NOW HIRING! Peer Led Workshop Facilitators
PEER FACILITATORS
CLOSING: March 23, 2026
Duration of Placement: 6 month contract with potential to renew
Pay and Hours: $22.00 per hour starting, up to 20 hours per month
Location of Work: In-person at various Vancouver community sites, including Willow Pavilion at Vancouver General Hospital, and virtually via Zoom from home
Background Description:
Vancouver Coastal Health offers several Peer Led Workshops that are co-created by Peers (people with lived/living experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges). Co-creation is a cooperative working style where Peers, professionals and content experts work together as equals to create a workshop or service that will improve the quality of life for members of the community. We believe that those who use a service are in the best position to help design it.
Using a Psychosocial Rehabilitation approach, our Peer Led Workshops focus on empowering people to be active participants in their recovery and well-being. A Peer Facilitator uses different skills, tools, exercises, and natural abilities to draw out knowledge and insight from workshop participants and keep discussions running smoothly. All Peer Led Workshops are co-facilitated by two Peer Facilitators.
Duties include:
- Co-facilitate virtual and in-person Peer Led Workshops
- Use workshop-specific materials to facilitate discussions and lead group activities
- Encourage participants to develop and use creative and critical thinking
- Work collaboratively with other Peer Facilitators
- Create and maintain a safe(r) and respectful group environment guided by how participants define safety and respect
- Set-up and take-down of room (may involve moving tables and chairs)
- Ensure everyone has a chance to express their ideas and feelings
- Share personal experience appropriately for the benefit of the participants
- Be open to a range of ways of understanding experiences
- Communicate with Program Coordinator and site staff, promote the Peer Led Workshops, and complete paperwork as required
Qualifications:
- Have personal lived/living experience with mental health and/or substance use challenges
- Have personal experience receiving services within the mental health or substance use system
- Have completed a Peer Support Training Program and/or equivalent education and experience, such as Mental Health Worker Certificate, WRAP Facilitator Training, Peer Facilitator Training, or other equivalent
- Have demonstrated experience with facilitation and leading groups or willingness to learn
- Be familiar with and comfortable hosting on Zoom and using Microsoft Office Suite (particularly PowerPoint)
- Have excellent listening and communication skills
- Have the ability to attend sessions consistently and be highly reliable to commitments
- Have a successful completion of a Criminal Record Check (organized by VCH)
- Be able to role model recovery by sharing common life experiences and practical information
- Have effective strategies for dealing with stress
- Be able to work with a culturally diverse population
- Be willing to respect other people’s right to decline assistance
- Be able to present in a professional manner
- Be empathetic, patient, and supportive
- Comfortable co-facilitating in tertiary mental-health environment
Time Commitment:
We offer several groups across different Vancouver sites and virtually. We are seeking Peer Facilitators who are comfortable co-facilitating in a tertiary (long stay) mental-health program environment, including Willow Pavilion.
Groups follow a consistent monthly schedule:
- Wednesdays – Willow Pavilion at VGH
Time: 1:30PM-4:30PM (includes setup and debrief)
Session: 2:00PM-4:00PM
Applicants must be available for the schedule above. Successful candidates will join a rotating facilitator team, with opportunities to work additional dates and times.
To apply: Please submit a resume and cover letter to: atossa.leung@vch.ca with the subject line: “Peer Led Workshops Facilitator Application”
Closing Date: March 23, 2026
