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

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Youth Wellness Hubs Ontario (YWHO, www.youthhubs.ca) is a network of 32, Integrated Youth Services (IYS) hub networks that currently operate in 40 communities, where young people ages 12 to 25 years have walk-in access to youth-centred, community-based mental health and wellness services. YWHO engages youth, family members, service providers, and other partners through a co-creation process, enhancing the relevance, acceptability and youth friendliness of services. 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 health services, 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.

YWHO has been funded by the Ministry of Community, Children and Social Services Initiative to End Gender Based Violence in Ontario. This funding will support the co-development, implementation, and evaluation of coordinated gender-based violence (GBV) supports within our hub network. GBV is a significant public health issue and consistently associated with youth mental health, substance use, and physical health challenges. The initiative will support a new GBV role within 10 hubs; train and build capacity across sectors to recognize, prevent, and treat GBV in YWHO; establish a GBV care pathway for routine GBV screening, prevention, and early intervention; ensure youth engagement and co-design; and assess the impact of our coordinated intervention supports.

Position Description:
The YWHO Provincial Office is currently seeking two (2) full-time, contract (12 months) Program Consultant's (Integration and Implementation Specialists), Gender-Based Violence Initiative. The YWHO Integration and
Implementation Specialists will report to the YWHO Program Manager Provincial Initiatives. The Integration and Implementation Specialists will be responsible for supporting the planning and implementation of coordinated gender-based violence (GBV) supports in ten YWHO networks across
Ontario.

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 is fully remote and can be located anywhere within Ontario, outside of the Greater Toronto Area. Travel throughout Ontario will be required, including regular in-person meetings in Toronto.

Responsibilities:
The Integration and Implementation Specialists will be responsible for fostering collaborative relationships to develop a shared understanding and vision for the planning and implementation of the GBV care pathway at select YWHO networks across Ontario. This will require regular collaboration, convening and engagement with diverse internal and external interested parties, including youth and families, service provider partners, researchers, and other decision-makers to support the development and implementation of a pathway of care for the GBV program at YWHO.

The Integration and Implementation Specialists will work closely with project partners to ensure that the care pathway is evidence-based and/or evidence-generating and meets the needs of YWHO networks, youth and family members. They will support teams at YWHO Networks with implementation and system change by providing facilitation, problem solving, focused capacity building, consensus building, decision-making and conflict resolution. The Integration and Implementation Specialists will provide coordination and planning support for the uptake of the GBV pathway and to improve its integrated service delivery processes across provincial YWHO networks. The Specialists will be responsible for supporting education and training at YWHO networks related to GBV and will create and/or and support the creation of tailored resources to facilitate development, planning and implementation at the local community level. These resources will include support for clinical, operational and communication needs, as well as the implementation of this program in diverse community contexts. The Integration and Implementation Specialists will develop and monitor implementation plans, tools, and tracking processes and will support reporting on progress toward project goals and deliverables using project management and implementation science approaches.

The Integration and Implementation Specialists will support the facilitation of working groups and will co-lead youth advisory meetings with Youth Engagement Specialists and with support from project leadership. The Integration and Implementation Specialists will leverage a strong understanding of anti-racism/anti-oppression and health equity to support implementation of programming that meets the needs of diverse and traditionally underserved youth. The Integration and Implementation Specialists will work within the YWHO PO team to foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement, collaborating with YWHO networks across the province in a Learning Health System environment. The Specialists will work closely with a multi-disciplinary project team within the YWHO PO including implementation, engagement, knowledge mobilization and evaluation specialists. The Integration and Implementation Specialists will also assist with developing an evaluation framework for the implementation of the pathway at select YWHO networks.

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