Contract: Temporary, Full‐time; from July 2 up to 14 weeks; 35 hrs/week
Location Victoria Park Hub, 1527 Victoria Park Ave, Scarborough, ON M1L
2T3
Salary: $15.25 per hour
Application Deadline: May 21, 2021; 5pm
File Number: CSJ #18‐21 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 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.
ELIGIBILITY:
- be between 15 and 30 years of age at the start of the employment
- be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or persons to whom refugee protection has been
conferred under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial/territorial legislation
and regulations
- be available to commence the position on July 2, 2021
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Perform outreach activities in newcomer communities in East Toronto to build stronger
awareness among youth about programs they can access in their neighbourhoods
- Assist in distributing promotional materials for Healthy Families/Healthy Communities, a
program focused on reducing gender‐based violence
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