Harm Reduction Satellite Coordinator

**INTERNAL/EXTERNAL POSTING**

**Full Time Regular Position
**Harm Reduction Satellite Coordinator**_ _
**Full-Time Regular Position at 1.0 FTE (35 hrs/week), Bargaining Unit - UFCW Local 175**_**Parkdale Queen West Community Health Centre** (Parkdale Queen West CHC) is a dynamic, community-based
health care organization serving mid-west downtown Toronto. Offering a broad range of services, including primary
health care, dental care, harm reduction, health promotion, counselling, and community development programming,
we are also committed to serving people who face barriers to health care and we strive to reduce these barriers.

A collaborative lead with substantial experience in drug use harm reduction, you share our passion for making a
difference, and see this role as an opportunity to take the next step in your successful career while contributing to
a vision of **_Inclusive Communities. Responsive Healthcare. Healthier Lives. _**

Reporting to the Manager, Urban Health - Harm Reduction Services, and using a harm reduction approach, your
position supports peer workers who offer supply distribution, harm reduction information and support to others living
in their building. The position includes the recruitment, training and supervision of peer satellite harm reduction
workers, establishing and maintaining community links and partnerships, identifying needs and gaps in care, and
developing, implementing and monitoring health education strategies and programs to meet said needs. Overall
program execution, evaluation and quality assurance will be your responsibility, from developing, implementing,
maintaining and evaluating goals and objectives, to developing and following appropriate protocols and policies, to
maintaining timely, accurate written and electronic client records, reports and correspondence.

This is a highly interactive role that will see you developing professional and social networks, and liaising internally
with other Harm Reduction Workers, and with external agencies and groups regarding the needs of drug users,
with a special focus on expanding services, enhancing access to treatment, and advocating on issues affecting
folks in the Parkdale drug using community. **Majority of work will be based at the Parkdale site although the**
**position crosses both the Parkdale and Queen West sites.**

**Qualifications**:

- Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline from a recognized university, or a combination of some post
- secondary education and experience in relevant field.
- 3 to 5 years’ relevant experience in a community setting, and expertise in workshop design and facilitation,

and program development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
- Experience working with marginalized communities such as homeless and under-housed people, street
- Proficiency in one or more languages other than English, and personal/lived experience of drug use,

homelessness, and/or street involvement would be considered assets.

**Compensation**: $54,254 to $66,102 per annum, plus Group Benefits and HOOPP (Healthcare of Ontario
Pension Plan) option.

If you are interested in joining in a creative and dedicated team we want to hear from you. Please send your resume

will be contacted.

being accepted.

**as a condition of employment, however strong consideration is made to the type of offense. Employment**

**is conditional upon having had a full series (2 doses) of COVID-19 vaccinations 14 days before starting**

**employment.**
- PQWCHC is committed to the principles of access and equity. PQWCHC is committed to reflecting the diversity of the communities it serves _
- compliance of the Ontario Human Rights Code and does not discriminate on the ground of records of offenses. _

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