Opportunities to Join Us

The Community Health Ambassador serves as a trusted frontline representative responsible for promoting health equity, strengthening community connections, and improving access to culturally-responsive health information and services for Black, African, Caribbean, and underserved communities. This role leads community outreach, health education, awareness campaigns, and resource navigation by building trusted relationships with residents, community organizations, businesses, and faith-based institutions.

Roots Community Services (RootsCS) is collaborating with partners from the Region of Peel - Health Services (ROP - HS) and the Black, African and Caribbean (BAC) Community Health and Wellness Collaborative (BAC Collaborative) to co-design and implement a community assessment (CA) to explore and understand the current state and needs of BAC families in Peel. The scope of the CA is pregnancy, birth and early childhood up to four years of age.

The Senior Health Promotion & Research Officer will lead the development, implementation, coordination, and evaluation of community-based health promotion initiatives and applied research projects that advance equitable health outcomes for Black, African, Caribbean, and underserved communities. This role combines strategic program leadership, community engagement, data-informed planning, research coordination, partnership development, and policy advocacy to support the organization’s mission of addressing systemic barriers impacting community health and well-being.

The Executive Assistant (EA) will provide a high level of confidential administrative, operational and day-to-day support to the CEO, as well as support some functions related to the Board of Directors. The role involves handling communications in the executive office, assisting on projects, and liaising internally with staff and volunteers as well as externally with partner agencies. The Executive Assistant is expected to work with limited direction, executing a significant amount of judgment, tact, diplomacy, confidentiality, and discretion in all aspects of the role.

Roots Community Services (RootsCS) is collaborating with partners from the Region of Peel - Health Services (ROP - HS) and the Black, African and Caribbean (BAC) Community Health and Wellness Collaborative (BAC Collaborative) to co-design and implement a community assessment (CA) to explore and understand the current state and needs of BAC families in Peel. The scope of the CA is pregnancy, birth and early childhood up to four years of age.

The Program Coordinator supports the positive development of youth who are considered high-risk, through access to consistent, caring adults that help youth participants pursue and achieve goals and outcomes related to employment/entrepreneurship, educational achievement and civic engagement/ leadership, and by building a strong cultural identity.

The Case Worker provides mobile, client-centered case management and short-term counselling to individuals experiencing housing instability, mental health challenges, and substance use concerns. This role supports clients in achieving housing stability, recovery, and community integration through coordinated and culturally responsive care.

The Preventive Care Specialist will play a key role in promoting health education, wellness, prevention-focused supports, and early intervention services for individuals and families within Black, African, and Caribbean communities and other equity-deserving populations. The successful candidate will support clients in navigating healthcare and community support systems while promoting culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and client-centered care.

Roots Community Services is seeking a compassionate and skilled Child, Youth & Family Therapist (CARE PROGRAM) to provide culturally responsive counselling and psychotherapy to individuals and families within the Black, African, and Caribbean communities. The Therapist will support clients across a range of mental-health concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, family conflict, and identity development, using an Afrocentric, healing-centered, and client-driven approach.

The Counsellor, Gender-Based Violence reports to the Manager, Family Services and delivers services in partnership with the Safe Centre of Peel (SCoP). This role provides direct support to women and children in the Region of Peel who have experienced, or are at risk of experiencing, gender-based violence, including domestic violence and sexual assault.