Temporary Full-time Peer Engagement Support Worker

Position Overview

Reporting to the Clinical Program Manager, the Integrated Care Hub (ICH) Peer Engagement Support Worker works as a member of an interprofessional and integrated service team. This position provides services to individuals 18 years of age and older who use substances and/or have a serious mental illness and access services at the Integrated Care Hub.

The Peer Engagement Support Worker plays a key role in connecting clients to essential services, focusing on harm reduction, health and wellness, and support. This role involves actively engaging clients, identifying health and service needs, supporting harm reduction practices, and ensuring safe, respectful environments within AMHS settings. As a peer-based role, lived experience is an asset in building trusting relationships and promoting client-centered care.

Utilizing personal experiences with mental health and addictions they apply harm reduction practices and promote a harm reduction ...