Beschreibung
Checkpoint Vaud, hosted at the Community and HIV-STI Competence Centre (CCO), aimed at men who have sex with men (MSM) and trans, non-binary people and their partners, is active in the field of sexual and psychosocial health.
We wish to recruit for Checkpoint Vaud in Lausanne on a permanent contract (CDI):
A Peer Leader Practitioner for the Chemsex Programme (20-30%)
Main missions:
- Adopt a concerned peer stance, in a stable recovery process, to create a trusting relationship with users.
- Participate in the establishment, facilitation and development of a Chemsex discussion group.
- Welcome, guide and support people concerned by Chemsex, taking into account their needs, journey and situation.
- Contribute to the development of the Chemsex project, in collaboration with professionals involved in the Chemsex consultation and the Checkpoint’s psychological unit.
- Participate in community actions, prevention, awareness-raising and harm reduction, including outreach.
- Facilitate the orientation of users towards appropriate resources in sexual health, mental health, substance use, harm reduction and psychosocial support.
Your profile
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent qualification
- Person concerned by Chemsex, in a stable recovery process.
- Training as a peer practitioner in mental health, equivalent training in peer support, or willingness to train in this field.
- Good knowledge of Chemsex realities, consumption practices, harm reduction and sexual and psychosocial health issues.
- Skills in active listening, helping relationships, non-judgemental support and orientation towards appropriate resources.
- Ability to professionally mobilise lived experience, contained and adapted to the institutional framework.
- Experience or strong interest in group facilitation, community actions, outreach or fieldwork.
- Knowledge of LGBTIQ+ realities and community, social, health or specialised networks in the field of addictions is an asset.
- Proficiency in common IT tools (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Languages: very good oral French. English, Spanish and Portuguese are an asset.
We offer you
- A multidisciplinary and dynamic team environment.
- Skills development through continuous training.
- Working conditions according to the collective labour agreement of the Vaud parapublic health sector (CCT-San).
- Applications from people from the communities with which Checkpoint works are particularly welcome.
Further information can be obtained from Rémi Bays, Nurse of the Chemsex programme