Toronto Warming Centre Peer Worker

Support Toronto service users through harm reduction and peer connection as a Warming Centre Peer Worker with CONC during extreme weather operations.

Christie Ossington Neighbourhood Centre seeks Peer Workers for the Breaking Barriers – Substance Use and Addiction Peer Support Program. You will provide safety, support, harm reduction, and advocacy during City-activated warming centre operations. The role draws on lived or living experience and supports respectful, empowering service access.

• Build supportive, non-judgmental relationships with service users
• Provide referrals and advocacy for health and social services
• Share naloxone training and safe-use information
• Record supplies distribution and service referrals
• Support setup, cleaning, and sharps collection

• Lived or living experience with substance use or homelessness
• Knowledge of harm reduction and Toronto community resources
• Strong communication for respectful difficult conversations
• Reliability, teamwork, and calm crisis management
• Commitment to trauma-informed, anti-oppressive practices

Bring lived experience, harm reduction knowledge, and compassionate advocacy to CONC’s Toronto Warming Centre team.