Job Description

Position: Peer Support Worker

Dept: 1B Mental Health

Posting ID: 2023- 35478

Role: AH03 ($24.98 hr to $28.77hr)

Status: Temporary Full Time (18 months)

Site: Mississauga Hospital

Shifts: 37.5 hours per week, primarily Monday to Sunday with flexibility to meet client and program needs

Posted: November 16,2023

Internal Deadline: November 23,2023

Trillium Health Partners (THP) is one of the largest community-based acute care facilities in Canada. Comprised of the Credit Valley Hospital, the Mississauga Hospital and the Queensway Health Centre, Trillium Health Partners serves the growing and diverse populations of Mississauga, West Toronto and surrounding communities and is a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of Toronto.

Our Mission: A New Kind of Health Care for a Healthier Community

Our Values: Compassion, Excellence, Courage

Our Goals: Quality, Access, Sustainability

Our Enablers: People, Education, Innovation, Research

Position Summary:

At Trillium Health Partners the Mental Health programs provide psychiatric assessment, short-term treatment and stabilization for adults and seniors. The program areas are staffed by a multidisciplinary team that includes psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, occupational therapists, and pharmacists. Treatment modalities include nursing care, group activities, pharmacological treatments and individual therapy.

Reporting to the Patient Care Manager, the peer support worker will work as a member the multi-disciplinary team to provide support to patients admitted to the Hospital. The Peer Support Worker works with patients in individual and group settings to facilitate and support recovery for adults facing mental health challenges through empowerment, compassion, empathy and mutual understanding. The Peer Support Worker has gone through the process of their own recovery and they will use this experience to assist others on their recovery journey.

Responsibilities:

• Supporting peers and family members within the mental health program
• Advocating on behalf of individuals and participating in service resolution
• Building and maintaining linkages to service providers throughout Mississauga, Halton and West Toronto
• Assist with intake and assessments and safety plans
• Assist in navigating mental health services
• Provide mentorship role
• Provide support to complete referrals, accompany clients to appointments as needed
• Complete necessary documentation according to hospital guidelines
• Participate in assigned seminars, training and education sessions and in regional Peer Mentor advocacy groups and best practice development

Qualifications:

• Must have lived experience within the Addictions and/or Mental Health system
• Must have WRAP Level One; WRAP Level Two is an asset
• Knowledge of psychosocial rehabilitation and Recovery Oriented Practices
• Have or be willing to obtain Core Skills Training, Peer Worker training, ASIST, Mental Health First Aid, and First Aid & CPR
• Excellent customer service skills and knowledge of common challenges faced by those navigating this system
• Satisfactory employment and attendance record required.
• Proven confidence to advocate with an open mind of lived experience, within the addiction and mental health system to reduce stigma
• Awareness of Ontario Disability Supports Program(ODSP), Ontario Works(OW), Health and Safety, Ontario Human Rights, Employment Standard Act
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team environment and independently
• Ability to adapt to various work environments and able to flex work hours to meet program, employer and client demands
• Completed post-secondary education in a related field or equivalent work experience may be considered
• Active in your own recovery process, self- awareness, ability to draw on personal experiences to engage, validate and role model when appropriate.

Internal Candidates who believe they possess the necessary qualifications and experience for this position and who have been in their current position for at least six (6) months are encouraged to apply.

To pursue this career opportunity, please visit our website: www.trilliumhealthpartners.ca

Trillium Health Partners is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a healthy, safe and respectful environment for healing, based on our values compassion, excellence and courage. To be Better Together, we commit to fostering a respectful workplace culture that promotes a safe and supportive environment for everyone who provides care, supports caregiving, receives care or visits the hospital.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 and the Ontario Human Rights Code Trillium Health Partners will provide accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to applicants with disabilities. If selected to participate in the recruitment and selection process, please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require in respect of any materials or processes used to ensure your equal participation.

All personal information is collected under the authority of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.

Trillium Health Partners is identified under the French Language Services Act.

We thank all those who apply but only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.