JOB TITLE
SHOP Summer Student/Program Support Worker
JOB DESCRIPTION/DUTIES
This position engages in group facilitation, outreach, harm reduction, advocacy, feminist and trauma informed approaches to front line service work. We strive to make our work as intersectional and strengths-based as possible so that individuals working with SHOP can experience community work while building their skills and work experience working with women. Duties include: planning summer workshops and events, assisting in the ongoing development of SHOP materials, co-coordinating regular weekly drop-in meals, volunteer support, upholding a non-judgmental environment for current and former sex workers and marginalized communities including LGBTQI2S people, Indigenous peoples, people living with disabilities, survivors of violence and trauma, formerly incarcerated women, and criminalized communities. Requirements: submitting a certificate of conduct, must identify as a woman or someone who has experience in sex work as a woman, previous engagement with sex worker issues. Preference given to women who are current or former sex workers.
PLAN FOR SUPERVISION
Reporting to the SHOP Program Coordinator, with support from the SHOP Community Outreach position, the SHOP Program Support Worker will receive training, support and check-ins on a weekly basis, with opportunities for debrief
PLEASE NOTE: Students applying for this position must be entering or returning to Post-Secondary training within the current year, must be legally entitled to work in Canada, and must not be an immediate family member of the employer.
Hourly Rate of Pay: $13/hour
Number of Hours a Week: 30
Number of Weeks Requested: 6
Closing Date: Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 4pm NL Time
Please submit resumes to heather@sjwomenscentre.ca
