Program Consultant (Integration & Implementation Specialist) - Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario-camh

Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO, www.youthhubs.ca) is a network of 27, Integrated Youth Services (IYS) hubs where young people ages 12 to 25 years have walk-in access to youth-centred, community based mental health and wellness services informed by youth, family members and service providers. The hubs are provincially-consistent in core features and locally led and adapted to offer and connect to a range of evidence-based services - mental health care, substance use, primary care, education, employment, housing, peer support, family support and care navigation - in youth-friendly spaces. Outcomes are rigorously evaluated within and across hubs focusing on positive outcomes in areas of wellness important to youth and their families. This initiative engages youth, family members and other stakeholders through a co-creation process, ensuring services are designed and delivered according to their needs.

Position Description
The YWHO Provincial Office at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is seeking a full-time, permanent Program Consultant (Integration and Implementation Specialist). This position will report to the YWHO Manager Site Implementation and work closely with the Integration and Implementation Leads. The Integration and Implementation Specialist will play a key role in supporting deliverables of an Integrated Youth Services (IYS) delivery model within local YWHO networks. The Integration and Implementation Specialist will also provide guidance and coaching to support collaborative approaches to apply a health equity lens to implementation models, content expertise and evidence-based tools and practices with internal staff, external organizations, and stakeholders including youth and families. This position requires expertise in health equity and experience supporting others in this context area in a health system or point of care setting.

The successful candidate works collaboratively with the Integration and Implementation Team and brings specific capacities and expertise in the areas of implementation science, quality improvement, change management, stakeholder engagement and co-development, coaching and system change. The successful candidate will have a strong background in anti-oppressive and anti-racist practice, excellent knowledge of equity frameworks and tools, and significant experience supporting others to identify, prioritize, and develop equity-focused actions that advance meaningful and sustained change.

The YWHO Provincial Office at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) supports a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable standards and requirements. This position will be in Ontario, anywhere outside of the GTA.

Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:

This position requires the incumbent to be First Nations, Inuit or Métis OR to have extensive experience working with First Nations, Inuit or Metis communities. The successful candidate will possess a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s preferred) in health, education or social services with three (3) years’ experience in health or social services, preferably in the Indigenous health and/or mental health and/or substance use sector. Thorough understanding of principles and practices of Indigenous engagement is required. Demonstrated knowledge of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities, cultures, perspectives and health service providers.

Other Skills: