Program Engagement Co-Facilitator - Collaborative Learning College-camh

CAMH Education is seeking two (2) full-time, permanent Program Engagement Co-Facilitators to work within the Collaborative Learning College at CAMH (CLC). Based in CAMH Education, the CLC is a low-barrier, strength-based, recovery-oriented education-focused program. In the CLC, all programming is either created or co-created, and facilitated or co-facilitated, by people with lived experience of receiving mental health or substance-use related services. Central to these specific roles is your ability to use your racialized identity in inform the creation and facilitation of courses that meet the needs of our diverse student base, especially the Indigenous, Black, and South Asian communities that the CLC is committed to serving.

In this position, the successful candidates will report to the manager of patient and family education and will contribute to the organization, co-development, and co-delivery of new educational programming, both online and in-person. Your role will involve working alongside Collaborative Learning College staff, CAMH Education staff, and others. You will co-develop and co-facilitate CLC courses while contributing to all aspects of the programming, from idea development to evaluation. When co-facilitating Collaborative Learning College courses, the successful candidates will be expected to use excellent communication skills and good judgement to create a positive learning environment that is supportive of, and safe for, students who identify as being in recovery from mental illness, substance use and/or addiction.

You will support a healthy workplace that embraces diversity, equity and inclusion, encourages teamwork and complies with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements. This position is located at 1025 Queen Street West. This role will require occasional evening hours.

The successful candidate will have the equivalent of one year of experience working as a facilitator within a recovery college, a peer support setting, or another setting where their own lived experience as a recipient of mental health and/or addiction services is a core component of employment, while also demonstrating the use of their intersecting identity as Indigenous, Black or South Asian to inform their work with racialized students to create and deliver webinars, courses or workshops in an educational setting. Proven skills and aptitudes, typically gained through formal education or employment, in project coordination, combined with excellent verbal and written communications, are desirable. Further, experience working within a co-creation model, where power sharing and inclusion are integral to the success of the project, is highly desirable. The ideal candidate, while fundamentally being a collaborator within a team, will also be able to work independently. Lastly, the ability to work effectively in a wide range of settings, with individuals from diverse backgrounds, is essential. Experience in working with web-based technologies is a desirable skill in this position. Bilingualism (French/English) and/or proficiency in a second language would be an asset.

Vaccines (COVID-19 and others) are a requirement of the job unless you have an exemption on a medical ground pursuant to the Ontario Human Rights Code.