Peer Support Worker

Peer Support Worker

Full-Time, Permanent

Downtown, Toronto

Covenant House helps youth ignite their potential and reclaim their lives. As Canada’s largest agency serving youth who are homeless, trafficked or at risk, we offer the widest range of services to hundreds of young people every day. 

More than a place to stay, we provide life-changing care with unconditional love and respect. We meet youth’s immediate needs and then we work together to achieve their future goals. We offer 24/7 crisis shelter transitional housing options on-site and, in the community, health and well-being support, training and skill development, and ongoing care once youth move into the community.        

For over 40 years, Covenant House has been dedicated to its mission of serving youth on the street and to protect and safeguard all youth with absolute respect and unconditional love. Since 1982, Covenant House has supported more than 100,000 young people.

Purpose:

A Peer Support Worker is someone who through their lived experience of recovery from a mental health, or addiction or homelessness challenge and can draw upon their wellness and recovery in providing intentional peer support. This would be accomplished through a variety of activities such as group facilitation, individual support and structured positive relationship building.

Responsibilities:

• Regularly attend project and team meetings
• Assist in the delivery of social drop-in and community outreach activities.
• Provide 1:1 peer support to youth such as appointment support/accompaniment, participation in wellness-focused and recreational activities, and search for appropriate community resources such as housing.
• Support participants in making choices that promote safety, wellness, and recovery.
• Complete needed documentation and note-taking.

Qualifications

• Completion of Peer Support training is an asset.
• Personal experience in recovery from a mental health or homelessness and/or addiction challenge, and ability to draw upon wellness and recovery in providing intentional peer support is an asset.
• Skills in applying harm-reduction principles, providing support from an anti-racist, anti-oppression framework and providing trauma-informed peer support.
• Knowledge of relevant mental health, health, and housing related legislation
• Knowledge of refugee journey and services that supports refugees.
• Extensive knowledge of local community mental health services and other resources, including formal and informal supports
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Strong computer skills
• Understanding of cultural competency and anti-oppression framework
• Adheres to requirement for confidentiality strictly, the only exceptions being situations where child abuse is suspected or there is reason to believe the person will harm themselves or others.
• Note: A satisfactory vulnerable sector check (VSC) is also required.

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