Use lived experience and cooking skills as a Peer Worker Cook supporting Blood Ties Four Directions Centre’s community meal program.
Working approximately seven hours weekly, you will prepare nutritious meals for people accessing the Drop-in Centre. The position combines kitchen duties with peer-based support, harm reduction, and respectful service. Your experience will help shape welcoming community programming.
Key Responsibilities: Assist with food preparation and cooking meals
Wash dishes and maintain a sanitary kitchen
Portion, package, and organize food for service
Serve meals respectfully and without judgment
Track meal counts, attendance, and program data
Requirements: Previous kitchen, food preparation, or meal program experience
Food Protected Certificate or willingness to obtain one
Lived experience of substance use
Knowledge of harm reduction and overdose prevention
Trauma-informed care and cultural safety training or experience
Bring peer knowledge, meal preparation, and harm reduction awareness to Blood Ties’ welcoming Drop-in Centre service.