Stepping Stone Outreach Worker

1 week ago

Dartmouth, Canada Stepping Stone Association Full time

**About Stepping Stone**

**Position Summary**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Participate in two outreach shifts per week to provide in-community support.
- Offer food, clothing, and hygiene supplies to individuals during outreach.
- Offer referrals and connections to additional supports including housing, mental health, addiction services, legal advocacy, and medical care.
- Support the team in identifying emerging community needs and gaps in services.
- Uphold Stepping Stone’s values and practices of trauma-informed, harm-reduction-centered care.

**Qualifications**
- **ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)** and **First Aid certification** are **mandatory** (or a willingness to complete training at Stepping Stone’s expense).
- **Valid driver’s license** required.
- Must feel **comfortable handling and distributing safer drug supplies** as part of harm reduction
- Experience working in outreach, social services, or peer support roles preferred.
- Training in harm reduction, peer support, Naloxone administration, and trauma-informed care an asset (or willingness to be trained).
- Ability to work respectfully with diverse communities, including 2SLGBTQIA+ folks, BIPOC individuals, and people who use substances.
- Strong communication skills, emotional intelligence, and ability to work in a team.
- A nonjudgmental, compassionate, and grounded approach to care.

**Working Conditions**
- Must be comfortable spending the majority of the shift seated in a vehicle
- This role may involve exposure to sensitive or high-stress situations.

**Job Types**: Permanent, Casual

Pay: From $23.00 per hour

Expected hours: 8 - 15 per week

Schedule:

- Evening shift

Work Location: In person

Expected start date: 2025-04-28

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