QomQem Administrative Coordinator

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QomQem Coastal Connections is a grassroots Indigenous-led outreach program that developed in partnership with Peers Victoria Resources Society. We offer harm reduction and health care services to Indigenous peoples who are unhoused, precariously housed, and who may be using substances and/or alcohol. As a team that celebrates diversity, we welcome our relatives and allies from diverse backgrounds, sexualities, genders, abilities, beliefs, and identities. This position is posted for 20 hours per week at $32 per hour. The position is funded until March 31, 2024 with the possibility of funding renewal. Funding for this position comes from Reaching Homes.

If you are interested in this employment opportunity, please submit a resume and a cover letter that summarizes your relevant experience and skills by Monday, October 13th, 2023 to director@qomqem.com. The position will remain open until a qualified candidate is found. This position will be prioritized for Indigenous people but is open to all folks that are interested. It is beneficial to identify in the cover letter if you are Indigenous and have lived expertise relevant to the position. We also encourage applications from, but not limited to, people with diverse abilities, and people representing diverse genders and sexualities.

Job Description: QomQem Administrative Coordinator

 

QomQem is hiring! Housing Coordinator

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QOMQEM COASTAL CONNECTIONS

INDIGENOUS HARM REDUCTION & HEALTH SERVICES

Housing Coordinator

QomQem Coastal Connections is a grassroots Indigenous-led outreach program that developed in partnership with Peers Victoria Resources Society. We offer harm reduction and health care  services to Indigenous peoples who are unhoused, precariously housed, and who may be using substances and/or alcohol. This position is posted for 35 hours per week. The rate of pay for the housing coordinator position is $32 per hour. The position is funded by Reaching Homes until March 31, 2024 with the possibility of funding renewal. This position is focused on supporting Indigenous folks who are unhoused or precariously housed to obtain and maintain housing as well as support with basic needs and eviction prevention.

Job Description:         Housing Coordinator

We are hiring! Indoor Worker Group Facilitator

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Peers Victoria is an innovative, multi-service grassroots agency that has been working with, and for, Victoria sex workers since 1995. Through direct services delivery and partnerships, Peers provides an evolving array of outreach, harm reduction, and support services. We maintain a welcoming and accessible service environment that promotes empowerment of current and former sex workers. 

Peers’ Indoor Workers Group is a monthly peer-based socio educational group for sex workers in independent, massage parlors, and agency-based indoor environments.  This group aims to build community with working individuals who do not already access Peers’ internal programming to share safety, advocacy concerns and solutions and information and resources relevant to current indoor sex work.  Each month the group meets for dinner, STBBI testing, and a chosen guest speaker(s) attends to provide information and answer questions (for example: bondage experts, boudoir photoshoots, assistance with ads, workshops on boundaries, etc.). 

We are currently aiming to expand our membership to indoor workers who belong to marginalized and racialized populations to ensure we are reaching and serving all indoor sex workers in Victoria BC. We are looking for someone interested in helping us recruit and connect with these community members.  

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Indoor Workers Group Facilitators work in teams of two and are skilled in harm reduction perspectives, group facilitation, workshop delivery, knowledge of community resources, and providing general support. The Indoor Workers Group Facilitator must work collaboratively with the other facilitator to deliver a continuum of ethical, peer- based, responsive supports informed by our service recipients’ perspectives and preferences. Mentorship from a current facilitator will be provided for the successful candidate.  

Job Description: Indoor Worker Group Facilitator

We are Hiring!! Housing Overdose Prevention and Peer Services: Site Lead

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Peers Victoria is grassroots agency that has been working with, and for, Victoria sex workers since 1995. Through direct service delivery and partnerships, Peers provides an array of outreach, harm reduction, group education and other support services. We maintain a welcoming and accessible service environment that promotes empowerment of current and former sex workers. 

In response to COVID19, the overdose crisis, and the decampment of homeless camps in Victoria, The City of Victoria and BC Housing partnered to develop a number of sheltering locations and low barrier housing sites (“Sites”). Some of these Sites are permanent, and others temporary. Island Health has provided funding for on-site health services, including harm reduction and overdose prevention, primary care, addictions medicine, and peer support services.   

 Experience and evidence have demonstrated that an in-reach model for harm reduction services, utilizing peer staff, resident peers, and allied health staff, is effective at reducing risks for individuals choosing to use alone in their homes.  This “Housing Overdose Prevention and Peer Services” model (“HOPPS” model) is a model that is not solely dependent on a fixed space, rather, it also offers a range of overdose prevention options, including episodic in person, virtual, and by telephone witnessing.   

 With funding from Island Health, Peers Victoria operates three (3) HOPPS Teams in supportive housing locations. It is expected that the HOPPS Teams will continue to evolve given the need to engage in a continuous quality improvement process to ensure these services are provided in a way that minimizes harms related to substance use. As some Sites are temporary, the site assignments and hours of service may change in conversation with the funder, housing operator and other stakeholders.

Hours of work: The position is a minimum of 28 hours per week and up to 35 hours per week.    

Wage: The wage for this position is $32 per hour.  Benefits are available after 3 months of employment for employees who work 22 hours per week or more in a regular contract. 

Job description: Site Lead 

We are Hiring!! Housing Overdose Prevention and Peers Services Program Manager

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Housing Overdose Prevention and Peers Services Program Manager

Peers Victoria is grassroots agency that has been working with, and for, Victoria sex workers since 1995. Through direct service delivery and partnerships, Peers provides outreach, harm reduction, group education and other support services. We maintain a welcoming and accessible service environment that promotes empowerment of current and former sex workers. 

Experience and evidence have demonstrated that an in-reach model for harm reduction services, utilizing peer staff, resident peers, and allied health staff, is effective at reducing risks for individuals choosing to use alone in their homes.  This “Housing Overdose Prevention and Peer Services” model (“HOPPS” model) is a model that is not solely dependent on a fixed space, rather, it also offers a range of overdose prevention options, including episodic in person, virtual, and by telephone witnessing.   

With funding from Island Health, Peers Victoria operates three (3) HOPPS Teams in supportive housing locations. It is expected that the HOPPS Teams will continue to evolve given the need to engage in a continuous quality improvement process to ensure these services are provided in a way that minimizes harms related to substance use. As some Sites are temporary, the site assignments and hours of service may change in conversation with the funder, housing operator and other stakeholders. 

Hours of work: The position is a minimum of 28 hours per week.  Up to 35 hours per week may be worked in response to weeks where the training schedule requires this.  

Wage: The wage for this position is $34 per hour *wage is expected to go to $35 in April 2023 Benefits are available after 3 months of employment. 

 Job description: Housing-Overdose-Prevention-and-Peer-Services-Manager.pdf

QomQem Tent Coordinator and Outreach Worker

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Tent Coordinator and Outreach Worker

QomQem Coastal Connections is a grassroots Indigenous-led outreach program that developed in partnership with Peers Victoria Resources Society. We offer harm reduction and health care services to Indigenous peoples who are unhoused, precariously housed, and who may be using substances and/or alcohol. As a team that celebrates diversity, we welcome our relatives and allies from diverse backgrounds, sexualities, genders, abilities, beliefs, and identities. This position is posted for 28-35 hours per week, depending on candidates preference. The rate of pay for the tent coordinator position $28 to $32 per hour, depending on experience. The position is funded until March 31, 2024 with the possibility of funding renewal. This position will be focused on organizing, ordering and offering Indigenous harm reduction services at the Indigenous pop-up tent on Pandora 2-3 times a week. This position will also be offering Indigenous outreach 1-2 times a week to supportive housing sites and encampments in Lekwungen and WSANEC territories. Job Description