Hightide - Peer Support Specialist (Sun-thu Eve) - Sechelt, Canada - RainCity Housing and Support Society

RainCity Housing and Support Society

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Sechelt, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

RainCity Housing operates on the stolen, unceded, ancestral, traditional homelands of the Xwməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh & səl̓ílwətaʔɬ Nations in so-called Vancouver, and the q̓íc̓əy̓, q'wa: n̓ƛ'ən̓, kwikwəƛ̓əm, SEMYOME, shíshálh, ˈstɔːloʊ, sc̓əwaθən məsteyəxw and qiqéyt, Nations in the so-called Lower Mainland.

ABOUT US RainCity Housing is an organization that makes a difference in people's lives.

With a goal of providing a home for everyone, RainCity's programs sustain relationships, strengthen communities and make change for people experiencing homelessness and mental health, trauma and substance use issues.

We invite you to be a part of the change.

DIVERSITY RainCity Housing serves a diverse group of people and we need a staff group that reflects the diversity. People of diverse backgrounds and cultures are encouraged to apply.

Job Summary

The Peer Support Specialist (PSS) shares their own consumer knowledge and lived experience of mental illness / substance use to assist clients to live successfully in the community.

The PSS collaborates with the client and the staff team to determine appropriate care to meet individual needs and situational requirements.

The PSS Provides clients with education, support and advocacy from a lived experience perspective in order to assist clients in effectively obtaining service from the staff, external service providers and community resources.

The PSS Provides a variety of supports to assist clients living with mental illness / substance use such as emotional and social supports, life skills assistance, information, resources, and demonstrations.

The PSS also performs Support Worker duties to ensure that member's self-identified goals for recovery and community integration are supported by appropriate services and practices, consistent with the values of self-determination/choice and harm reduction.

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Job:
Peer Support Specialist, Sechelt Hightide Modular Housing, Permanent, Full-Time, 1.0 FTE

Salary Range:
$30.64-$32.31 (BCGEU, Grid 34)

Hours: 75 bi-weekly

Schedule:
Sunday-Tuesday, 3:30pm-11:30pm, Wednesday-Thursday, 3:00pm-11:00pm, includes 30-minute unpaid meal break

Work Site:
Sechelt, BC

Start Date:
As soon as possible

Diversity:

Program:

Opened in April 2019, Sechelt Modular housing provides 40 units of single room occupancy (SRO) housing to low-income individuals 19 years of age or older who live in the community, have a history of homelessness and who need additional support services to maintain housing.

This supported housing program is staffed by a combination of support workers, including an Indigenous Cultural Liaison Support Worker and a Peer Services Support Worker.

Each unit contains a private bathroom with toilet, shower and sink, as well as a kitchenette.

The building has 24 hour/ 7 day a week staffing, with a minimum of two staff working on site to maintain the building, deliver programs, support tenants and ensure a safe environment within the building.

The program supports also include an onsite kitchen facility and a cook to prepare at least one hot meal per day.

The building also has custodial, home support and facilities management staff.

Qualifications:

Many forms of education and experience are valued, including volunteering and lived experience of mental illness / addiction/ homelessness; Minimum education and experience includes:

A Diploma in community social services
Two years year of recent, related work experience; emphasis on mental health, addictions, homelessness and/or social services
2+ years of relevant shared lived experience with the Sechelt Modular client population (*see Diversity) and the willingness to be identified in these areas as the basis of their work
Or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience
Current First Aid and CPR certification, Naloxone Certification

Support Worker Key Skills and Abilities - for supporting people receiving our services

Establish a dignifying and purposeful relationship with the client, contacting and getting to know the client as a unique individual, and clarifying the role of the PSS and client in the service planning process
Ability to identify and work to increase client strengths, including the use of hope inducing strategies and assisting the client in selfmanaging their illness and other aspects of their life
Informally teach harm reduction, life skills
Respond to problematic behaviour using an understanding of the behaviour's context and function
Knowledge of the integrated concurrent disorders recovery model for working with chronically homeless individuals
Knowledge of mental health diagnoses, medications, treatment and support resources
Knowledge of the biopsychosocial addictions model, including stages of change and harm reduction
Knowledge of diagnoses, treatment and support resources in the areas of substanc