Youth Wellness Program Animator Strides

Position Type –Full-time permanent

Hours of Work per week –35 hours

Salary range: $48,731 to $56,747 per annum

Benefits: we offer generous group employee benefits which includes:

• Comprehensive health, dental, vision coverage and EAP, premium fully paid by organization
• Life and disability insurance
• Defined Contribution Pension plan with employer matching up to 6% based on length of service
• Generous paid time off (Vacation, Sick and Float days)
• Pregnancy/Parental leave top-up
• Hybrid work flexibility
• Access to employee perks and discounts

Union Position – This position is represented by OPSEU local 567.

Strides Toronto Support Services (“Strides Toronto”) Strides Toronto is a multi-service agency supporting infants, children, youth and young adults from birth to age 29, and their families, primarily across east Toronto. We offer community-based, residential and treatment programs—including mental health counselling, autism services, early intervention, day treatment, education, outreach and community support—using a client-centered, evidence-informed approach. Since 2015, Strides Toronto has served as Toronto’s Lead Agency for Infant, Child and Youth Mental Health, partnering with 21 core service providers to provide system leadership, citywide planning, coordinated service delivery and program alignment.

Strides Toronto also leads initiatives with broader reach, including

Help Aheadand theHOPE Strategy across Toronto andOne Stop Talk/Parlons Maintenantand the Provincial Youth Outreach Worker Program across Ontario.

This is an existing vacancy for a full-time permanent Youth Wellness Program Animator. The Youth Wellness Program Animator (YWPA) provides intake, orientation and Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO) service navigation support to clients and families who are accessing the Youth Wellness Hub. The YWPA communicates and coordinates with the YWHO integrated care team to connect youth to relevant supports and service providers.

The YWPA supports the coordination of day-to-day operations in the Youth Wellness Hub.

• Provide administration support to the ‘Youth Wellness Hub’ ensuring the efficient operation of services through screening and processing referrals and scheduling YWHO services for clients.
• Support youth that visit the Youth Wellness Hub by creating a welcoming space and linking youth to other service providers.
• Learn about initiatives, tools, resources other hubs are using and share back with the Youth Wellness Hub team to improve internal processes.
• Act as the initial point of contact in the Youth Wellness Hub and collect relevant client information from the referral source.
• Oversee the intake process for youth and families including use of YWHO’s electronic client information system (MWP) and the use of measurement-based care tools.
• Support the development and implementation of hub initiatives as needed.
• Create and maintain a developmentally appropriate, non-judgmental, non-stigmatizing and welcoming hub atmosphere.
• Work with YWHO partners and/ or Youth Advisory Committee to develop content for social media posts, and outreach material.
• Outreach and connect with community organizations, schools and community members to promote YWHO services.
• Support partner and YWHO initiatives through the co-facilitation of skills and wellbeing activities and groups as needed.

• Post-Secondary Education in a related field.
• 1 year experience working in a hospital or community-based setting.
• 1 year experience in an administrative support role.
• Awareness of the role of inclusion, diversity, equity, and accessibility (IDEA) in the workplace and within the community being served by the position.
• An understanding of anti-black racism, anti-oppressive/anti-racism perspective in the context of the social determinants of health.
• Ability to recognize and identify situations where incidents of imbalance of power and privilege may occur and can result in possible negative impacts.

• Functional computer and client information system knowledge.
• Fluency in another language(s), including sign language.

• A Vulnerable Sector police check
• A positive…