Addiction Support Worker
Based out of the House of Sophrosyne (HoS)
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Supporting Healing at the Intersections
As part of the Hub Without Walls (HWoW) initiative, the Addiction Support Worker at House of Sophrosyne (HoS) plays a key role in delivering trauma-informed, harm-reduction-focused support to individuals impacted by both gender-based violence (GBV) and substance use.
This role is embedded within a multi-agency, survivor-centered network and addresses the intersecting and complex needs of survivors and, where appropriate, individuals causing harm.
By collaborating with Hiatus House and other core HWoW partners to ensure a seamless, integrated response, our Addiction Support Worker provides flexible, culturally responsive addiction services to individuals across Windsor-Essex.
Meeting Substance Use with Understanding
Our Addiction Support Worker provides compassionate, trauma-informed support for survivors navigating substance use alongside experiences of gender-based violence. Using harm-reducing and culturally safe approaches, they:
Offer one-on-one counselling and practical support tailored to each survivor’s needs.
Help connect survivors with other resources, such as housing, trauma counselling, and legal or financial empowerment resources.
Develop and support harm reduction and/or recovery plans that consider the effects of trauma, systemic barriers, and risk.
Work closely with other HWoW team members and community partners to ensure coordinated, wraparound care.
Provide consultation and support to partner groups, helping to build cross-sector capacity for responding to GBV and substance use in a trauma-informed way.
Provide flexible services in the community and across different agencies to meet survivors where they are - in person or virtually.