Advocacy and Community Engagement Worker (ACE) 2026
Core
Provide practical support, advocacy, and harm reduction information to people who use and inject drugs, while coordinating consumer engagement and community health initiatives.
Role type
Community engagement and advocacy worker (harm reduction)
Builds
Trusted relationships with clients, consumer advisory groups, and community health promotion activities
Domain
Public health / Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) services
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
harm reduction knowledge, advocacy, community engagement, conflict resolution, referral coordination
Preferred skills
MSIR experience, complex needs engagement, health promotion development
Technologies
Take Home Naloxone, MSIR, Needle and Syringe Program
Responsibilities
Build positive relationships with people who use and inject drugs; Provide advocacy and practical support for clients facing service barriers; Deliver harm reduction information and overdose prevention support; Coordinate the MSIR/AOD Consumer Advisory Group; Develop and deliver community engagement and health promotion activities; Connect clients with relevant health and community services