Harm Reduction Services Team Lead

3 months ago

Victoria, Canada AVI Health & Community Services Society 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‐centred 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.

**H.R.S. Teams ‐ Harm Reduction Services Teams, Including REST, DOPES & Mobile**

**The DOPES Team - Drop-in Overdose Prevention Services Team -**

Drop‐In: Working within a social justice and health promotion framework, the DOPES Team will provide a safe, accessible drop‐in space for community members who use substances, and/or who are marginalized from social care services. Drop‐in programming will include access to harm reduction supports, as well as overdose prevention, witnessing and peer‐based services.

OPR: Overdose prevention room - DOPES team provides oversight, support, and overdose response, including the administration of oxygen and Naloxone, to people using illicit substances in AVI’s Overdose Prevention Room

**Mobile Harm Reduction Outreach Team -**

The Mobile Harm Reduction team is an outreach team based out of Victoria which provides a broad range of low barrier, harm reduction supports, supplies and education to individuals in Greater Victoria (outside of the downtown core) and the Westshore who are otherwise unable to consistently access other existing Harm Reduction programming and services.

**JOB SUMMARY**:
This position relies heavily on the abilities of the team lead to connect and develop relationships of trust and rapport with staff and 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-judgmental support with exceptional understanding of personal and community boundaries.

The team lead will be responsible for the development and delivery of educational programming and peer‐based skill building, support, and debriefing. The team lead will develop and support staff to develop relationships with community members to support ongoing peer and community-based overdose prevention within supportive housing, including but not limited to regular access to harm reduction supplies, witnessing, overdose response and overdose prevention trainings and advocacy.

The team lead will support staff to develop a cohesive team, with systems of collective accountability and interpersonal conflict resolution. The team lead will meet with staff daily, via check‐ins and debriefing.

The HRS Team Lead must demonstrate capacity to support staff and community members, while overseeing the delivery of educational programming and harm reduction-based services. This position relies on flexibility and self‐motivation, and experience supporting/working alongside folks with lived and living experience.

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 HIV, HCV and other blood‐borne disease transmission and prevention strategies, as well as evidence‐based educational and harm reduction intervention to individuals and priority populations to increase knowledge of overdose prevention and response strategies.

**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Supports staff through systems of debriefing, including daily check‐ins and 1:1 staff supervision. 
- Supervises the teams and acts as a liaison between staff, managers, community resources and stakeholders to communicate and manage support needs, client concerns, and issues related to operations, and critical incidents
- Arranges staffing coverage, contacts casual staff members to call‐out shift(s), confirms staffing according to seniority and making any necessary scheduling adjustments
- Provides break coverage and coverage when minimum staffing is not met
- Assists with paperwork including but not limited to the completion of statistics, leave forms, weekly narrative and reporting, as required, to ensure Managers receive information and reports in a timely manner
- Engages in planning, evaluation, and program development as directed
- Develops and facilitates harm reduction based educational programming including overdose prevention and peer skill development
- Contribu

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