Housing Support Worker 

Peers Victoria is a grassroots agency that has been working providing support services to people in the sex industry since 1995. Through direct service delivery and partnerships, Peers provides outreach, harm reduction, and drop-in services, as well as wellness workshops, housing support, and social justice leadership concerning sex workers rights, primarily in Victoria, the territory of the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.  We maintain a welcoming environment congruent with our values of providing harm reduction, clientcentered services which contribute to social justice and draw on experiential knowledge.  

The CRD, in collaboration with Reaching Home has provided Peers Victoria with the opportunity for supplemental funding to support the unhoused and precariously housed community with shelter prevention and diversion, basic needs and eviction prevention support services.  Reaching Home is a community-based program aimed at preventing and reducing homelessness by providing direct support and funding to Designated Communities (urban centers), Indigenous communities, territorial communities, and rural and remote communities across Canada. 

Job Description: Job Posting – Housing Support Worker March 2023 (1).pdf

Peers Victoria is a peer based, grass roots organization for people in sex work or trade on Lekwungen territory. Through direct service delivery and partnerships, Peers provides outreach and drop-in support services, advocacy and public education, with a focus on current and former sex workers. This position would be affiliated with the QomQem Coastal Connections outreach team. QomQem is an Indigenous-led outreach program that developed in partnership with Peers Victoria Resources Society. QomQem offers 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 20-35 hours per week at $30 per hour. The position is funded until March 31, 2023 with the possibility of a funding renewal.

Job description link here: https://www.safersexwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/QomQem-Housing-worker.docx

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 10 hours per week at $26 per hour. The

Link to job description here: https://www.safersexwork.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/QomQem-Admin-Support.docx