Peer Support Worker

🔍 Calgary Zone, Calgary, Peter Lougheed Centre

📁: Mental Health

📅   : ALB00050075 Requisition #

📅   : Jun 23, 2018 Post Date

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Classification: Peer Support Worker

Union: AUPE GSS

Department: ARCH A&MH

Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 0.50

Posting End Date: 29-JUN-2018

Employee Class: Regular Part Time

Date Available: 30-JUL-2018

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 4

Shifts per cycle: 10

Shift Pattern: Days

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $23.89

Maximum Salary: $26.33

Vehicle Requirement: N/A

Required Qualifications:

Completion of Grade 12 or equivalent. Recognized Peer Support Certification.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Lived experience of poverty and experience in recovery from a substance use disorder. Must be willing to share personal experience. Knowledge of systemic issues such as poverty, unemployment, stigma, barriers to care, and the isolation faced by individuals with substance use disorders and their families. For individuals with a past history of a substance use disorder, a minimum of two years without any substance use is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

Certification in Peer Support will be considered an asset. Involvement with local/emerging communities of practice and recovery programs and national peer support organizations is encouraged.

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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