To become certified as either a CHW or PSS ... advocacy for physical health among peers in recovery. While her peer support specialist helped her navigate the behavioral health system, Turner ...

WHO ARE STRUGGLING WITH ADDICTION. AFTER A WHILE, I JUST DUG INTO THE FACT THAT I WAS TIRED AND WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. THIS IS DUANE BRADLEY. WHILE HE DESCRIBES HIS BATTLE WITH DRUG ...

you can train to become a peer support specialist. The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance and Mental Health America offer courses and certification.

Odalis Delgado stands in the classroom at Mental Health Partnerships in Center City where she trained to be a certified peer support specialist. (Emma Lee/WHYY) Pennsylvania behavioral health ...

A Peer Support Specialist is an individual with lived experience with substance use and/or mental health challenges who is trained to provide supportive services to others. Through shared ...

He’s also a recent graduate of a peer support specialist training class; he can apply for a job in the field earning up to $20 an hour in Asheville and share the tools he’s learned.

The state certifies support or mental health peer specialists ... She’s now undergoing the training to become a peer specialist herself, a common theme for many who have used the service.

Kyros received financial support from angel investor Bob ... relied on an established model of charging for their certified peer recovery specialist trainings. Kyros and Refocus, Larson said ...

In addition to having similar life journeys, some of the peers have additional competencies that are well suited to select ...

HIGH POINT, N.C. (WGHP) — It’s been just over four months since the High Point Public Library welcomed a social worker and a ...

Peer support programs employ people with lived experience who have special training. The county will ... Through the courts pilot, one peer support specialist will be in the parenting in recovery ...

Goodwill is now able to offer a free certification course to those who want to become a certified adult peer support ...