Addictions Support Worker jobs in Vancouver, BC

About Last Door Recovery Society:
LDRS is a registered Canadian charity, nonprofit recovery community providing trauma-informed, social-model, bed-based treatment. We are hiring Support Workers to provide frontline care, supervision, and support to clients in our 10-bed Last Door Youth Program (male youth, ages 14–18), a safe, structured, restraint-free environment.

The Support Worker provides day-to-day frontline care, supervision, and support to youth clients in our bed-based therapeutic community. Working as part of a team and following program routines, the Support Worker helps maintain a safe, structured, and supportive environment, supports clients through the daily program, and responds to needs and concerns using a trauma-informed, relationship-based approach.

Responsibilities

● Provide direct support and supervision to clients throughout the daily program.

● Facilitate or support community meetings, groups, activities, and routines.

● Use trauma-informed, positive behaviour support and verbal de-escalation.

● Complete shift notes, incident reports, and required documentation.

Qualifications:
● Post-secondary education in a human-services field (e.g., social work, addictions, community support), or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

● Experience supporting individuals in recovery, mental health, or social-services settings.

● Current First Aid and CPR certification (or willingness to obtain).

● Comfortable using basic computer systems for shift notes and incident documentation.

● Ability to work shifts, which may include evenings, weekends, and awake overnights.

● Valid driver's licence and access to a reliable vehicle.

● Satisfactory criminal-record check (including vulnerable-sector check).

● Legally entitled to work in Canada.

Preferred

● Training in trauma-informed care, non-violent crisis intervention/de-escalation, or mental health first aid.

● Experience in a bed-based, social-model, or therapeutic-community environment.

● Naloxone / overdose-response training.

Working Conditions:

Shift work, days, evenings, nights and weekends.

Application Process:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume and cover letter outlining their qualifications and experience. Please apply via careers@lastdoor.org.

Join us at Last Door Recovery Society and contribute to a team that is making a real difference in the lives of many. We look forward to your application.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $21.00-$23.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Extended health care
• Paid time off

Application question(s):

• Are you familiar with addiction recovery?

Experience:

• Addiction Treatment: 1 year (preferred)
• Support Worker: 1 year (preferred)

Work Location: In person