Community Health Promoter – Newcomer Settlement and Integration

Job Title Community Health Promoter – Newcomer Settlement and Integration

Employment Type (Full-Time etc.) Permanent/Full time

Total Hours of work per week 35

Compensation Amount / Range $67,543 – $81,467/ Annually

Existing Vacancy Yes No

Is Artificial Intelligence used for screening or assessment of candidates Yes No

Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services (AAMHCS) is a Community Health Centre that aims to provide services and addresses system inequities to improve health outcomes for the most vulnerable immigrants, refugees, and their communities. The Centre envisions a future in which Toronto’s diverse communities achieve health with dignity.As a member of an interdisciplinary team, the community health promoter plans, implements and evaluates settlement, integration and community engagement programs/ initiatives in accordance with the strategic directions of the organization, and integrates an anti-oppression health promotion focus into the programs and services offered by Access Alliance.

The community health promoter functions as a member of a multi-disciplinary team working with staff, program participants, external partners and the broader community to implement effective strategies to address social determinants of health, including but not limited to access to affordable housing, employment, food security and other social services. This role works collaboratively with the Community Health Promoter team within Access Alliance and HP roles outside of the agency.

This role is also closely connected to the frontline settlement workers and supports the coordination of a broad range of programs that includes intake and referral services, direct settlement services, newcomer education workshops and advocacy work.

• Work with marginalized community members including newcomers, immigrants and refugees, volunteers, residents, agency alumni and other organizations to identify health priorities and work in collaboration with the community to plan for and implement strategies to achieve better community health.
• Work with the interdisciplinary team, leveraging relevant data and other evidence to identify the settlement and integration needs of newcomers; strengthen programming to address service gaps, and develop service/referral pathways for clients to access social determinants of health.
• Be familiar with and use diverse community engagement, capacity building and outreach strategies including health education, creating supportive environments, community development, and systems change initiatives to support people and communities to increase control over and improve their health.
• Act as a resource for community groups by facilitating workshops, webinars, information sessions or groups; by providing consultation, referrals and information, and by advocating on behalf of or for groups in the community.
• Mobilize the existing human and material resources in the community to enhance the capacity of the community to affect social change by developing self-help and social support networks, building coalitions and fostering grassroots leadership.
• Maintain familiarity with services and programs in the community, and share this information with the interdisciplinary team as appropriate. Develop and maintain information resources for the organization and host/lead knowledge mobilization on selected community engagement and related topics as required.

Project Management

• Develop community based projects in conjunction with other staff that are responsive to needs, and in accordance with the strategic directions of the Centre, using a project management approach.
• Generate a process of stakeholder ownership, including community…