Peer Connector Role

Anticipatory Hiring for Peer Connector Role


As a forward-thinking organization, we proactively anticipate our staffing needs to maintain our commitment to delivering exceptional support to families, parents and caregivers. Currently, we are recruiting for the Interwoven Peer Connector role and plan to hire multiple individuals over the next few months.

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. We rely on a community of people with lived experience to provide relevant and timely guidance, advocacy, encouragement, and resources to families.  We believe that all families have a right to advocacy, support and guidance. 

 
Purpose of Role: 

Your role is to partner with families, service providers, Children’s Aid Societies and First Nations, Indigenous, and Metis, child and family well-being agencies to provide support and guidance to adoptive, kin and customary care parents on their lifelong journey, where every family has what they need to grow and belong. 

Location: 

Work virtually anywhere in Ontario 

Hours of Work: 

Flexible hours.   

  • Part-time is 15-20 hours per week 

  • Full time is 20 – 35 hours per week  

Salary and Benefits: 

$24.94 per hour.    

  • 3 weeks paid vacation; 6 days of personal time off; 12 statutory holidays 

  • Group Benefits for employees working more than 20 hours per week including Healthcare, Dental Care, Disability and Life Insurance. 

Responsibilities and Duties:

You will provide support to adoptive, kinship and customary care families during all stages of the permanency process.  You will advocate alongside parents/caregivers with schools, service providers, local CAS, and empower families with the tools to self-advocate 

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

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

  • You will 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 

  • You will organize or collaborate in holding social or fundraising events for/with community parents and caregivers 

  • You will facilitate monthly parent support group meetings and provide support to existing local support groups 

  • You will 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. 

Qualifications and Skills:

  • Empower and develop others  

  • Build collaborative relationships  

  • Initiative  

  • Plan and Organize  

  • Teamwork  

  • Attention to details  

  • Ability to prioritize work and perform multiple tasks 

  • Accountability and dependability  

  • Problem Solving  

  • Self Confidence  

  • Strong written and verbal communications  

  • Ethics and integrity  

  • Knowledge of, or experience with, the definition and measurement of equity-based outcomes, and the implementation of anti-oppressive/anti-racist practice frameworks. 

Job Duties and Key Responsibilities 

  • Direct lived experience with adoption, kinship, customary care and/or fostering 

  • 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 

  • Communication skills both written and verbal in English.  Fluency in French would be an asset 

How to apply:

Submit your covering letter, resume and 3 work and/or volunteer references online at p2p_jobs@interwovenconnections.ca

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.