Posted 11 months ago
Harm Reduction Housing Worker - CASUAL (External)
@ North End Community Health Centre
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Overview
North End Community Health Centre is hiring a casual Harm Reduction Housing Worker for the Overlook, a place-based, peer-supported harm reduction housing program. The role delivers on-demand 24/7 harm reduction supports, overdose response and naloxone administration alongside an interdisciplinary team. The posting asks for two years of community experience with marginalized populations; education is an asset, not a requirement.
Pay:
$25.02 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Deliver on-demand 24/7 harm reduction supports and programs
- Respond to overdoses and administer naloxone
- Support tenants through a person-centered, housing first approach
- Follow prescribed housing program policies and procedures
- Work with an interdisciplinary team on life skills and social inclusion
Requirements summary:
- Two years' experience in a community setting with marginalized people
- Experience with populations affected by substance use or mental health challenges
- Experience with homelessness or barriers to stable housing
- Social, health, addictions or community work education is an asset
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Source and dates
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- Employer posting date
- 2025-11-26
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-05
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Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Social & community services |
| Experience | 2+ years |
| Schedule | overnight |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer low |
| Education | College diploma (preferred) |
| Fields of study | Social work, Health, Addictions, Community work, Human services |
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North End Community Health Centre
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Job Purpose:
Harm Reduction Housing Workers are accountable for delivering harm reduction programs and services to tenants/participants to support their health and well-being as well as their tenancies as residents of the Overlook, including: •
- Delivering ‘on-demand’ harm reduction supports and programs following a ‘housing first’ philosophy as part of a collaborative team.
- Following prescribed policies and procedures associated with the housing program
- Supporting participants through a person-centered approach
- Attending to overdoses and administering naloxone
Harm Reduction Housing Workers work with an interdisciplinary team to support participants of the Overlook – a place-based harm reduction, peer supported housing program. Tenants at the Overlook experience social and physical harm associated with chronic alcohol use, problematic drug use, chronic health conditions and lengthy homelessness. The team provides ‘on-demand’ 24/7 harm reduction to tenants, as well as various housing supports around life skills and social inclusion to ensure participants effectively manage their tenancy
Education and Experience:
- Two (2) years’ experience working in a community setting with marginalized community members.
- Formal education in social or health fields, addictions or community work, or Human Services Diploma are an asset but not a requirement.
- Demonstrated experience working with populations impacted by substance use and mental health challenges, homelessness and/or barriers to stable housing.
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