Wellness Worker

At House of Friendship, we believe in what we are doing. We get out of bed each day to make a difference in our community; to walk with and to serve. We are not happy with the status quo. We get energy from ongoing learning and growth. We lead with passion and believe without a doubt that everyone deserves to belong and thrive. We live and breathe our values of Compassion, Inclusion, Justice, Dignity and Hope. And we have fun!

Sounds pretty great, doesn’t it? It is!

This is an overnight awake position. The Homelessness and Addiction Recovery Treatment (HART) Hub is a newly funded program aimed at addressing critical health and social needs in our community. The HART Hub will support individuals experiencing homelessness and addiction, offering services that include addiction treatment, housing support and collaborative care. The Supportive Housing program is part of Housing Services and provides varying levels of support to tenants. The Wellness Worker will provide support to individuals in the program and complete regular rounds of the property and buildings.

Two positions are available : one full‑time role, and one casual / relief role. Full time role is 37.5 hours per week (Sunday to Tuesday from 10 : 00 pm to 8 : 00 am and Wednesday from 10 : 00 pm to 7 : 30 am) with paid sick time, personal days, vacation time; group health benefits and a defined contribution pension plan. The casual relief role works on an as‑needed and as‑available basis, with the requirement of working at a minimum of three shifts each month and is provided with 2 paid personal days and enrolment in the Employee and Family Assistance Program.

Successful completion of a Police Records Check (Vulnerable Sector) is required pre‑employment in each role.

Key Responsibilities

• Connect with individuals in the program.
• Establish and maintain a helping relationship with individuals in the program.
• Complete regular checks of buildings to ensure safety of individuals in the program.
• Ensure that individuals are not loitering on property.
• Perform administrative tasks.
• Participate in the Needle Syringe Program.

Job Specific Knowledge / Skills

Education / Experience

Critical Skills

Compensation

House of Friendship is committed to ensuring fair, market‑competitive and rewarding compensation practices for all of our team members. Compensation practices include our pay grid, which has been developed using documented leading pay practices in the not‑for‑profit sector, including Pathways to Decent Work and Ontario Living Wage Network. We value the experience new team members bring to the organization and review previous related experience for placement on our pay grid.

Full‑time role benefits include :

Casual role benefits include :

Rate of Pay

All compensation ranges are categorized under a series of ‘grades’. The rate of pay will consider past related experience.

Grade : 4

Min : $22.40

Mid : $25.65

Max : $28.90

Working Conditions

House of Friendship is open and inviting to qualified candidates with lived experience.

House of Friendship supports justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion in our workplace. We strive to be a workplace free of harassment and discrimination and are committed to removing barriers and being an inclusive environment. We aspire to be an organization that is anti‑racist and anti‑oppressive so that our team, and therefore our community, can truly belong and thrive.

We invite applications from all qualified candidates and actively encourage applications from members of groups that have historically or currently face barriers to employment, including, but not limited to, Indigenous Peoples, members of racialised groups, persons with disabilities, women, and members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.

If you require accommodations to be able to participate fully at any stage in the recruitment process, including applying for this position, please let us know so that we can discuss accommodation options. Accommodations will be provided upon request.

If you are as passionate as we are about serving the community, let’s talk.

To apply, please submit your resume and cover letter here :

https : / / house-of-friendship.hirehive.com / wellness-worker-kitchener-eovrma

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January 5, 2026.

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