Certified Peer Specialist Program
By partnering with experienced peers, individuals living with mental illness receive support to actively engage in their recovery.
Who are Certified Peer Specialists?
- People who have lived with mental illness in their own lives, Peer Specialists serve as role models and advocates for other mental health consumers.
Peer Specialists receive training and are tested on their skills. They are people who want to help others succeed, offering encouragement and hope along the road to recovery.
A Certified Peer Specialist can . . .
- listen to an individual's current concerns and hopes for the future
- help develop those hopes into recovery goals and create a recovery plan
- support individuals to put their recovery plan into action by ensuring they have the right tools in their recovery toolbox, including
~ referrals to social and vocational rehabilitation programs.
~ connections to natural supports and
Who can receive CPS services?
Anyone with a mental illness diagnosis who is willing to take steps toward recovery is encouraged to use these services. Eligibility is open to those who want to reduce frequency and duration of hospitalization, learn self-advocacy skills, strengthen their independence, and take steps to improve their quality of life.
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