Dopes Support Worker

2 months ago

Victoria, Canada AVI Health & Community Services Full time

**AVI Health & Community Services (AVI)** is a multi-disciplinary community-based organization providing HIV, hepatitis C and harm reduction services out of 5 locations across Vancouver Island. AVI provides services to people living with HIV and hepatitis C and harm reduction clients. We take evidence-based action to prevent infection, provide support, and reduce stigma. We work within a social justice and health promotion framework to ensure equity and access to services for all.

Join our supportive, dedicated and client-centered team in promoting the health, dignity and well-being of all people affected by HIV, HCV and substance use by delivering sex-positive and harm reduction-based education, prevention and/or support services.

**The Drop-in & Overdose Preventions Services (DOPES) Team **will be responsible for operating both drop-in and overdose prevention services in Victoria, as well as supporting the daily operations of the HOPS, CLCR & SAFER teams. Providing low barrier, harm reduction supports and services to community members marginalized from equitable care, the DOPES team will provide a range of programming that is responsive to the needs of the community, including: provision of a harm reduction informed drop-in space & overdose prevention services that seek to address gaps in services for persons surviving outside.

From a social justice and health promotion framework, the DOPES Team will provide minimum staffing for a safe, accessible drop-in space for community members who use substances, and/or who are marginalized from social care services. Programming will include access to harm reduction supports as well as overdose prevention, witnessed consumption and peer-based services. Services will center the needs and agency of service user, including for community members barred from other social services.

**JOB SUMMARY**:
The DOPES Support Worker will provide a range of low barrier, harm reduction supports and services for persons/communities marginalized from equitable social and health care services. Service and supports provided may include drop-in & overdose prevention spaces and harm reduction programming, outreach and crisis intervention, supply distribution and overdose prevention/response.

This position relies heavily on the abilities of the worker to connect and develop relationships of trust and rapport with service users. A thorough understanding of the principles and practices of harm reduction, the impact of colonialism and system inequities on individual and population health, and the operationalization of trauma and violence practices are essential. This position requires a high level of self-awareness, empathy, ability to provide non-judgemental support with exceptional understanding of personal and community boundaries.

The DOPES Support Worker must demonstrate capacity to consistently attend work and contribute to a team dynamic in which minimum staffing requirements impact program delivery. This position relies on flexibility and self-motivation and the ability to support a team dynamic that is dependent upon flexible service delivery.

Confidence in overdose response, outreach and in-reach or place-based harm reduction programming are essential to this position. This position will also provide accurate information regarding the transmission and prevention of HIV, HCV, and other blood-borne illnesses, as well as evidence-based educational and harm reduction intervention to individuals and priority populations to increase knowledge of overdose prevention and response strategies as well as safer substance use.

**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:
1. Provides a variety of harm reduction-based supports to individuals including distribution and recovery of harm reduction supplies.
2. Provides support to AVIs CLCR, SAFER & HOPS Teams, including facilitating access to harm reduction and survival supplies, de-escalation support and client follow-up.
3. Provides on the spot, and group-based training in overdose response and education on substances and safer use practices
4. Uses brief assessment, active listening, and crisis response skills to help meet immediate, basic needs and make appropriate referrals for people who use substances and those who have survived overdose(s) to other health and support services within the community.
5. Monitor and support people who are using substances. Assess for overdose symptoms and respond with rescue breathing and naloxone when necessary. Training is provided.
6. Engage service users in a collaborative, person-centered approach grounded in harm reduction
7. Maintain the safety of all program spaces by following protocols related to violence prevention and critical incidents (such as overdose prevention and response), including the ability to use communication devices.
8. Identify and develop safety plans with people who are using substances who are at increased risk of overdose.
9. Maintains both paper and electronic client files and logs.

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