Recovery Care Volunteer
You Are Worth Recovery: Volunteer with Purpose in Recovery Care
At the Calgary Drop-In Centre, we believe that everyone deserves dignity, support, and the opportunity to heal. As a Recovery Care Volunteer, you’ll be part of a recovery-oriented team that fosters hope and connection for individuals navigating early recovery from substance use.
Why This Role Matters
Working alongside our Health & Recovery staff, you’ll help create a calm, welcoming space for individuals in our Withdrawal Management and Recovery Transition programs. These programs support clients at vulnerable stages in their recovery journeys, and your presence can make a powerful difference.
Your responsibilities may include:
- Welcoming and Guiding Clients: Help new and current clients get where they need to go—whether it’s escorting them to and from the intake room, program space, clinic, or other areas of the building.
- Creating Connection: Spend time with clients in shared spaces—offering conversation, kindness, or a friendly game.
- Supporting Group Activities: Assist staff with setting up wellness-focused programs like mindfulness, recreation, or art.
- Fostering Safety & Respect: Help keep the space clean, calm, and welcoming, while modeling respectful and trauma-informed interactions.
- Promoting Engagement: Encourage clients to take part in recovery-oriented routines, activities, and services.
What’s In It for You?
As a Recovery Care Volunteer, you’ll gain:
- Hands-On Learning: Experience harm reduction, trauma-informed practice, and recovery-oriented support in action.
- Meaningful Human Connection: Build trust and relationships with individuals who are often isolated or stigmatized.
- Growth Through Service: Sharpen your empathy, communication, and boundary-setting skills while making a tangible impact.
What You Need to Know
All Recovery Care Volunteers go through a supportive onboarding process including an interview, orientation, and background checks.
Key requirements:
- Must be 18 years or older
- Must not have accessed any DI services as a guest or client, including the Withdrawal Management and/or Recovery Transition programs, within the last two years
- Legally eligible to train and volunteer in Canada
- Provide two references (professional or character)
- Clear Police Information Check with Vulnerable Sector Search
- Intermediate to advanced English communication skills
- Able to walk short distances and accompany clients throughout the building
- Emotionally grounded and comfortable working in recovery-focused settings
- 10 hours of prior volunteer experience at the DI
- Prior experience with addiction services an asset
Working
Conditions
Recovery Care Volunteers may encounter individuals in distress or experiencing acute recovery symptoms. Emotional maturity, discretion, and calm under pressure are essential. Exposure to bodily fluids may occur. Volunteers should be comfortable navigating a multi-level building and interacting with individuals experiencing a range of emotions and challenges.
Ready to Get Started?
If you’re ready to stand beside others in their healing and recovery, apply today to become a Recovery Care Volunteer at the Calgary Drop-In Centre.
You are worth recovery—and so are they.
Due to high interest in this opportunity, not all qualified applicants will be contacted for an interview.
