ABOUT US

We are Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC), a non-profit, community-governed organization that serves over 18,000 clients annually. Established in 1978, SWCHC provides a wide range of health care services such as primary health care, health promotion, community development, mental health, and harm reduction. We are deeply connected to the communities we serve and committed to removing barriers to accessing services for people who experience vulnerabilities because of their age, income, ability, sexual orientation or gender identity, and language or culture.
SWCHC strives to ensure that our team reflects the communities we serve. We work within an anti-racist, anti-oppressive framework that acknowledges the existence and impacts of systemic racism and seeks to ensure that systems are fair and equitable for everyone.

OTHER JOB REQUIREMENTS

• This is a relief position, the staff person is required to respond to calls for relief shifts & pick up at minimum one shift per month in order to maintain relief position
• Needle exchange and safer inhalation training is an asset, training will be provided as needed
• Non Violent Crisis Intervention training, will be provided as needed
• CPR & Standard First Aid, will be provided as needed
• Overdose Prevention and Naloxone training, will be provided as needed
• Provision of a criminal reference check for vulnerable sector - a clean check is not required to be successful in application

READY TO APPLY?

Take your career to the next level! Submit a cover letter and your resume to: https://swchc.bamboohr.com/careers/706
This opportunity will be closed once suitable candidate has been found

Somerset West Community Health Centre is an equal opportunity employer who values the diversity of individuals in our programs and services.
We welcome and encourage applications from members of Indigenous, Black and racialized communities, Two-Spirit, nonbinary, LGBTQ+ people; people with disabilities; and members of other equity seeking groups. Applicants are encouraged to share accessibility needs in the application process, and every attempt will be made to accommodate them.

The Harm Reduction Peer Worker PHAC (HRPW) will support services in the Carlington Community Health Centre area.
This project is a collaboration between Somerset West CHC and Carlington CHC. Working closely with the Community Engagement Manager and under the supervision of the NESI Team Lead at Somerset West Community Health Centre, and the Director of Integrated Health Services at Carlington Community Health Centre; the HRPW will support harm reduction services to people who use drugs in the Carlington Community Health Centre catchment areas.
Harm reduction services will focus on increasing access to health promotion, prevention, treatment and harm reduction programs and services among high-risk people who use drugs. The HRPW will be responsible for supporting Carlington CHC’s ‘Health Box’ (gear supplies), through monitoring supplies and stocking, communicating with the Health Box company for troubleshooting, and supporting clients in accessing. Workers collaborate as a part of the whole Community Services department. They work with Harm Reduction Workers, Nurses, the Team Leads, the Manager, and other members of the team.
Workers also collaborate with and contribute to the overall services, programs and functioning of the Centres.
We strongly encourage applications from individuals with lived and living experience of drug use, sex work, homelessness, incarceration, or systemic marginalization. Lived experience is considered integral to this role.