Description: This community of practice will focus on exploring the impact of the ongoing climate crisis on mental health and what that means for peer support. We’ll explore the importance of understanding the link between climate change and mental health, innovative, youth-led solutions, and how to provide peer support that takes all of this into […]
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll discuss ways that supervisors can move away from monitoring staff recovery and put peer values into practice in order to support staff wellness. We’ll talk about ways to center the needs of staff as well as boundaries around monitoring staff recovery vs. appropriate workplace oversight. Facilitator: Christina Carney […]
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll focus on the important intersection of harm reduction and perinatal care. We’ll explore the biases that exist with systems toward pregnant people who use substances, relevant data, and forward-thinking alternative approaches. We’ll also discuss the role that PRSS have to play in supporting pregnant people who use substances. […]
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll explore how to engage with and support PRSS staff who experience a return to use, as defined by them. We’ll discuss best practices concerning boundaries and explore how to provide work-related support without overstepping into monitoring staff recovery. Facilitator: Carolina Ayala from the Happier Life Project
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll look ways of approaching ethics using peer values and relying on movement history to guide our decisions. We'll discuss the importance of knowing the difference between clinical and peer ethics, the limits and issues with certification codes of ethics, and where we fit within these contexts. Facilitator: Tim […]
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll discuss effective strategies to retain peer recovery support specialist staff. We’ll talk about effective hiring practices, policy development, supervisory boundaries, compensation, and career development. We’ll also discuss the importance of centering peer values in retention practices. Facilitator: Tim Saubers from the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence Please note: […]
Description: This community of practice will focus on re-centering the purpose of peer support, which is to bear witness, validate, and support people as they make meaning of their experiences. We’ll explore the impact of rushing to fix, save, and help people, however well-intentioned. We’ll also discuss how to re-align our practice with the purpose […]
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll discuss the importance of supervising staff through the lens of peer values such as mutuality, leaning into discomfort, approaching with curiosity, and self-determination. We’ll talk about balancing these ideals with the reality of organizational policies and strategies for changing those policies. Facilitator: Elise Padilla from the Rebel Leadership […]
Description: This community of practice will be an opportunity to meet and network with other PRSS from around the country. You’ll have the chance to chat in small groups, share about your work, and learn more about work being done by others. This community of practice will offer a certificate of attendance. Facilitator: Kris Kelly […]
Description: This community of practice* will be an opportunity to meet and network with other supervisors of PRSS from around the country. You’ll have the chance to chat in small groups, share about your work, and learn more about work being done by others. This community of practice will offer a certificate of attendance. Facilitator: […]
In observation of Juneteenth, we are moving this event to the same time Thursday, 6/20. Description: In this community dialogue a panel of peer leaders will discuss the impact of and reasoning behind adapting clinical modalities for use by PRSS. The panel will discuss modalities such as motivational interviewing, safety planning, risk assessment and more. […]
Description: In this community of practice, we’ll focus on how to decide when and what to share when providing peer support services. We’ll talk through the importance of centering mutuality and the relational aspect of peer support when deciding what to share. We’ll also discuss how to effectively identify personal boundaries around sharing experiences. This […]
Description: In this community of practice* we’ll discuss relevant skills that may be needed when moving into a supervisory role. We’ll talk about specific supervisory models, budget management, report writing, and staff management skills. Facilitator: To be announced *The intended audience of this community of practice is those who are not yet in supervisory roles, […]
Funding for this initiative was made possible by grant no. 1H79TI083022 from SAMHSA. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.
