Peer Connector Role

Interwoven Peer Connector (Full-time/Part-time)


Who We Are: 

Interwoven Connections is an Ontario-based not-for-profit organization that supports families and relationships formed through adoption, kinship, and customary care. Our work is rooted in lived experience, advocacy, and community. We believe that all families have a right to advocacy, support and guidance. We prioritize empowering marginalized communities, particularly racialized, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQIA+ children, youth, and families.

 
Purpose of Role:

As a Peer Connector, you will collaborate with families, service providers, Children’s Aid Societies, and First Nations, Inuit, and Métis child and family well-being agencies to provide meaningful support and guidance to adoptive, kin, and customary care parents. Your role is to empower families on their lifelong journey, ensuring they have the resources, connections, and encouragement needed to grow and belong.

Priority will be given to candidates with connections to marginalized communities, particularly those involved in child welfare or those with complex health needs. This role is especially well-suited for individuals with direct lived experience in adoption, kinship, customary care, and/or fostering.


Location:

Remote (Work virtually anywhere in Ontario)


Salary:

  • $24.94 per hour 

Hours of Work:

  • Part-time is 15-20 hours per week | Full time is 20-35 hours per week

Reports to:

Service Delivery and Family Support Programs Manager

Benefits:

  • Paid vacation, personal time off and statutory holidays.

  • Group benefits for employees working more than 20 hours/week including Healthcare, Dental Care, Disability, and Life Insurance after 90 days of employment 

How you’ll make an impact:

  • Provide support to adoptive, kinship and customary care families during all stages of the permanency process.

  • Advocate alongside parents/caregivers with schools, service providers, and local CAS, while empowering families with the tools to self-advocate.

  • Develop and maintain a collaborative relationship with child welfare professionals from local Children’s Aid Societies and Indigenous Family Well-being agencies.

  • Help families locate culturally appropriate services, such as therapists, medical professionals, tutors, and respite providers, for emotional and/or physical support.

  • Plan and coordinate a variety of education, outreach and public awareness efforts, including identifying potential guest speakers for events, presenting on Interwoven Connections to local agencies and organizations.

  • Organize or collaborate in holding social or fundraising events for/with community parents and caregivers.

  • Facilitate monthly parent support group meetings and provide support to existing local support groups.

  • Promote and develop community partnerships and networks with adoption and kinship workers, public and private adoption agencies, and family well-being agencies, adoption practitioners and licensees, mental health service providers, public health, child development agencies and medical professionals.


What makes you a great fit:

  • Post-secondary education in Social Work, Psychology, Education or the equivalent combination of education and/or peer and advocacy support experience.

  • Experience sourcing, navigating, and advocating for support services and trauma informed therapies to meet children’s needs throughout their ages and stages.

  • Demonstrated understanding of anti-racism, including anti-Black and anti-indigenous racism, equity and the issues impacting these communities.

  • Experience and/or knowledge related to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), developmental trauma, Aggression toward Family/Caregivers in Childhood and Adolescence (AFCCA), and/or attachment disorders.

  • Excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders including service providers, organizational leaders, and families.

  • Great communication skills in English, both written and spoken. French is a plus!


Excited to apply? Here’s how!

To be considered for this position, please submit a cover letter and your current resume. We encourage applicants to highlight their strengths and experiences in supporting diverse communities and applying anti-racist/anti-oppressive practices in their cover letter.

Submit your application online at p2p_jobs@interwovenconnections.ca

Our values:

We hold ourselves to a high standard in performing our mission.  Our values reflect our identity and aspirations and guide our beliefs, principles, behaviours, and decisions.

Interwoven Connections’ values define who we are, what we stand for and how we hold ourselves and others accountable.   These are our values.

Connection: We foster and support meaningful and authentic relationships.

Collaboration: We build connections with individuals and communities to learn and grow together.

Community: Our shared experiences unite us while our unique perspective strengthens us.

Integrity: We act with unwavering commitment to one another.

Empowerment: We amplify the unique voices of our community through our shared belief in each other

Interwoven Connections is an equal opportunity employer.  Candidates from equity seeking groups are strongly encouraged to apply.  We prioritize hires from the communities we serve, balanced with a critical need for a diversity of marginalized experiences.  

We are committed to a selection process and work environment that is inclusive and barrier free.  Accommodation will be provided at all stages of the hiring process if requested.  

We thank all applicants for applying, however, only qualified candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.