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 Secure 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.

📌 Peer Worker Cook Meal Program (Ottawa)
🏢 Whitehorse Chamber
📍 Ottawa