Peer Support Specialist - WMTS
About The Position
We are recruiting for a Peer Support Specialist. This role is a vital part of our Withdrawal Management and Treatment Services program. As a Peer Support Specialist, you will be supporting individuals aged 16+ experiencing substance use and concurrent mental health challenges by drawing on your own lived or living experience of recovery. Peer Support Specialists are not counsellors. Their role is grounded in shared lived experience — building connection, offering encouragement, and helping others feel hopeful about recovery. This position is based within our Withdrawal Management and Treatment programs, where you will support clients as they begin their recovery journey by fostering connection, comfort, and engagement within the program. Peer Support Specialists also collaborate with peers across the agency and participate in SOAR’s broader peer support initiatives, contributing to the development and growth of peer programming across services.
Requirements
- Comfort identifying as a person with lived or living experience of substance use and/or mental health recovery and using that experience in a peer support role
- Ability to act as a positive recovery role model while respecting the individual paths of others
- Understanding peer support principles
- College diploma or certificate in any field
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills
- Comfort facilitating conversations and peer-led groups
- Experience with Microsoft Office and electronic databases
- Access to reliable transportation
- Ability to work in environments where exposure to direct and vicarious trauma may occur
Responsibilities
- Build supportive relationships with clients by drawing on and appropriately sharing your lived or living experience of recovery
- Offer connection, encouragement, and hope to individuals navigating substance use and concurrent mental health challenges
- Share recovery insights and coping strategies to encourage hope and connection
- Facilitate peer-led groups
- Support clients in identifying personal goals and steps toward recovery and independence
- Work collaboratively with staff while bringing a peer perspective to the interdisciplinary team
- Maintain professional boundaries within the peer role and participate in agency-wide peer initiatives
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and travel insurance, with options fully paid for Full Time staff.
- 3 weeks’ vacation, 60 hours of personal leave, and 15 hours of wellness time (pro-rated first year).
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) for staff and their families.
- RSP/TFSA matching for eligible staff.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
