Community Outreach Ambassador

Purpose
To promote the project, build trust with residents and connect potential participants to GALED programming.
Responsibilities
Share project information with community organizations.
Distribute approved promotional materials.
Attend neighbourhood and cultural events.
Explain eligibility and registration processes.
Build relationships with newcomer families.
Refer interested participants to GALED.
Record outreach conversations and referrals.
Identify barriers to participation.
Gather community feedback.
Represent GALED professionally.
Ideal Background
Community leadership
Settlement work
Outreach
Faith or cultural organizations
Parent leadership
Newcomer-serving organizations
Skills
Warm communication
Cultural awareness
Reliability
Public speaking
Relationship building
KPIs
Outreach contacts made
Referrals generated
Registrations attributed to outreach
Community organizations engaged
Participant diversity
5. School and Youth Referral Ambassador
Department: School Partnerships
Commitment: 3–5 hours weekly
Purpose
To help GALED build referral relationships with schools, teachers, principals, counsellors and youth-serving organizations.
Responsibilities
Research appropriate schools and youth organizations.
Prepare contact lists.
Send approved introductory communications.
Arrange meetings for GALED leadership.
Follow up after presentations.
Share registration materials.
Track referral sources.
Maintain communication with school contacts.
Help coordinate school information sessions.
Support youth-program calendars.
Boundaries
This volunteer must not independently promise programs, funding, counselling or school services.
Ideal Background
Retired teacher
Education student
School administrator
Youth worker
Parent council member
6. Multicultural Community Liaison
Department: Community Engagement
Commitment: Flexible; approximately 3–6 hours monthly
Purpose
To help GALED engage specific cultural communities respectfully and authentically.
Responsibilities
Advise on cultural considerations.
Introduce GALED to community leaders.
Support culturally appropriate outreach.
Review promotional materials for clarity and sensitivity.
Identify artists, speakers and cultural educators.
Assist with participant recruitment.
Explain community norms and possible barriers.
Encourage participation without tokenizing communities.
Support conflict prevention and trust building.
Ideal Background
Trusted community member
Cultural association representative
Newcomer leader
Cultural educator
Community elder
Important Practice
No one volunteer should be expected to represent an entire cultural or national community.
7. Interpretation and Translation Volunteer
Department: Accessibility and Community Engagement
Commitment: As needed
Purpose
To reduce language barriers for participants and families.
Responsibilities
Translate approved outreach materials.
Interpret during registration or non-clinical information sessions.
Explain program schedules and logistics.
Assist families in completing forms.
Flag unclear terminology.
Maintain confidentiality.
Restrictions
Volunteers should not interpret:
clinical counselling
legal advice
child-protection interviews
complex consent matters
emergency medical information
unless appropriately qualified and formally assigned.
CIP Labour Category
Professional translation or interpretation may qualify as skilled labour when provided by a qualified individual and directly connected to the project.
C. Youth Programs and Mentorship
8. Youth Program Support Volunteer
Department: Youth Programs
Commitment: 3–4 hours per session

Boundaries
Confidentiality
Cultural intelligence
Incident reporting
Trauma-aware engagement
Emergency procedures
Screening
Interview
Two references
Police Information Check
Vulnerable Sector Search where required
Signed code of conduct
Signed confidentiality agreement
Prohibited Activities
Volunteers must not:
provide therapy
diagnose youth
contact youth privately without authorization
transport youth without formal approval
meet youth alone in unapproved settings
promise confidentiality where safety concerns exist
9. Youth Mentor
Department: At-Risk Youth Initiative
Commitment: 2–4 hours weekly for a minimum of four to six months
Purpose
To provide consistent, positive adult encouragement and structured developmental support.
Responsibilities
Build a dependable mentoring relationship.
Help youth identify strengths and goals.
Encourage school engagement.
Model respectful communication.