Internal/External Employment Opportunity

Position: Harm Reduction Worker

Component/Team: CTS

Status: Permanent, 1.0 FTE Full-Time (35 hours per week)

Salary Scale: $47,793 - $57,567 annualized salary plus benefits + 10% Premium to the hourly rate for hours worked on Saturday and Sunday

# of Positions: 2 positions

Start Date: Immediately

APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 11, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.

Position Description:

The Harm Reduction Worker provides compassionate, client-centered support and supervision for individuals who use substances at the CTS site. The worker ensures a safe, non-judgmental environment while delivering harm reduction education, overdose prevention and response, and connecting clients with health and social services.

The HRW also provides safer injection and smoking supply distribution, Injection Room and post injection / Drop in Support.

The HRW may also provide engagement and outreach services within the vicinity of the building and / or the Sandy Hill neighbourhood.

Reporting Relationship:

The Harm Reduction Worker is directly accountable to the CTS Team Leader, and receives guidance and coordination support from the Shift Leads. The HRW is accountable through the CTS Team Lead to the Director of CTS and Executive Director.

Requirements

Skills, Education and Experience:

Requirements for this position include:

Education and Language

• College diploma in social services, addictions, mental health, or a related field
• An equivalent combination of education and experience, including lived experience may be considered
• Non-Violent Crisis Intervention training is considered an asset
• Under the Centre's designation to provide French Language Services:
• French (oral expression): Advanced
• French (oral comprehension): Advanced
• French (reading comprehension): Advanced
• Fluency in English, both oral and written

Professional Experience

• One year experience working in a role that places an emphasis harm reduction, engaging clients and de-escalating problematic behaviour in a therapeutic manner
• Experience supporting individuals facing homelessness, substance use, or mental health challenges

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• A patient, non-judgmental, compassionate, client-centered approach to working with street-involved people, people who are HIV+ or who are at risk of becoming HIV+ and individuals facing homelessness, substance use, or mental health challenges
• Excellent active listening skills
• Knowledge of community resources in Ottawa
• Ability to work within a harm reduction framework
• Capacity to assess risk and respond to crises and in a therapeutic manner
• Ability to work under stress with multiple demands
• Ability to identify client service needs
• Commitment to equity, trauma-informed care, and culturally informed practice and cultural humility

Hours of Work

• Consumption and Treatment Services will operate from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. 7 days a week.
• Must be available for shift work including weekends

Benefits

Sandy Hill Community Health Centre offers employees an excellent benefits package which includes four weeks holidays (pro-rated to part-time status) in addition to a Pension Plan (Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan - HOOPP) and excellent Group Insurance Plan.

Conditions of Employment:

An offer of employment will be conditional upon the candidate completing a criminal reference check, verification of educational requirement for this position and linguistic profile to the satisfaction of the Sandy Hill Community Health Centre.

Accommodation:

SHCHC will provide accommodation for applicants with disabilities in its recruitment process.

If at any stage in the selection process you require accommodation due to disability, please let us know the nature of the required accommodation.

Clients of the Centre are welcome to apply. Should a client become the successful candidate, they will no longer be able to continue receiving services at Sandy Hill Community Health Centre. Assistance will be made available to find an alternative provider.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. No phone calls please.

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