Peer Support Worker

Your Opportunity:
The Peer Support Worker (PSW) is an essential member of integrated and comprehensive care for those accessing live-in treatment at Henwood Treatment Centre (HTC). Through their own lived experience(s) with addiction and/or mental illness(s) and experiences of recovery and resilience, the PSW can authentically inspire hope and demonstrate the possibility of recovery. This additional support and advocacy by PSWs ensure the service recipient’s recovery and personal life goals are integrated with the health care team’s treatment goals. Service recipients are supported in being informed and activated clients with better health outcomes, improved quality of life and greater preparation for community integration. Recovery-oriented services focus on the quality of life and reflect our understanding that recovery is a personal and unique process. It is characterized by the ability to have increasing responsibility and control of one's life to have hope, a positive identity, and meaningful life even within the limitations that may accompany addiction and/or mental health concerns. The PSW serves as a role model for a person in recovery, demonstrating healthy behaviours, developing rapport and building a peer relationship with those accessing HTC services. They can promote social learning through shared experiences and foster clients' learning skills related to self-advocacy and increasing their self-determination. Companionship and modelling healthy choices while engaging in activities, offering support in attending appointments and participating in leisure activities to develop a healthy network of supports are some examples of supports offered. Candidates will be contacted for interviews in early March.
Description:
As a Peer Support Worker, you will provide interventions and supports that are complementary to the work of a multi-disciplinary outreach team. The team functions together to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services for the diverse needs of clients navigating life impacting experiences. Through your own lived experience(s), and experiences of recovery and resilience, as the Peer Support Worker, you can authentically inspire hope to clients by sharing your story, offering mentorship and support; advocating for client needs; and supporting an integrated and resiliency/recovery-oriented health care and treatment experience.
Acute Care Alberta:
Primary Care Alberta: N
Recovery Alberta: Y
Classification: Peer Support Worker
Union: AUPE GSS
Unit and Program: Henwood Treatment Centre
Primary Location: Henwood Treatment Centre
Location Details: As Per Location
Multi-Site: Not Applicable
FTE: 1.00
Posting End Date: 11-APR-2025
Employee Class: Regular Full Time
Date Available: 21-APR-2025
Hours per Shift: 11.08
Length of Shift in weeks: 12
Shifts per cycle: 42
Shift Pattern: Days, Evenings, Weekends
Days Off: As Per Rotation
Minimum Salary: $24.+2
Maximum Salary: $27.46
Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Please refer to the Additional Required Qualifications.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Lived experience of poverty, experience in recovery from a mental health and/or addiction illness. Must be willing to share aspects of personal experience while understanding boundaries important to supporting individuals entering their own recovery journey. Knowledge of social issues such as poverty, unemployment, stigma, medications and the isolation felt by individuals with serious addiction and/or mental health issues and their families. Physical requirements of the position include the ability to sit/stand and walk through a large centre as well as use stairs, there is no elevator access. It is also a requirement that the incumbent be physically able to respond to behavioral/clinical emergency situations that may occur anywhere in the building. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.
Preferred Qualifications:
Involvement with local/emerging community of practice and with national peer support organizations is strongly encouraged. Previous experience working in a peer support role. Heart and Stroke Health Care providers level C certificate.