FCJ Refugee Centre

Application deadline: Jan 20th, 2023
Hours: 37.5 hours weekly
Hourly rate: $23.10/hr
Start date: January, 2023

The Youth Worker will support in the FCJ Youth Network, an inclusive space for newcomer youth regardless of immigration status, to come together and support each other, get involved in the community, participate in a variety of activities and workshops, and engage in self-advocacy and activism; and the Access To Education Programming that works on the frontline, in advocacy at the elementary through post-secondary level of formal education and the alternatives to formal education.

Responsibilities:

• Facilitate and develop youth-focused events, including recreational activities, socials, workshops, projects and weekly meetings.
• Provide individualized supportand case management, including but not limited to: Legal Aid, Ontario Works, Immigration Applications, and referral processes to other services (in-house or externally).
• Lead and be the main support person for the scheduling and management of the Home Is Here Podcast.
• Support with school enrollments at elementary and secondary level, predominantly within the Toronto School Boards.
• Conduct community outreach to partner organizations, youth service providers, schools, shelters and otherspaces which youth are present.
• Contribute to creating awareness and building capacity through participating in meetings,webinars,or trainings for stake holder organizationsand partners, following FCJ’s emphasis on equity and inclusion of precarious migrant youth at the organizational level.
• Support Youth & Access To Education Coordinator with pathways to post-secondary education advocacy project.
• Collaborate with Youth & Access To Education Coordinator in writingprogram tool-kits, reports (including program/service evaluations),and collaborate in the creation of advocacy letters, pamphlets, posters and other promotinoal material which contribute to advocacy and outreach work.
• Adhere to organizational policies, including confidentiality, reporting and anti-oppression.
• Where required, work interdependently with other teams in the office.

Qualifications:

• Experience in working with newcomer youth (immigrant, refugee, or non-status), and providing individual and group supports in youth.
• Lived experience with Ontario education system/barriers in accessing education with relation to immigration status is an asset.
• Strong youth engagement skills for program development and delivery.
• Experience working from a resiliency, intersectionaland anti-oppression based framework.
• Adept in public speaking with experience in facilitating workshops, meetings and information sessions.
• Proficiency with use of computers and Microsoft Office 365.
• Knowledge in media production such as podcasts, videos and technological expertise in Zoomand social media, considered an asset.
• Second language an asset.

As an employer who values diversity in its workforce, we encourage candidates to self-identify as members ofthe following designated groups: women, visible minority, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and résumé by email only (in word format) by Jan 20th to Alexandra: alexandra.garcia@fcjrefugeecentre.org.

Thank you

FCJ Refugee Centre

Application deadline: January 13rd, 2023
Hours: 37.5 hours weekly

The AHT youth coordinator is tasked with developing and implementing the youth led programming, through an anti-human trafficking lens at the FCJ Refugee Centre. This work directly involvesparticipation and coordination with the centre’sYouth Network, and the Youth Alliance Against Human Trafficking.

The FCJ Youth Network offers positive and inclusive space that works from ananti-oppressive, trauma informed intersectional framework and welcomes anyone regardless of aspect of their identity including their immigration status, race, gender identity, sexual identity, or language abilities. As a youth-led initiative, the group meets weekly to socialize, participate in workshops, and engage in discussions about issues which impact them. In addition to being a space migrant youth to connect with youth who share their lived experiences, the group also provide a platform for migrant youth to be leaders and advocate for their rights.

The Youth Alliance Against HT is a program which provides access to information, resources and wrap-around supports for youth at-risk of and in conditions of human trafficking andimplements a peer-to-peer approach in connecting individuals with lived experiences toinclusive and appropriate resources.The program conducts a youth-led preventative strategy in providing materials and hosting information sessions with the goal of increasing awareness about the intersectionality of youth and Human Trafficking, and increasing the capacity of service providers to support youth.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and lead the Youth Network, and the Youth Alliance Against Human Trafficking program.
• Provide interpersonal case management through appropriate individualized support, and access to information to vulnerable young precarious migrants, at-risk youth and young survivors of human trafficking.
• Provide ongoing case management with holistic approachconnecting youth to specialized services, working on immigration applications, providing settlement services including access to education,housing and health and advocacy.
• Provide access to resources through information and guidance to program participants on their rights as migrant youth, as well as labour rights as they related to exploited youth, at-risk youth and youth survivors of human trafficking.
• Conduct outreach to partner organizations, youth service providers, schools, shelters and other spaces where youth are present about the Youth Alliance program and the FCJ Youth Network.
• Organize and facilitate bi-monthly steering committee meetings for the Youth Alliance program
• Organize and facilitate weekly meetings for the FCJ Youth Network.
• Facilitate and developyouth social events, activities, outings, and informative workshops for the Youth Alliance program and the FCJ Youth Network. This includes facilitating workshops on Human Trafficking and its related themes andhosting the weekly FCJ Youth Network meetings.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date client records.
• Collaborate with the Youth and Anti-Human trafficking teams in writing program tool-kits, reports (including program/service evaluations), and collaborate in the creation of advocacy letters, pamphlets, posters and other promotional material which contributes to advocacy work.
• Contribute to creating awareness and community building capacity through participating in meetings, representing FCJ in coalitionssuch CCR, TCHTN among others, and attending training for stake holder organizations and partners, informing onpossible different types of issues which affect migrant youth (including human trafficking).
• Adhere to organization policies including confidentiality, reporting and anti-oppression.

Qualifications:

• Second language capabilities required –fluency in French, Portuguese, or Spanish.
• Previous experience writing evaluations, reports and/or tool-kits is required.
• Experience in working with newcomer youth (immigrant, refugee, or non-status), and providing individual and group supports to marginalized youth.
• Knowledgeable about community resources. •Strong youth engagement skills for program development and delivery is required.
• Experience working from an intersectional and anti-oppression based framework is required.
• Adept in public speaking with experience in facilitating workshops, meetings and information sessions.
• Knowledgeable in media production such as podcasts, videos, and technological expertise in Zoom, Go To Meeting and social media, considered an asset.
• Lived experience with human trafficking and/or migration will be recognized.
• Must be willing and able to work in a flexible environment andcollaborate with other program areas as needed.
• Must be able to adapt a flexible work arrangement which may include a combination of virtual remote work fromhome and work in office arrangements. This will be based on organization and program needs as determined by supervisor.

As an employer who values diversity in its workforce, we encourage candidates to self-identify as members of the following designated groups: women, visible minority, aboriginal peoples, and persons with disabilities.

Interested applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and résumé by email only (in word format) by January 13rd to Alexandra: alexandra.garcia@fcjrefugeecentre.org.

Thank you.

FCJ Refugee Centre