills
- Building relationships with other agencies in the community that support families
- Proficient with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Canva, PDF and Internet
- Relationship building
- Conflict resolution
- Visionary thinking
- Goal setting and coaching
FOREIGN LANGUAGES
English (speak/read/write)
Croatian (speak/read/write)
Serbian (speak/read/write)
Slovenian (speak/read/write)
Italian (beginner)
French (beginner)
Hobbies and Interests
Hobbies and Interests
Crafts (toys, gift cards, holiday crafts), Reading books, Hiking/outdoor activities, Cycling, Cooking, Gardening, Travel, Photography, Painting
Training
Training
2021-present
- In training for the Certified Coach Program
- Indigenous Childbirth Educator
- Bringing tradition home
- Baby Triple P
- Indigenous Doula Certificate
- 7 Teachings training
- Bringing Tradition Home
- Girl Power / Fem power
- Infant Massage Certificate
- Working with Father’s workshop/training
- Level 3 Primary Care Teen Triple P
2020
- Focus on Father’s Workshop
- The Importance of Fathering and Co-parenting
- Supporting parents when they are experiencing mental health challenges
- Truth and Reconciliation workshop/training
2019
- Prenatal Caring circle
- Make the connection 0-3
- Level 4 Standard Steppingstone Triple P
- Childhood Anxiety Course
- Indigenous Awareness Training
2017-2018
- Building Healthy Relationships Facilitator Training
- Aboriginal Literacy and Parenting Skills Training
- Standard First Aid / CPR / AED Level C
- Training on Child Protection Services
- Family Literacy training
- Facilitator Training for The Financial Literacy Curriculum
- Mental Health First Aid Basic
- Level 2 Selected Triple P Training
- Level 3 Triple P Discussion Group
- Level 3 Primary Care Triple P
- Level 4 Group Triple P
2012-2013
- Certificate/Integrated Strategies for Home Visiting Seminar.
- Certificate/Make the connection/ Group leader training 0-1,1-2
- ASIST workshop in suicide First Aid.
- Teacher Talk Training/ Encouraging Language Development in Early Childhood Settings.
- Tier I Certificate/ individual use the Growing Great Kids Curriculum.
- Tier II Certificate/ individual use the Growing Great Kids Curriculum.
- Certificate of Completion/ Food Safe Level1
- Standard First Aid & CPR / Canadian Red Cross
Timeline
Prenatal Leader - Ayawawasowin leader
Chief Red Bear Children’s Lodge, Cowessess First Nations
01.2023 - Current
Triple P / Parenting Program facilitator
Regina Early Learning Centre
01.2023 - Current
Casual support worker
Raising Hope - Moving Families Forward
02.2020 - 01.2022
Triple P Leader / Practitioner
Regina Early Learning Centre, Regina, Saskatchewan
10.2017 - 01.2023
Home Visitor
Regina Early Learning Centre – KidsFirst program, Regina, Saskatchewan
09.2015 - 10.2017
Home Visitor
Regina Open Door Society – KidsFirst program, Regina, Saskatchewan
12.2014 - 09.2015
University of Ljubljana - Biotechnical faculty
from Department of Animal Science
Doba, European Business And Education Centre
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