Peer Support Worker, Road to Recovery

2 months ago

Vancouver, Canada Providence Healthcare Full time

**Salary**: The salary range for this position is CAD $29.83/Hr. - CAD $29.83/Hr.
Summary:
Are you passionate about creating a supportive environment for those navigating complex challenges? Providence Health Care is looking for a dedicated **Peer Support Worker** to join our _Road to Recovery _Program in an inclusive, trauma-informed setting focused on providing compassionate, patient-centered care.

Providence Health Care is committed to transforming health care through innovative programs and services that prioritize safety, respect, and inclusivity. As part of our mission to serve our community, we work with patients, residents, families, and staff to create a supportive, person-centered environment, guided by the principles of dignity and compassion.

As a Peer Support Worker, you will bring your unique perspective and experiences to help clients feel seen, heard, and valued. Reporting to the Peer Support Coordinator, you will use your own lived experience with structural inequity, trauma, substance use, and other relevant areas to:

- Provide direct, empathetic support to patients and families accessing services.
- Serve as a bridge between patients and healthcare providers, promoting patient advocacy and emotional support.
- Model and advocate for trauma-informed, anti-racist, and person-centered practices.
- Contribute to strategic planning and program development by offering valuable insights on harm reduction, redevelopment, and research initiatives.

We are seeking someone who identifies as a Peer, understands the importance of equity, and is passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. In this role, your experiences will help foster mutual understanding, provide vital support, and strengthen the care network at Providence Health Care.

What You Bring:
Education, Training and Experience

Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of harm reduction principles and practices.
- Knowledge of the principles of cultural safety and humility.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to deal with others effectively.
- Ability to organize work.
- Ability to operate related equipment.
- Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

What We Offer:
1.Provides day to day Peer support and advocacy from knowledge and lived/living experience to patients and families across acute and primary care services, and will liaise with existing Peers and/or Volunteers already working across PHC sites (e.g., acute care, residential services, mental health) and outpatient clinics (i.e., John Ruedy Clinic and the Rapid Access Addiction Clinic) at Providence Health Care.
2.Working as an embedded team member in the Urban Health and Substance Use Program supports patient referrals to the Indigenous Wellness Liaisons, as well as helps facilitate patient and family access to harm reduction services, the St Paul’s Overdose Prevention Site, traditional cultural practices, All Nations Sacred Space, and as required, access to other community health programs, cultural supports, and harm reduction services.
3.Acts as a resource for both patients and health care providers by providing emotional support and advocacy, and supporting referrals to the Urban Health and Substance Use Program to ensure health provider relationships are trauma informed, person and family centered, and embedding principles of harm reduction, cultural safety and humility in the delivery of care services.
4.Supports Peer initiatives at PHC by participating in working groups and meetings related to strategic planning, harm reduction, redevelopment and other organizational initiatives.
6.Attends regularly scheduled Urban Health & Substance Use Program meetings and provides informal updates on the Peer Support Program.
7.Performs other related duties as assigned.

Providence Health Care acknowledges our work takes place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded homelands of the x?m??kw?y??m (Musqueam), S?wx_w
- 7mesh (Squamish), and s?l?
- lw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples. We are proud to be in service to the sovereign Nations of these territories and to all Indigenous Peoples in BC

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