Employer: Sandgate Women's Shelter of York Region Inc

Location: Jackson's Point & Richmond Hill

Job Type: Permanent (Part Time)

Closes: October 23, 2026

Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. is a feminist organization, dedicated to empowering all persons
who identify as women and their children through safe shelter, resources, information and advocacy in order to
eliminate violence in their lives. Established in 1992, Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region strives to
meet the needs of all women and their children in an inclusive and respectful manner

Job Title: Group Coordinator & Lead Facilitator
Number of positions: 1
Terms: 32 hours per week. This is a unionized position. Must be available to work onsite at Sandgate
Women’s Shelter sites (Jackson’s Point and Richmond Hill shelters) and in the community in York region.
Compensation: $27.23 per hour + advantages

Major Responsibilities

The Group Coordinator & Lead Facilitator provides early intervention to child witnesses of violence
against women and their mothers by supporting them through the healing process. The Group
facilitator provides assistance with ongoing group development and service delivery. The incumbent
will plan, organize, and facilitate the Child Witness groups throughout the region; as well as co
facilitate other support groups as required. Service delivery includes crisis counselling, information
dissemination, supportive counselling, advocacy, safety planning, group facilitation, workshops,
problem solving and goal setting. Sandgate Women’s Shelter of York Region Inc. works within a harm
reduction, feminist and intersectional framework; following the mission, vision and guiding principles
of the organization.





Group Coordinator & Lead Facilitator, Roles and Responsibilities

Counselling/Individual Support Services:

- Develop and deliver child-centered, proactive safety planning for children and their mothers,
appropriate for in person at the shelter(s)
- Develop and deliver child-centered, proactive safety planning for children and their mothers,
appropriate for the crisis support line and support work provided in the community
- Provide supportive individual counselling to child and youth witnesses of violence against women
- Provide supportive individual counselling to adult survivors of violence against women
- Assist mothers navigating the social services and legal systems, and provide relevant referrals, as per the woman’s individual needs
- Provide relevant referrals, as per children and youth’s individual needs
- Provide advocacy on behalf of women, children and youth that have experienced or witnessed violence against women
- Provide three months of individual follow up support for women, children and youth after the close of
group participation

Group Coordination, Planning and Outreach

- Ability to create a safe, respectful, and affirming environment for mothers, children and youth from
diverse family structures, including immigrant and refugee families, same-sex parents and 2SLGBTQ
families.



This includes: using age-appropriate and inclusive language, validating the lived experiences
of all families, including 2SLGBTQ families, and ensuring that all discussions are free from bias or
judgment
- Liaise and build relationships with relevant service providers, schools, and child and youth
organizations in the community, and share information on to the Let’s Talk Child Witness Program for
women, children and youth that have experienced or witnessed violence
- Lead outreach activities related to the Let’s Talk Child Witness Program: i.e. creating outreach tools,
creating an outreach plan (example: making contact with relevant service providers, schools, and child
and youth organizations in the community), disseminating outreach materials widely in York region
- Lead outreach activities related to other Sandgate Women’s Shelter group programs: i.e. creating
outreach tools, creating an outreach plan (example: making contact with relevant service providers,
diverse community space and organizations in the community), disseminating outreach materials
widely in York region
- Receive referrals to the Let’s Talk Child Witness Program from service providers, schools, and child
and youth organizations in the community
- Lead program planning for the Let’s Talk Child Witness Program: i.e. identify group program locations
and venues, create program schedules, plan group program cofacilitator training, lead group program
co-facilitator training, liaise with co-facilitators ongoing
- Receive referrals to and lead program planning for other group programming offered through Sandgate
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📌 Group Coordinator (Richmond Hill)
🏢 OAITH
📍 Richmond Hill