Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Languages
Timeline
Volunteer Experience
References
Volunteer Experience
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Nicholas Wennington

Nicholas Wennington

Vancouver,BC

Summary

I have a wide range of work and lived experience and am always willing and confident with learning. I feel my values and skill sets align well with your mission and the services you provide. I have a wide range of work and lived experience and feel I could quickly become an asset to your team while also gaining the opportunity to bring value to our community. I am dependable and well organized candidate. Successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.

Always willing to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals to seek and maintain a part-time or full-time position that might offer professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, Excellent time management and problem solving skills ,detail-orientated team player with organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects with high degree of accuracy.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1

Certificate First Aid Level 1

1
1

Lived and Living Experience Train the Trainer

1
1

Naloxone Trainer & Training

Work History

Subcontractor, Homelessness Study

SPARC BC
Vancouver
01.2021 - Current
  • Designing and conducting the impact of a Vancouver bylaw passed in 2020 to allow sleeping in city parks from 7pm-7am
  • Providing resources and advocacy for unhoused people
  • Designing a new one stop shop street outreach program to assist with housing, taxes, mental health, substance use, and family connection.

Lived Experience Committee

Aging in the Right Places
Vancouver
01.2018 - Current
  • Leverage my lived experience to help inform vital decision making, changing policy up to the level of the federal government
  • Attend board meetings and speak at conferences and web cafes.

Community Advisory Board Member

Reaching Home
Vancouver
01.2018 - Current
  • Bring knowledge based on my lived and living experience to inform decision making in distributing federal funds to housing providers in the Tri-City area
  • I also sit on two steering committees spawned from the board and have had the opportunity to allocate millions of dollars of federal funding for housing.

Public Speaker

Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
Vancouver
01.2014 - Current
  • Have spoken at a handful of conferences across Canada about my lived experience becoming homeless and how I was able to break free of the cycle of substance use and homelessness in order to make policy change and help others
  • Answered questions from professionals in the fields of housing and addictions.

Peer Navigator

Positive Living
Vancouver
01.2019 - 01.2020
  • Assisted clients to access addictions counselling, housing, and mental health care
  • Accompanied clients to doctor’s appointments and transported clients to and from hospital.

Peer Support Worker, OPS

Raincity Housing
Vancouver
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Helping those with needs around safe drug use, frontline overdose response, started a project with Carnegie Community Centre to patrol Oppenheimer handing out harm reduction supplies and providing referrals to other services.

Public Speaker

Speakers Bureau
Vancouver
01.2009 - 01.2014
  • Completed public speaking and print, web, and broadcast media training
  • Spoke on a panel of peers about our lived experiences of drug use to help break down stigma and foster understanding
  • Our panels have worldwide web distribution.

Education

High School Diploma -

West Hill High School
Montreal, QC
06-1984

Skills

  • Effective communicator
  • Team player who works well with a variety of stakeholders
  • Many years’ experience working with diverse & vulnerable populations
  • Critical thinker
  • Strong ability to assess situations and apply best practices
  • Organized and efficient
  • Compassionate & understanding, using a client centered approach
  • Project Planning
  • Supervisor and leadership Skills
  • attention to Details
  • Friendly and positive Altitude
  • ability to learn new skills,motivated
  • Team Mentoring

Certification

  • Naloxone-Train the Trainer
  • St John’s Ambulance Emergency Life Support First Aid
  • Diversity & Inclusion Training

Languages

english
Native/ Bilingual
french
Professional

Timeline

Subcontractor, Homelessness Study

SPARC BC
01.2021 - Current

Peer Navigator

Positive Living
01.2019 - 01.2020

Lived Experience Committee

Aging in the Right Places
01.2018 - Current

Community Advisory Board Member

Reaching Home
01.2018 - Current

Peer Support Worker, OPS

Raincity Housing
01.2018 - 01.2020

Public Speaker

Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness
01.2014 - Current

Public Speaker

Speakers Bureau
01.2009 - 01.2014

High School Diploma -

West Hill High School

Volunteer Experience

  • First Baptist Church, 2005-01-01, 2019-12-31, Meal and shelter program.
  • First United Church, 2005-01-01, 2009-12-31, Breakfast and lunch programs.
  • McClaren Housing, 2015-01-01, 2019-12-31, Created menu, prepared, and served multi-course lunches.

References

References available upon request.

Volunteer Experience

  • First Baptist Church, 2005-01-01, 2019-12-31, Meal and shelter program.
  • First United Church, 2005-01-01, 2009-12-31, Breakfast and lunch programs.
  • McClaren Housing, 2015-01-01, 2019-12-31, Created menu, prepared, and served multi-course lunches.

References

References available upon request.

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