Peer Support Worker, Indigenous, Integrated Homelessness Action Response Team (IHART)

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $27.92 - $29.60 per hour.

Job Summary

We are hiring a Relief Full Time Peer Support Worker, Indigenous, Integrated Homelessness Action Response Team (IHART) to join our team in Chilliwack, B.C. Fraser Health Authority values diversity within the workplace. For this position, we also want to highlight that First Nations, Inuit, Metis and Aboriginal ancestry is regarded as directly relevant to the skills and knowledge for excellence in the position. Pursuant to Section 41 of the British Columbia Human Rights Code, preference will be given to applicants of Aboriginal Ancestry.

We invite you to apply today and find out why employees recommend Fraser Health to their friends as an exceptional place to work. We are committed to planetary health, we value diversity in the workforce and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring and Trust. A career with Fraser Health will offer you the opportunity to be a part of a dedicated team of professionals in a dynamic and rewarding health care environment. We offer a competitive compensation and benefit package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

Important to know

• Confirm you are legally entitled to work in Canada.

Detailed Overview

In accordance with the Mission, Vision and Values of Fraser Health, the Peer Support Worker (PSW) - Indigenous shares their own consumer knowledge and lived experience of homelessness with medical or substance use and mental health concerns, and also within the context of their shared peer experience of Indigenous culture, to assist clients of the assigned Integrated Homelessness Action Response Team (IHART) in their identified goals. The PSW identifies themselves as a peer and collaborates with the client and SUSAT to meet individual needs and situational requirements by providing information from a lived experience perspective in order to assist clients to obtain services from other Fraser Health staff, First Nations Health Authority, Métis Nation BC, Indigenous Friendship Centres and other external service providers and community resources more effectively. Provides clients living with substance use / mental illness / chronic medical concerns with emotional and social support, life skills assistance, information, and resources. The PSW works collaboratively with the assigned team to ensure the client’s self-identified goals for recovery and community connection are supported by appropriate services and practices and are consistent with the values of self-determination / choice and harm reduction. Provides culturally safe services in a variety of environments dependent on the needs of the client.

Responsibilities

Qualifications

Skills and Abilities

Ability to observe and recognize changes in clients.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People – those we care for and those who care for them – are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community‑based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the workforce. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Other

Industries

Hospitals and Health Care

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