Workshop Facilitator, Iranian Community

Program: Healthy Families, Healthy Communities

Contract: Temporary, part-time until September 30, 2021; 5 hours per week

Schedule: To be negotiated with the manager

Location Bathurst Finch Hub at 540 Finch Avenue West; with travel within

the GTA

Salary: $38,169- $47,102 Grade 4 EXCL; pro-rated to hours worked

Application Deadline: May 18, 2021, 5.00pm

File Number: HFHC #14-21 with cover letter and resume

E-Mail: [email protected]

Mail: HR, 355 Church Street, Toronto, ON M5B 0B2

Web: familyservicetoronto.org

Family Service Toronto (FST) helps people face a wide variety of life challenges. For over 100

years, we have worked with individuals and families destabilized by precarious mental health

and/or socioeconomic circumstances, to achieve greater resilience and stability in more just

and supportive communities. We achieve this through our direct service work of intervention

and prevention which includes counselling, peer support and education; knowledge building;

and system-level work including social action, advocacy, community building and working

with partners to strengthen the sector.

Healthy Families, Healthy Communities (HFHC) is a community-based program for newcomer

women, seniors and youth. It provides programs, which serve individuals from specific linguistic

and cultural communities i.e. Afghan Iranian, Latino-Hispanic, Somali and Arabic-speaking

communities. Seniors, women and youth from these communities are offered programs that are

in their first language and are facilitated by staff with a lived experience in these communities.

Programs include peer support groups, educational workshops and community events.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide community-based workshops for youth and women on topics that are relevant

to new immigrants and refugees

• Provide participants with appropriate information and referrals, related to mental and

physical health, well-being and navigating the healthcare, legal and educational

systems

• Assist with outreach to the Iranian community at large to raise awareness of the

Healthy Families, Healthy Communities program and to recruit participants

• Assist with any related research activities, including on-line research, focus groups

and/or telephone interviews

• Provide instrumental support to participants
• Maintain up-to-date notes, records, statistics and other data as required
• Assist in the facilitation of peer support groups, when required
• Translate workshop materials and provide interpretation when required.
• Ensure the regular and timely recording of data as required by funder(s) and FST
• Assist with special events

QUALIFICATIONS:

• College diploma or equivalent education and experience, with a minimum of three

years of experience working in the social service field

• 2 to 3 years’ experience working with youth and women
• Experience providing educational workshops on a range of topics pertinent to

women and seniors (e.g. gender-based violence, stress management and other

coping skills, elder abuse, health and wellness) using principles of adult education

• Understanding of the peer support model
• Experience working with service systems and an understanding of barriers to

accessing these systems

• Experience in planning and implementing a series of workshops
• Lived experience within the Farsi-speaking community and the ability to speak Farsi,

as well as English

• Good listening, written and verbal communication skills
• Good computer skills and experience using a computer database
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team
• Extensive knowledge or community resources and supports for women and seniors
• Demonstrated commitment to principles of cultural competency, social justice, anti-

oppression and equity and inclusion

• Flexibility in hours of work, including some evening and/or weekend work
• Ability to travel throughout the City of Toronto
• Criminal reference check with Vulnerable Sector Search completed within the past

12 months

We are committed to developing a diverse service team that reflects the diversity of the

population who live and work in the City of Toronto. We actively encourage applicants from

all equity seeking groups especially those with lived experience from racialized and or

marginalized communities. 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.

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.

No phone calls please.