Outreach Worker

Outreach Worker**Blood Ties Four Directions**
- Whitehorse, YT
- Full Time- Compensation: $30 Hourly- On-call pay, retention bonusesHealthcare And Social Services

**Duration**
- Permanent**Closing Date**
- Open until filled**Job Level**
- N/A**Intended job posting audience**Blood Ties Four Directions Centre is looking for an Outreach Worker**

**Position Overview: Outreach Worker**

The Outreach Worker works in a team of two Outreach Workers and collaboratively with other agency staff as well as community partners to deliver the following activities:

- Provide case management services through a harm reduction lens to people who use substances, people experiencing housing insecurity or who are unhoused, and people living with HIV and/or Hep C
- Coordinate the Steve Cardiff Tiny House Community and Landlords Working to End Homelessness housing programs
- Deliver outreach support at Blood Ties housing programs, on the Outreach Van, at satellite harm reduction sites, at partner organizations, and through mobile on-the-ground outreach services
- Provide lay counselling, advocacy, systems navigation, and housing-related support
- Distribute harm reduction supplies and deliver harm reduction education, opioid overdose awareness and education, and sexually transmitted and blood borne infection prevention education
- Design and deliver harm reduction materials and programs to align with community needs and best practices
- Conducting weekly check-ins with residents living in Blood Ties housing
- Deliver trainings for other services providers
- Work on the Outreach Van two evenings per month
- Work on-call on our emergency after hours phone one week every 5 weeks (staff are compensated for this time)

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience delivering support services to marginalized populations
- Experience coordinating and delivering health
- and wellness-related activities or programs for marginalized populations
- An understanding of the principles of harm reduction and a non-judgmental approach to substance use, with preference given to those with direct experience working in a harm reduction setting
- Experience working with Indigenous people and communities
- Knowledge of cultural safety and trauma-informed care
- Ability to set and maintain boundaries with clients in complex situations
- Post-secondary education in the social, human, or health services field or equivalent in experience
- Current Standard First Aid and CPR
- A valid driver’s license

**Is Blood Ties right for you?