Outreach Worker, STBBI

Boyle Street Community Services; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 20,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

Boyle Street Community Services is seeking a part-time STBBI Outreach Worker in Edmonton. This role involves recruiting participants for health testing, assisting with data collection, and engaging with community members regarding public health issues. The ideal candidate will have knowledge or experience in community outreach, trauma-informed care, and familiarity with local resources.

Benefits

Access to Lumino Health support

Employee activities and events

Various training initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience with marginalized communities is an asset.
• Lived experience with substance use or houselessness is beneficial.
• Police Check and Vulnerable Sector Check required.

Responsibilities

• Recruit participants and assist in data collection for Syphilis and HIV testing.
• Engage with community members and input data into the system.
• Build relationships with community partners to identify service gaps.

Skills

Knowledge of substance use

Understanding of trauma-informed care

Familiarity with local community resources

Proficient in Microsoft Office

Education

BCLS certification

First Aid certification

Job description

Category: Part time, Temporary

“Despite great challenges we believe unhealthy cycles can be broken, new opportunities created and, through healing, health restored.”

Reporting to Program Manager. The STBBI Outreach Worker is responsible for recruiting participants and assisting the team Registered Nurse in data collection for Syphilis and HIV Point of Care Testing. The STBBI Outreach Worker engages with community members who are interested in Syphilis and HIV Point of Care Testing in order to collect and input data effectively and efficiently into the database.

“We stand with our clients, side by side, patiently and for as long as they want – a constant and consistent caring force”

Position Responsibilities

• Recruit individuals who meet the criteria for the research study
• Assist the team Registered Nurse with collecting individual data
• Input collected data into digital system
• Visit other locations as needed along with the Registered Nurse to enhance engagement and assist in data collection
• Connect and build relationships with various community partners in a meaningful way
• Identify service gaps in meeting the needs of people we serve
• Discuss how to have a healthy level of coexistence, tolerance and respect among everyone
• Respond to overdoses and other related crisis by following the proper protocol
• Facilitate the development of standards of behavior expected in the areas
• BSCS is more than a workplace. It is a community where everyone helps and contributes to the whole, and there is an expectation that all employees will take part in events (during the work week and occasionally during weekends and evenings). This includes fundraising campaigns, running community meals, medicine picking etc.
  
  

Qualifications

• Knowledge, experience or willingness to learn of substance use and culture, overdose prevention, sex trade, STBBIs, and issues people living in the inner-city face
• Understanding of trauma-informed care and harm reduction
• Familiarity with local community resources (e.g. substance use, social services)
• Proficient in Microsoft Office
• Experience working with marginalized communities is an asset
• Lived experience with substance use or houselessness
• Police Check with the Vulnerable Sector and Child and Youth Intervention Check completed within the past six months
• Required to have current BCLS certification
• Valid First Aid certificate or enrolled in a future course
• Experience with and knowledge of Indigenous culture and ceremonies is considered an asset.
  
  

Why Work for Boyle?

• All work done positively impacts the community and its members!
• Access to Lumino Health, including Stress & Wellness support
• Employee activities and events throughout the year
• Various training initiatives, and development opportunities
  
  

Boyle Street Community Services (BSCS) is a values-driven organization that believes our clients are the experts in their own life. Your job will be to foster innovation with your team alongside our clients.

Clients, staff, and partners are vital members of the Boyle Street team, so we place emphasis on making sure that we address each other correctly by using preferred pronouns. We invite you to let us know how to properly refer to you and your pronouns as you explore finding a professional home with us.

Boyle Street Community Services aims to foster a work environment that is rich with Indigenous culture, teachings, ceremonies, and activities- as a reflection of the communities we serve and the land we reside upon.

Boyle Street Community Services is an equal opportunity employer. We value the diversity of the communities we serve and are committed to engaging and developing a diverse and inclusive workforce. Boyle Street Community Services welcomes applications from First Nation, Inuit, Métis, New Canadian, differently abled, and LGBTQ2S communities.