Peer Aide (Health, Behavior, and Society)
Core
Support drop-in services and mobile outreach programming for women and gender-marginalized people in Baltimore, MD, focusing on harm reduction, health education, and basic needs distribution.
Role type
Peer Aide (Community Program Aide)
Builds
Harm reduction supplies, safer drug/sex kits, and basic needs items for participants.
Domain
Public health / Harm reduction / Social services
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Lived experience with drug use and/or sex work, de-escalation and conflict management, community engagement, data entry, scheduling
Preferred skills
Valid driver's license, experience in harm reduction settings, experience with diverse populations including sex workers, fieldwork or outreach experience
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Greet participants and support daily drop-in operations, conduct foot and van-based outreach, distribute harm reduction and basic needs supplies, provide health education and risk reduction information, distribute and train on Naloxone use, de-escalate conflicts, support data collection and entry, facilitate peer groups
Seniority
Entry-level, peer support role