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 January 2023 CoP Sessions

January Community of Practice for Peer Support Recovery Specialists: Peer Work in Institutional Settings

This community of practice will focus on the Certified Peer Specialist program within the Wisconsin Department of
Corrections. Come hear about how the program was started, training and certification processes for the people
experiencing incarceration, what peer support services look like within the institutions, and more.

Date / Time: January 18, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern (1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific)
Registration URL: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtcOqupz8iGd0f-Y7RdUETwrwgjTCjMexw
Facilitators: Dr. Tracy Johnson & Dr. Allyson Eparvier

January Community of Practice for Peer Supervisors: Transitioning from a Direct Service Role to a Supervisory Role

This community of practice will focus on navigating the experience of becoming a supervisor after having
previously provided direct service peer support. It will include conversation about navigating power dynamics,
shifting relationships, and the experience of being a first-time supervisor

Date / Time: January 25, 2023 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Eastern (1pm Central / 12pm Mountain / 11am Pacific)
Registration URL: https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJElf-6spj4jE9E6wPi8qmniJtTMjPK2U3M3
Facilitator: Daniel Hatcher

NEW! 2023 Communities of Practice Sessions for January - June 2023. Register is open!

 

Previous 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 Conversation: Harm Reduction
  
  

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
• The Experience of Peers who are Supervised by Non-Peers