Peer Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Steinbach, Canada Peer Connections Manitoba Full time

**Position Title**: Peer Support Worker

**Position Location**: Steinbach, Manitoba
**Positions Available**: One
**Hours of Work**:0.5 EFT, 20 hours per week, includes days, evenings, weekends, holidays.
**Wage**: 23.00 per hour
**Posting**: Internal/External
**Closing Date**: March 31st, 2003
**Position Start Date**: May 1st, 2023

**VISION**:
Mental Wellness for All

**MISSION**:
To provide quality mental health education and value-based peer support for Manitobans and their families dealing with mental health challenges.

**VALUES**:
Authenticity

Integrity

Respect

Support

Holistic

**Position Summary**

Peer Support Workers have gone through a personal journey of recovery/wellness including challenges with addictions, and have obtained peer support-related training (training provided) to assist others with mental health challenges/addictions to identify and achieve life goals as part of their recovery. An individual Peer Support Worker:

- Uses strengths-based and recovery-oriented approaches with individuals and groups to help combat stigma, promote self-determination, and instill hope.
- Provides non-clinical support to the person and as such is intended to be a comfort to the person, a resource to individualized community supports and a source of practical recovery/wellness information.
- Draws from lived experience of mental health and/or addiction challenges to provide peer support to those requesting service through Peer Connections Manitoba.

The Peer Support Worker will draw from their Lived Experience and work as a member of a diverse inter-professional team to facilitate and support individuals in their recovery/wellness process.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Work collaboratively to support the implementation of recovery/wellness principles in all environments.
- Following protocols, establish contact with person and orient them to the Individual Peer Support Worker role, including an understanding of the non-clinical role and voluntary nature of peer support.
- Be available to the individual through their program (in person or virtually) and be willing to share their story as appropriate.
- Provide support in a manner consistent with recovery philosophy, which emphasizes peer and natural support, and the de-escalation of distress.
- When requested by the individual, attend clinical assessment; this may include: Psychiatry assessment, case conferences.
- Provide information about and encourage access to the full range of crisis supports.
- Provide information on individual advocacy, self-help, recovery/wellness, crisis planning and prevention, and empowerment tools as requested by the person.
- Provide information links regarding resources in the community.
- Collaborate with individuals, promote self-advocacy, and support individuals to advocate for themselves.
- Advocate with the individuals as requested.
- Document as per guidelines using strength-based, recovery supporting language.
- Assist the individual with system navigation by providing practical recovery information including individualized community contacts and community peer support.
- Provide education about recovery/wellness and peer support to staff, residents, and students.
- Provide peer support services reflective of the diverse needs of the individual.
- Provide individuals with other well-being supports (food, water, coffee, blankets, activities book, music, writing materials etc.)
- Facilitate groups as required.
- Record required statistics.
- Attend staff meetings as required.
- Meet with supervisor as required.
- Attend the Community of Practice, online or in person.
- Other duties as assigned.

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

**Salary**: From $23.00 per hour

Schedule:

- Evening shift
- Weekend availability

Application question(s):

- A Peer Support Worker is a person with Lived Experience dealing with mental health and / or substance use challenges. This role requires a person who not only has dealt with the challenges but is willing and able to discuss them from a position of recovery. Do you feel this describes you?

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 2023-04-03
Expected start date: 2023-05-01

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