Peer2Peer Outreach Support Worker

Job description

Lift Community Services focuses on helping all people thrive in the qathet region by reducing social inequities and by providing support and advocacy for anyone who needs it. Our vision is a welcoming, inclusive, and diversity-affirming community that is free of poverty and full of heart. At Lift, we believe a thriving, sustainable community comes from a collaborative, equitable, future-focused approach. As a unionized environment, Lift's programs and services include employment services, supportive housing and homeless outreach, literacy programs and outreach, immigrant services, adult and family on-demand support. We also provide community leadership and development in overdose response planning, poverty reduction planning, and other projects that develop a more connected and resilient community. The Position: The Peer2Peer Outreach Support Worker supports participants in accessing Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) medications and related health services by drawing on lived and living experience with substance use and recovery. The role contributes to participant well-being by assisting with appointments, providing harm reduction information, offering peer advocacy, and collaborating...