Youth Worker

Title

Youth Worker

Number of Vacancies 2 Position Type Part time (17.5 hours/week), Permanent

Posting Date October 29, 2025

Expiry Date November 13, 2025

Posting Type: Internal/External

Supervisor: Manager, Settlement Programs

Location: Both Positions will be based in Toronto, Ontario - Home Site Access Point on Jane & Working across all AA sites:

Work Schedule of for Part time (17.5 hours per week), Permanent Position 1:

• Tuesdays 10:00 am – 1:00 pm

• Thursdays 11:00 – 7:00 pm

• Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Every first Wednesday of the month: 9:00 – 11:00 am

Work Schedule of for Part time (17.5 hours per week), Permanent Position 2:

• Tuesdays 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm

• Thursdays 12:00 – 8:00 pm

• Friday 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

• Every first Wednesday of the month: 9:00 – 11:00 am

Interviews Dates

• Tuesday, November 25, 2025

• Friday, November 28, 2025

Short Description

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.

Access Alliance provides settlement services, group programming, health promotion, primary health care and volunteer support to immigrant and refugee youth and their communities. Our programs for newcomer youth ages 13 to 24, living in Toronto, have a particular focus on those living in the Syme-Woolner (west Toronto) and Crescent Town/Teesdale (east Toronto) neighborhoods.

We are looking for two dynamic individuals who are creative, innovative and able to think ‘outside the box’ to become part of our Youth Program Team. Experienced in settlement support and health promotion with a focus on newcomer youth, the Youth Program Workers – Newcomer Youth Programs will coordinate and facilitate programs with newcomer youth 13- 24. The position is responsible for conducting outreach, facilitating workshops / sessions / Toronto’s Diverse communities achieve Health with Dignity programs, and supporting evaluation of programs. This part-time position is ideal for students looking to increase work experience. Detailed Description

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and implement an outreach plan that targets immigrant and refugee youth, 2SLGBTQI+ newcomer youth and marginalized youth in Toronto, with a particular focus on those living in the Syme-Woolner (West Toronto) and Crescent Town/Teesdale (East Toronto) neighborhoods and surroundings

• Conduct intake, assessment, provide information, orientation and services to newcomer youth and encourage their participation in our programs

• Initiate, develop, implement and facilitate weekly in person and/or virtual activities including age specific groups, fieldtrips, workshops and other special projects for newcomer youth and youth volunteers

• Organize and coordinate information and promotion sessions for neighborhood youth, families and community partners

• Develop creative outreach materials and promote the programs at relevant community events, schools, neighborhood centers, etc.

• Coordinate food/material purchases for programs

• Report program statistics on a timely fashion

• Prepare and submit regular program reports, support grant writing, chair and attend regular meetings and trainings as needed

• Support overall program and service delivery within Youth Department

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• Undergraduate degree in Social Work, Social Sciences, Community development or a combination of relevant education and relevant work experience

• Minimum 1 – 2 years front-line experience in community-based work addressing social determinants of health, providing settlement support, conducting outreach, providing information to and facilitating groups for newcomer youth, including newcomer young women, Government Assisted Refugees (GARs) and 2SLGBTQI+ newcomer youth

• Demonstrated group facilitation and presentation skills catering to an audience of newcomer youth

• Experience working with low-income, multi-racial, multi-lingual newcomer youth communities

• Demonstrated commitment to working from an integrated anti-oppression, 2SLGBTQI+ positive framework

• Ability to speak and write fluently in English.

• Ability to travel within Toronto and working evenings and weekends

• Thorough knowledge of community resources and services available to immigrant and refugee youth

• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to deal effectively with crisis and conflict, and to maintain appropriate boundaries

• Demonstrated problem-solving, organizational and time management skills

• Ability to multitask, work under pressure and adhere to deadlines Toronto’s Diverse communities achieve Health with Dignity

• Ability to work independently and as part of team

• Excellent computer skills, including ability to use publisher, power point and other multi-media

Preferred

• Lived experience as a newcomer or 1st generation Canadian

• Ability to think in creative, innovative ways and utilize social media

• Ability to identify partnerships and make connections in the community

Asset

• Proficiency in at least one of the following languages would be an asset (but not a requirement): Arabic, Bengali, Tigrinya, Amharic, Romani, Somali, Tagalog

Salary: $50,976 - $61,418 /Annual (Numbers are based on Fulltime employment, for this part-time employment salary will be prorated to 0.5 FTE)

Hours: 17.5 hours/week

Duration: Permanent

Bargaining Unit position: United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 175

Classification: Community Health Worker

Interview Dates: Tuesday, November 25, 2025 & Friday, November 28, 2025

Access Alliance offers comprehensive group benefits coverage, annual vacation entitlement, cumulative sick leave entitlement, employee assistance programs. Access Alliance is a HOOPP employer.

Please be advised that our organization requires all staff, students, and volunteers to be fully vaccinated. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination can be obtained from the Ministry site. Application Method

Please follow This Link to see our postings and apply for the role.

AAMHCS is a community-based organization that operates from a pro-choice, anti-oppression, and participatory framework. In your cover letter, we invite you to articulate why you wish to work with Access Alliance, and in what ways did you wish to put your skills, experience, and education into action for this role and for Access Alliance at this time. Knowledge of the neighbourhoods we serve and how agency values would be integrated in your day-to-day work may be interview questions.

We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Please note that a criminal background check and Vulnerable sector check will be conducted for this position as a condition of employment We are committed to a workforce reflective of the diversity of the City of Toronto and the communities we serve. We encourage applications from those who provide different perspective and contribute to diverse ideas including those from racialized and 2SLGBTQI+ communities.

AAMHCS is an inclusive and equal opportunity employer committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in Toronto’s Diverse communities achieve Health with Dignity accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and the Ontario Human Rights Code. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.

AAMHCS encourages a scent-free environment.