Research Methods Specialist - McCain Centre-camh

Based in the Child Youth & Emerging Adult Program, the donor funded McCain Centre is focused on enhancing and improving the design, delivery and effectiveness of mental health and addictions care systems, services and policies for children and youth. The McCain Centre combines evidence-based and creative research techniques to ensure a strong youth voice and influence in their initiatives.

The McCain Centre is also the home of the Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario Provincial Office (YWHO PO) which provides backbone services to Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario -- a learning health system of 32 funded community-based networks of youth-serving organizations. YWHO is part of a broader pan-Canadian youth mental health system transformation initiative to build integrated youth services where young people ages 12 to 25 years have walk-in access to youth-centered, 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 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 partners through a co-creation process, ensuring services are designed and delivered according to their needs.

As an employment equity employer CAMH actively seeks First Nations, Inuit and Métis candidates, those from diverse ethno-cultural backgrounds, women, people with disabilities, people who have experienced mental health and substance use challenges, and additional diverse identities, for our workforce.

Position Description
The McCain Centre together with the YWHO PO and the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics are seeking a full-time contract Research Methods Specialist. The Research Methods Specialist will join teams led by the Director of Data Management and Evaluation YWHO PO and the Director McCain Centre to provide evaluation activities with an emphasis on working with complex data sets, clinical outcome data, and using mixed methods to examine the outcomes of the YWHO model. In addition, the Research Methods Specialist will support YWHO’s participation in the Canadian Youth Mental Health Insight (CYMHI) Platform. The platform aims to optimize mental health for youth across Canada through open data, machine learning, and knowledge exchange by providing a state-of-the-art informatics platform to support knowledge and data integration, open data, machine learning, and improved communication between stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will support a workplace that embraces diversity, and complies with all applicable and regulatory requirements. All activities will be conducted in compliance with OCAP and CARE Principles, as well as reflecting deep understanding of participatory research methods, continuous learning and anti-oppressive practices.

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.