Facilitator and Outreach Worker Team Lead

Location: Windsor/West Hants and Sackville, NS

Salary Range: $28.00/hr at 35 hours per week

Number of Candidates: 1

Employment Term: Dec 2026 – March 31, 2027, with possibility of extension

Reports To: POSSE Project Director & VIPES Coordinator

Operating in Partnership with the Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Center, Peer Outreach Support Services & Education is acutting-edgeyouth driven, peer based, harm reduction and human rights education, support services and street level outreach project for youth, ages 15-35. We operate in Windsor / West Hants,Sipekne’katik, Sackville, with a home base in Windsor.

The POSSE project engages youth, young adults and community members with lived and living experience, to assist them with developing the skills needed to be peer support workers, and to engage with their peers who may be struggling within their communities.

This position will be reporting to the POSSE Project Director and VIPES Coordinator, to provide harm reduction and human-rights driven care and support to youth and other community members in the Sackville, and Windsor/West Hants regions. Must be able to maintain confidentiality, provide a safe, non-judgmental presence for margnalized groups, and uphold harm reduction and human rights values. This position will include facilitating training and education programming, street-level outreach, West Hants drop-in support, some crisis support, social media messaging, team support, and more.

It may also include some project-based work, based around the interests and skills of the candidate. At POSSE, we hope to facilitate a team environment, and at times this may include supporting team members with tasks, navigating crisis, and supporting clients on a rolling basis.

• Support the ongoing development and delivery of POSSE programming
• Using a trauma-informed community-based approach, identify the needs, resources available, and gaps in service delivery within our community through engaging with partners, stakeholders, peers, and community members
• Engage in street-level outreach, distribute harm reduction supplies, connect folx to services, and build relationships with community members
• Facilitate weekly evening education and training programming for young people aged 15-35 in Windsor and Sackville
• Build relationships with community partners to co-host education sessions
• Participate in committees, trainings, and other project activities as required
• Connect with peers, youth, colleagues, outside agencies via a variety of communication methods (emails, phone, in-person, video call, etc.)
• Provide mental health support to youth and adults from a harm reduction and human rights approach
• Explore options with individuals in crisis, provide accompaniments as needed, and make appropriate referrals to other organizations as needed and with consent from the individual(s) you are supporting
• Recognize youth/clients as experts in their own lives and their own needs
• Maintain high level of confidentiality, at all times
• Work collaboratively as well as independently and at home when necessary
• Work within a budget to plan, organize, and host activities
• Educational campaigns and social media
• Assist with project development and delivery as needed
• Maintain a safe, non-judgmental, confidential workspace
• Adapt well to various situations and provide creative interventions and solutions within changing scenarios

• Data collection and data entry
• Submit reimbursements and travel claims
• Use of Canva posters and social media
• Use of Outlook, including calendar, email, One Drive, and online Microsoft software
• Write reports and document contacts with clients, as needed
  
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