Peer Support Worker

🔍 Calgary Zone, Calgary, Peter Lougheed Centre

📁: Mental Health

📅   : ALB00464757 Requisition #

📅   : Nov 19, 2024 Post Date

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Recovery Alberta: Y

Classification: Peer Support Worker

Union: AUPE GSS

Unit and Program: Addiction Recovery and Community Health (ARCH at PLC)

Primary Location: Peter Lougheed Centre

Location Details: As Per Location

Multi-Site: Not Applicable

FTE: 1.00

Posting End Date: 25-NOV-2024

Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits

Date Available: 05-DEC-2024

Temporary End Date: 30-JUN-2025

Hours per Shift: 7.75

Length of Shift in weeks: 6

Shifts per cycle: 30

Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends

Days Off: As Per Rotation

Minimum Salary: $24.92

Maximum Salary: $27.46

Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable

Required Qualifications:

Please refer to the Additional Required Qualifications.

Additional Required Qualifications:

Grade 12 Education Lived experience in recovery from mental illness and/or addictions. Must be willing to share one’s personal experience of recovery. Knowledge of systemic issues such as poverty and stigma. Involvement with local/emerging community of practice and with national peer support organization is strongly encouraged. Strong interpersonal verbal and written communication skills. This position has transitioned to Recovery Alberta effective September 1, 2024. By applying on this posting, if you are the successful candidate, you agree to and will become an employee of Recovery Alberta.

Preferred Qualifications:

Completion of a recognized peer support training program. Involvement with local/emerging community of practice and with national peer support organization. Suicide Prevention Training. Mental Health First Aid. Trauma Informed Care Training. Demonstrated time management skills with the ability to organize and prioritize competing demands. Demonstrated effective collaboration within a team environment. Understanding and application of information and communication technologies (Connect Care).

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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