Reporting to the Care Manager, the Peer Support Worker (PSW) is a key member of the Rapid Access Addiction Medicine (RAAM) Clinic team at Royal Alexandra Hospital. This role works collaboratively with the Recovery Response Team, Emergency Department, and the Acute Care Addiction Recovery Program (ACARP) to support individuals accessing addiction care across inpatient, emergency, and outpatient settings. Grounded in lived experience, the PSW provides compassionate, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented support to clients navigating substance use, health systems, and community resources. The PSW supports outpatient clinic operations by engaging clients, assisting with system navigation, and helping connect individuals to appropriate medical, social, and community-based supports. The PSW plays a vital role in fostering trust, reducing stigma, and enhancing continuity of care. Working closely with interdisciplinary team members, the PSW uses their unique lived experience to support patient engagement, readiness for change, and connection to ongoing care. This is a dynamic, relationship-focused role located within a clinic on the Royal Alexandra Hospital campus. The RAAM Clinic provides transitional, outpatient-based care, and this role is well suited to someone who is adaptable, collaborative, and passionate about supporting people with substance use concerns as they move between hospital and community-based care. Our team is committed to providing Mental Health and Addiction care to persons recovering from and living with Addiction. We work with other teams to alleviate stigma, create safety and timely access to care. We are looking for an effective and hard worker; a person who owns their story and leads with compassion, understanding and hope.
As a Peer Support Worker, you will provide interventions and supports that are complementary to the work of a multi-disciplinary outreach team. The team functions together to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services for the diverse needs of clients navigating life impacting experiences. Through your own lived experience(s), and experiences of recovery and resilience, as the Peer Support Worker, you can authentically inspire hope to clients by sharing your story, offering mentorship and support; advocating for client needs; and supporting an integrated and resiliency/recovery-oriented health care and treatment experience.
- Classification: Peer Support Worker
- Union: AUPE GSS
- Unit and Program: RAH RAAM Clinic
- Primary Location: Royal Alexandra Hospital
- Location Details: As Per Location
- Multi-Site: Not Applicable
- FTE: 0.70
- Posting End Date: 24-JUN-2026
- Temporary Employee Class: Temp P/T Benefits
- Date Available: 04-JUL-2026
- Temporary End Date: 28-JUN-2027
- Hours per Shift: 7.75
- Length of Shift in weeks: 4
- Shifts per cycle: 14
- Shift Pattern: Days, Weekends
- Days Off: As Per Rotation
- Minimum Salary: $27.23
- Maximum Salary: $30.00
- Vehicle Requirement: Not Applicable
Required Qualifications:
Please refer to the Additional Required Qualifications.
Additional Required Qualifications:
Personal lived experience with addiction, substance use disorders and recovery is a requirement. Experience working with inner city and with marginalized and vulnerable populations. Demonstrated ability to practice within a Recovery Orientated framework. Active listening skills. Ability to maintain a calm and tactful composure under a broad range of challenging circumstances and think clearly and stay focused under pressure. Experience and interest in working with persons recovering from and living with Addiction. This works requires critical thinking, problem solving and decision making. Training and familiarity with suicide risk screening, Non-Violent Crisis Intervention, and BLS/CPR. You need to have computer skills and good communication skills. Ability to work in + outdoors + move around a large hospital campus. Takes pride in quality work and values time integrity. Can respond to new needs in the role as they arise with initiative and self-directedness. Desire to help plan and adjust as a new role and team is developed.
Preferred Qualifications:
Ability to support transitions to community resources to ensure continuity of care. Share expertise and personal experiences to empower others and share hope. High degree of self-awareness and capacity to establish appropriate boundaries to provide a non-judgmental, confidential and respectful environment. Strong communication skills including conflict management and resolution. Post Secondary education, programs, certificates + training considered.
