MentalOptimist Psychotrauma Clinic is seeking enthusiastic, dependable, and community-minded volunteers to support our outreach and public-education initiatives across the Greater Toronto Area.

If you are interested in mental health, community engagement, education, communications, marketing, or social media, this opportunity offers practical experience while allowing you to make a meaningful contribution to your community.

Position

Community Outreach & Mental Health Ambassador — Volunteer

Location: Hybrid—remote activities and community events across the Greater Toronto Area Time commitment: Flexible, approximately 4–8 hours per week

Role Overview

As a Community Outreach & Mental Health Ambassador, you will support MentalOptimist’s non-clinical outreach initiatives. Depending on your skills, interests, availability, and the clinic’s current needs, you may assist with community engagement, educational events, communications, social media, or partnership research.

Volunteers may be assigned to one or more areas rather than being expected to perform every responsibility listed below.

Potential Areas of Involvement

Community Outreach

- Represent MentalOptimist at approved community events, wellness fairs, schools, libraries, community centres, and cultural organizations
- Welcome attendees and share approved mental-health education and clinic resources
- Direct interested individuals to MentalOptimist’s website, consultation request form, QR code, or designated staff member
- Support approved outreach introductions and follow‑up communications
- Record outreach activities without collecting confidential or sensitive health information

Educational Events

Assist with workshops, seminars, and community‑education initiatives by:

- Welcoming participants and supporting registration
- Assisting with event preparation, setup, and logistics
- Supporting presenters with non‑clinical event needs
- Distributing approved educational materials
- Assisting with approved follow‑up communications

Social Media and Marketing





- Assist with creating and scheduling approved social media content
- Support mental‑health education and public‑awareness campaigns
- Help prepare promotional materials for programs, workshops, and events
- Support engagement across LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, and other approved platforms
- Capture photographs or videos at authorized events only when appropriate consent procedures have been followed

Community Partnership Research

- Research organizations that may align with MentalOptimist’s services and community initiatives
- Identify potential outreach opportunities involving schools, community centres, cultural organizations, healthcare providers, and other local partners
- Assist with approved introductory messages and basic follow‑ups
- Maintain outreach calendars, contact lists, and activity records

Formal partnership decisions, negotiations, and commitments remain the responsibility of MentalOptimist’s leadership.

Content and Communications

- Assist with brochures, flyers, newsletters, blog content, and outreach materials
- Help prepare volunteer scripts, presentation materials, and QR‑code‑enabled resources
- Review outreach materials for clarity and accessibility
- Support other approved communications or project‑based activities

Qualifications

We are looking for volunteers who are:

- Interested in mental health and community service
- Friendly, respectful, organized, and dependable
- Comfortable communicating with members of the public
- Able to communicate professionally in writing and conversation
- Familiar with basic digital tools or social media




- Able to work independently while following clinic guidance
- Comfortable receiving feedback and working collaboratively
- Sensitive to confidentiality, cultural differences, and professional boundaries

Previous experience is welcome but not required. Additional language skills are considered an asset.

Who May Be Interested?

This opportunity may be especially relevant to students, recent graduates, internationally trained professionals, or community members with backgrounds or interests in:

- Psychotherapy or counselling
- Public health
- Community services
- Education
- Marketing and communications
- Business
- Human resources
- Event coordination
- Digital media

A clinical or mental‑health background is not required for every volunteer pathway.

What You Will Gain

- Practical experience in community outreach and event coordination
- Exposure to mental‑health education and community engagement
- Experience supporting communications, marketing, or social media projects
- Role‑specific orientation, training, and supervision
- Opportunities to strengthen qualified communication, organization, and teamwork skills
- Professional networking opportunities
- A reference letter following satisfactory performance and completion of the agreed volunteer commitment
- The opportunity to contribute to meaningful community initiatives

This is a non‑clinical volunteer position.

Volunteers do not provide psychotherapy, clinical assessments, crisis intervention, diagnoses, mental‑health advice, treatment recommendations, or referrals. They do not have unsupervised access to confidential client information.

Volunteers may not represent themselves as MentalOptimist clinicians, discuss individual cases, promise services or outcomes, negotiate independently, or make commitments on behalf of the clinic.

All volunteers are expected to follow MentalOptimist’s confidentiality, privacy, communication, and professional‑conduct requirements.

#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Volunteer Opportunity: Community Outreach & Mental Health Ambassador (Toronto)
🏢 MentalOptimist Psychotrauma Clinic
📍 Toronto