TRIP! Project

1 Outreach Worker Position
5 Month Contract
January 19, 2007 to June 30, 2007
Average 27 hrs/month; $10.00/hr + 4% vacation pay

Position Description
The TRIP Project, a project of Central Toronto Community Health Centres (CTCHC), provides safer sex and safer drug use education, information, and supplies, as well as counseling and referrals, to Toronto’s diverse dance music communities. Working closely with the TRIP Co-ordinator, this position will be supported to provide peer-based harm reduction education onsite at dance music events (parties), and will support project volunteers to provide accurate information on harm reduction, HIV prevention and safer drug use to the dance community. This position will work within a broader Harm Reduction team, and be responsible to the Program Director or designate.

Specific Responsibilities
Provide outreach services at dance music events in Toronto at 2 events/month, 10 hrs/event, + meetings
Conduct ‘Online Outreach’ for 1 hour/week, on dance music community-based message forums
Provide appropriately tailored and accurate information on harm reduction, HIV prevention and safer drug use to the dance music community
Support TRIP! volunteers to provide appropriately tailored and accurate information on harm reduction, HIV prevention and safer drug use
Attend monthly volunteer meetings, and meetings with the TRIP! co-ordinator
Work collaboratively with the TRIP! Co-ordinator and other TRIP! workers, and participate in the Harm Reduction team and the broader CTCHC as required.

Qualifications
An active participant of Toronto’s dance music community; strong knowledge of and comfort with party culture/raving, partygoers/ravers, and Toronto’s dance music communities
Strong knowledge of HIV, drug use, and related issues, as well as risk and harm reduction strategies
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Excellent ability to take initiative and work independently, while also working closely with the TRIP! co-ordinator and other TRIP! workers
Demonstrated ability to support peer volunteers in providing health promotional outreach services
Positive attitude towards a diverse community
Ability to work long night shifts on weekends
Ability to express and invest creativity and positive energy into an incredible youth project

We are particularly seeking applications from qualified members of the groups traditionally under-represented in the workplace and the dance music community.

Please send letter of interest and resume by January 26th 2006, 12:00 noon to:

Hiring Committee
Central Toronto Community Health Centres
168 Bathurst Street, Toronto ON M5V 2R4

Email: hiring (at) ctchc.com

Email only, please
No phone calls please. We regret that only those we wish to interview will be contacted.