Lead Community Ambassador - Scarborough, Canada - Scarborough Centre for Health Communities

Scarborough Centre for Health Communities

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Scarborough, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Scarborough Centre for Healthy Communities (SCHC) is dedicated to meeting the diverse, holistic health needs of the people of Scarborough by addressing the physical, mental, social, financial and environmental aspects of their health.

Through the promotion of healthy lifestyles and delivery of a comprehensive range of culturally competent health and social services, we cultivate vital and connected communities.

We are currently looking to hire a:

Lead Community Ambassador - Family Wellbeing Team

Contract Full Time (35 hours/week) until July 31, 2023 _
(with possibility of extension)_

Reporting To:
InterimManager, Special Projects

Purpose:

Newcomer Communities. Familiarity and lived experience with these spaces and populations is an assets.

Lead Family Wellbeing Ambassadors are individuals who have gained significant experience with the capacity to manage progressing responsibilities and identified leaders by their peers.

Lead Ambassadors will work with the Coordinator to support current/new Family Wellbeing Ambassadors to provide peer
- mentoring, peer-advisory, and peer-education supports.

Key Areas of Responsibility:

In addition to the responsibilities of a Family Wellbeing Ambassador, a Lead Ambassador will:

Provide support to Program Coordinator in the recruitment, onboarding and mentoring of new Ambassadors
Provide administrative supports to Coordinator such as promotional and informational material development, attendance monitoring
Identify and prioritize locations for outreach and partnership building in collaboration with

Ambassador recommendations

Act as a direct liaison between Ambassadors and Coordinator to provide updates and timely information
Provide information on relevant training needs and other capacity building opportunities for Ambassadors to Coordinator
Facilitate regular meetings with Ambassadors to create and maintain a work plan and outreach strategy that responds to current needs
Work with Coordinator to assign contact referrals to Ambassadors for followup
Provide critical analysis of best practices to Coordinator
Foster "peer to peer" community of practice for ongoing information sharing, decompression, and issues escalation
Encourage and provide support to Ambassadors to complete and submit Ambassador reports at the end of each shift to identify outreach findings and trends
Remain agile and ready to adapt to developing pilot needs

Educational and/or Professional Qualifications:

Lived experience and/ or experience working with Newcomer communities, and/or organizations is an asset.
Lived experience and/ or experience working with most vulnerable gang involved youth and/ or families in conflict with the law, social justice systems and/ or marginalized communities.
Experience working in Scarborough and/ or Zone 5 is an asset.
Knowledge of and sensitivity to the life experiences and needs of gang involved families and marginalized communities
Diploma in social services or a field relevant to youth development, family development, social justice systems, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Experience with adult education principles, practices, training, and evaluation methodologies.
Fundamental knowledge of youth development and family principles.
Welldeveloped written and verbal communication skills.
Fundamental knowledge of organizational effectiveness principles and how they relate to overall program outcomes
Ability to learn new reporting systems (e.g. online contact referral process and electronic tracking systems) to track and initial contacts into the pilot.
Excellent interpersonal skills to deal effectively with staff, all levels of management, City of Toronto staff, Family Wellbeing Consortium partners, pilot key partners and internal/external service providers.
Experience in organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously and meet deadlines.

Significant Working Conditions:

Ability to work flexible hours including oncall telepractice rotations evenings and weekends
Ability to travel across Scarborough to a variety of care settings
Valid driver's license and access to car considered a significant asset

Remuneration:
$ $27.25

Band:
H

Please note:
All other conditions of employment are set out in the collective agreement between SCHC and SIEU.

We would like to thank all applicants; only those invited to interviews will be contacted.

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We would like to thank all applicants; only those invited to interviews will be contacted._

As an employer, we strive for excellence as a workplace and are committed to building a workforce that enhances our capacity to meet the needs of the diverse communities we serve.

SCHC is committed to providing a barrier-free environment for all stakeholders including our clients, employees, job applicants, suppliers and any visitors who m