Male Identified Peer Leader, Somali Community

3 weeks ago

Scarborough, Canada Family Service Toronto Full time

**Grow with us**

Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100 years, we have worked with individuals, families and communities destabilized by precarious mental health and/or socioeconomic circumstances, to achieve greater resilience, stability and equity.

We achieve this through our understanding of poverty and the harmful effects of marginalization, discrimination and oppression. We direct our energies to support individuals and families in our core service areas - community counselling and mental health, gender-based violence and developmental disabilities. At the same time, we work to influence policy, build knowledge, strengthen communities and advocate for system change.

We’re proud of our people and culture We are constantly evolving what we do and how we do it. Our work is grounded in the lived experience of the clients and the community. We celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion, and excellence. We are agile, learning and always willing to try new things.

**The Opportunity**

Healthy Families Healthy Communities (HFHC) is a community engagement program for newcomer women, seniors, and youth. The program activities support the Afghan Iranian, Nigerian, Latino-Hispanic, Somali, and Arabic-speaking communities. Peer support groups, educational workshops, and community events are delivered to seniors, women, and youth from these communities in their first language and facilitated by staff with lived experiences.

**Responsibilities**
- Provide participants with appropriate information and referrals.
- Participate in training on how to deliver/facilitate peer support groups.
- Assist with outreach to community to raise awareness of the Healthy Families, Healthy Communities program and to organize and recruit participants.
- Facilitate peer support groups and assist with community-based workshops for the Somali group.
- Assist with research activities, including on-line research, focus groups and/or telephone interviews.
- Maintain up-to-date notes, records, statistics and other data, as required.
- Assist with the regular and timely recording and input of data and statistics into the database system, as required based on FST’s policies and procedures.
- Participate in debriefing, supervisory and team meetings.
- Maintain confidentiality of participants’ data and information at all times.
- Participate in training and educational opportunities, as required.

**Qualifications**
- Post-secondary education or equivalent combination of education and experience. Foreign credentials and relevant experience will be considered.
- One to two years of experience working, volunteering, or participating with community groups or peer support group.
- Knowledge of services and resources for newcomers to Canada.
- Knowledge and ability to use social networking platforms, i.e. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp.
- Ability to speak and understand Somali.
- Strong listening, written and verbal English communication skills.
- Some knowledge and understanding of family violence and gender-based violence issues.

**Interested?**

Our goal is to attract, develop, and retain highly talented employees from diverse backgrounds allowing us to benefit from a wide variety of experiences and perspectives.

We actively encourage applicants from all equity seeking groups. First Nations, Inuit, Métis, Black and People of Colour, people with disabilities, people of diverse gender expression, members of 2SLGBTQI+ communities and people with lived experience of poverty are encouraged to apply.

In accordance with Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and FST’s Equity and Inclusion policy, accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

We thank all applicants and will contact the individuals selected for an interview.

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 7 per week

**Salary**: $19.47-$24.02 per hour

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Scarborough, ON M1L 2T3

Application deadline: 2023-05-29

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