has been hired as a peer support specialist for the drug diversion program ... Pearson said the new job has made her reflect on her own path. "I remember when I was desperate.

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.

It’s part of her job. ”We tell people if you need somebody ... Gavin Newsom signed SB 803, the Peer Support Specialist Certification Program Act, which is the first step to professionalizing ...

“For four or five years, I was in a very dark place in life with broken relationships and a change of job every six months ... with patients as a peer support specialist at Crisis R&R.

THOSE EXPERIENCES NO LONGER DEFINE HIM. HE’S NOW SEVEN YEARS SOBER AND WORKING AS AN ADULT PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST FOR GOODWILL, A JOB THAT ALLOWS HIM TO MENTOR PEOPLE WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM ...

Through the courts pilot, one peer support specialist will be in the parenting ... which has oversight for Child Protective Services cases. Those jobs already have been posted, Lucas said.

Arthur Robert Stead of Everett, a peer support specialist and a tireless champion ... Bipolar Support Alliance of Boston. “Through his job he was really outspoken about the needs of the mentally ...

Peer support specialist Sheri Hall (left ... Hall gave her advice on job interviews, reminded her to write notes when she had trouble remembering things and stopped her when she put herself ...

We try to build a rapport with them,” said Eric Hector, a certified peer support specialist at HPPL. The top two services many people have needed help with are job placement and mental health ...