Program Engagement Co-facilitator

**Through its core values of**_Courage, Respect and Excellence_**, CAMH is implementing its Strategic Plan**:_Connected CAMH,_** to transform lives, ignite innovation and discovery, revolutionize education and drive social change. CAMH is more than a hospital, it is a cause. CAMH is on a mission to change the way society thinks about and responds to mental illness. They aim to eliminate prejudice and discrimination and shape a world where mental illness is central to our healthcare system - a world where Mental Health**_is_** Health.**

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Outcomes are rigorously evaluated within and across hubs focusing on positive outcomes in areas of wellness important to youth and their families. This initiative engages youth, family/caregivers and other partners through a co-creation process, ensuring services are designed and delivered according to their needs. YWHO's IYS model is designed to improve experiences and outcomes for youth by:

- Increasing access to rapid, low-barrier services;
- Reducing transitions by providing care in one location; and,
- Providing tailored, high-quality programs co-developed with youth to meet their needs.

YWHO is currently comprised of 32 local hubs (or YWHO Networks) that provide services to youth and families in over 40 communities, as well as a Provincial Office (PO) situated within the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) that provides support to all of these YWHO Networks across the following key areas: implementation, operations, data and evaluation, youth and family engagement, equity, knowledge mobilization, communications, and more.

**Position Description**

The YWHO Provincial Office is working with YWHO Hubs across the province to co-develop, implement, and evaluate coordinated gender-based violence (GBV) supports within our YWHO Hub services. GBV is a significant public health issue and consistently associated with youth mental health, substance use, and physical health challenges. The initiative will support a new GBV role within 10 hubs; train and build capacity across sectors to recognize, prevent, and treat GBV within YWHO Hubs; establish a GBV care pathway for routine GBV screening, prevention, and early intervention; ensure youth engagement and co-design; and assess the impact of our coordinated intervention supports.

The Program Engagement Co-Facilitators will work alongside service providers, implementation, equity, engagement, evaluation, and research staff to ensure that YWHO projects, provincial-level engagement processes, staffing, activities and outcomes are more relevant and better reflect the needs of young people with lived/living experience of mental health and substance use challenges.

**Responsibilities**:
The Program Engagement Co-Facilitators will be responsible for outreach, recruitment, and the onboarding of youth advisors. They will support meaningful engagement of youth by co-facilitating advisory group meetings, focus groups, and public/virtual consultations with broader groups of people with lived/living expertise. This will include working with other Youth Engagement Specialists, the Engagement CH&E Coordinator, and additional staff to support a network of Youth Advisors at YWHO PO to provide input, ongoing feedback, guidance, and/or to co-design project initiatives to ensure youth's needs and preferences are met.

As part of their role, the Program Engagement Co-Facilitators will support administrative tasks related to engagement activities, including scheduling meetings/consultations using available tools (e.g., doodle polls), preparing agendas in advance of meetings, taking notes, and communicating with various staff and teams across the PO. The Program Co-Facilitators will also contribute to knowledge translation and education activities, including the development of training, infographics, tip sheets, webinars, and videos. The Program Co-Facilitators will use their lived/living experience and expertise to support YWHO sites with local youth engagement.

The Program Co-Facilitators will also work alongside the YWHO PO GBV project team to contribute to the ‘Preventing Cycles of Violence: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Mental Health in Integrated Youth Services’ project to ensure youth are able to actively participate in decision-making processes and reflect a lived experience/service user perspective across YWHO initiatives.

The YWHO Provincial Office at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) supports a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork, and complies with all applicable standards and requirements. These positions are based in the Greater Toronto Area. Travel throughout Ontario will be required, including regular in-person meetings in Toronto. This role will require occasional evening and weekend hours.

**Job Requirements**

Program Engagement Co-Facilitators will have at least one (1) year of experience supporting, connecting,