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Peer Mentor

4 months ago

Mississauga, Canada Peel Addiction Assessment and Referral Centre Full time

**Peer Mentor (Peer Support Worker)**

PAARC is seeking a Peer Mentor (Peer Support Worker), for a full-time permanent position to join our busy agency and to work as part of a collaborative team to support PAARC clients. An important role of our Peer Mentors is to foster hope and provide person-centred support to those impacted by their or someone else’s substance use, from the perspective of lived experience. Our Peer Mentors offer a lived experience perspective to support the clinical work of our counsellors and case managers.

PAARC is a non-profit, community-based treatment agency, providing a wide variety of services to persons with substance use, gambling concerns, behavioural dependencies and those living with concurrent substance use and mental health concerns. Our main office is located in Mississauga, Ontario. PAARC supports the full philosophical continuum, including harm reduction, with a person-centred approach to a wide range of client populations.

PAARC offers a 35-hour workweek, with a combination of day and afternoon shifts. Day hours are 8:30 am to 4:30 pm, with an unpaid hour for meals, and afternoon hours are 12:30 pm to 8:00 pm, with an unpaid half-hour for meals.

PAARC offers competitive benefits for eligible employees, with a strong commitment to coaching and professional development.

All services are provided from a harm reduction perspective, which respects people’s right to choose their own goals. The Peer Mentor will focus on community outreach and will support clients of our Narcotic Strategy and Withdrawal Management programs, on teams with counsellors and case managers and a community nurse counsellor.
- Are you professional, mature and humble?
- Do you see the best in others and support their strengths?
- Do you seek learning opportunities to build knowledge, skill and character?
- Do you demonstrate a high level of accountability and integrity?
- Do you seek to contribute to the success of others?
- Do you demonstrate adaptability and resiliency?
- Are you results-oriented?
- Do you have a strong work ethic?
- Do you demonstrate good work habits and stand up as a positive role model?
- Do you have a balanced sense of self and demonstrate excellent emotional health?
- Are you productive in a fast-paced environment with distractions?
- Can you work in various settings, including interior office space, shared space, and with various levels of noise?

**General Responsibilities**:

- Work collaboratively with clinical staff to provide support to clients
- Support clients in achieving their recovery goals, including goals of harm reduction
- Conduct individual support meetings with clients
- Co-facilitate education and support groups
- Accompany clients to relevant appointments, offering support as appropriate
- Distribute relevant and approved information to support program and client goals
- Participate in service development discussions with colleagues
- Attend team meetings, supervision and training sessions as required
- Participate in the promotion of programs and services
- Able to work occasional evenings

**Qualifications**:

- Personal (lived) experience of addiction and recovery is preferred
- Active in your own recovery process, self-aware, ability to draw on personal experiences to engage, validate and role model when appropriate
- Exercise appropriate professional boundaries
- Willingness to work with a diverse group of clients from a harm reduction perspective
- Excellent people skills, must be open, non-judgemental and willing to learn
- Ability to take initiative and work independently, while also working closely with a team of colleagues and professionals
- Ability to work in a professional work environment is essential

Please note that the skills for this position are not comparable to those of a Personal Support Worker.

PAARC provides availability of accommodations for disabilities, where needed, to support applicants’ participation in our recruitment process. To inquire about accommodations, please call 905-629-1007, extension ‘227’. You can also identify your accommodation needs at any time during the recruitment process.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Benefits**:

- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2023-06-02
Reference ID: Peer Mentor