Peer Recovery Center of Excellence - Communities of Practice
The Peer Recovery Center of Excellence hosts monthly communities of practice, a type of affinity call, as spaces for peer recovery support specialists and those who supervise them to network, learn, share, practice, and grow together. The goal of these calls is to bring together a variety of diverse perspectives from across the country to share in mutual learning that is centered on topics relevant to the peer workforce.
Peer Recovery Support Specialists and supervisors who attend and participate in these communities of practice will receive a certificate of attendance. Due to the varying ways in which peer recovery support specialist recertification works, it is the responsibility of individual peer recovery support specialists to ensure these communities of practice meet their state’s recertification requirements.
Please join us for our November 2022 CoP Sessions
November Community of Practice for Peer Support Recovery Specialists: Community Conversation: Harm Reduction
Date / Time: November 16, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern (1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific)
Registration URL: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMpcuChrTgsGdDro0ua7VXsLzkSKRInA9m-
Facilitators: Tim Saubers
November Community of Practice for Peer Supervisors: The Experience of Peers who are Supervised by Non-Peers
Date / Time: November 23, 2022 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern (1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific)
Registration URL: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYrcuCspz4pGNNF5IgiXIZ8TpJbtXZpl3y_
Facilitators: Joanne Forbes Wallace
Past Topics include:
Community of Practice for PRSS:
- Mandated Reporting
- Speak Truth to Power: Intersectional Advocacy
- Exploring Peer Run Respites as Effective Crisis Alternatives
- Exploring Certification Processes and their Impact on Growing the Workforce
- Growing as Professionals: Translating Prior Work Experience into Relevant Skills for Success
- Navigating Ethics and Boundaries as Peer Professionals
- Community Conversation: Supporting People Navigating Eating Challenges
- Supporting Pregnant and Parenting People
Community of Practice for Supervisors of PRSS:
- Peer Workers as Supervisors
- Building Connecting Using the 5 Critical Functions of Supervision
- Integrating Peer Support into Housing Services
- Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act and its Impact on Supervising Peer Recovery Support Specialists
- Language Challenges in Mental Health and Substance Use
- Values-Driven Evaluation: How to Meaningfully Demonstrate the Unique Impact of Peer Recovery Services
- Community Conversation: Supporting People Navigating Eating Challenges
- Supervising Veterans Providing Peer Services
