A youth peer support specialist ypss works with young people transitioning to adulthood, who are usually involved in a childserving system e. The peer support toolkit is an interactive pdf that presents key information in. Peer support is a hallmark of the independent living movement and a core service both in statute and philosophy of centers for independent living. Family peer support services fpss are an array of formal and informal services and supports provided to families raising a child up to age 21 who is experiencing social, emotional, developmental andor behavioral challenges in their home, school, placement, andor community. Ypsss are typically close in age with the young people they work with. Lohr, phd for the research triangle institute university of north carolina evidencebased practice center april 2002. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Plus, get practice tests, quizzes, and personalized coaching to help you succeed. This report provides a comprehensive summary of the results and findings of the pillars of peer support services summit. Peer support is a key concept in the recovery approach and in consumeroperated services programs.
Peer support services pss are an evidencedbased mental health model of care that provides communitybased recovery services directly to an adult diagnosed with a mental health or substance use disorder. History of the peer support movement larry davidson 3202015 inapsoptum webinar 19 1 history of the peer support movement larry davidson, ph. Peerdeveloped peer support is a nonhierarchical approach with origins in informal selfhelp and consciousnessraising groups organized in the 1970s by the expatients movement. Peer support by definition assumes relationship and reciprocity. A guide to understanding, supporting and building peer respites understanding peer respite is the first key to ensuring that they are developed with integrity, well supported in the community, and accessible to all those who might want to use them. Peer support is increasingly being offered through digital health like text messaging and smartphone apps. Peer support includes all necessary activities and actions that help improve enhance another consumers survivors recovery of quality of life and ability to cope with daily life and set and achieve goals. Peer support encompasses a range of activities and interactions between people who share similar experiences of being diagnosed with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or both.
Peer support is built on shared personal experience and empathy, focusing on your strengths not weaknesses with the goal of achieving wellbeing and recovery. My interest in peer support began in 1997 when i was a member of the advisory committee for kelownas peer support program, peptalk. Peers make a portion of their resources, such as processing power, disk storage or network bandwidth, directly available to other. Apr 06, 2012 peer support consumer provided serv ices. Peer support promotes psychiatric rehabilitation i. Research and training center for pathways to positive futures, portland state university. Efforts to provide peer support for young people are becoming. Petersburg, virginia 23803 vapsa by email vapsa by phone. Peer support guide for parents elements of a selfhelp group. One of the key goals of the study was to identify and describe the characteristics of good peer support. Peer support is not based on psychiatric models and diagnostic criteria.
Peertopeer p2p computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers. Empow erf amili sto ex pestheirea, xp ectat ions nd nxitiesto omote itveff tive communication assist families to frame questions to ask providers provide opportunities for families to connect to and support one another. A youth peer support specialist ypss works with young people transitioning. In the mental health field, peer support enables those who have experienced mental illhealth to connect and support each other. The idea behind peer support is that people with disabilities have the life experience and knowledge to best assist others in learning to become more. Before combining wrap and peer support, you need to know what peer support is.
Pdf this chapter overviews the nature of peer support as it is currently. Peer support workers people with their own lived experience. Dbhr provides entry level training for certified peer counselors, but training is not a guarantee of employment. Professor and director program for recovery and community health yale university school of medicine yale program for recovery and community health welcome to the 18th in a series of webinars for peer. You must have the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by employers for specific jobs. This website was developed in part under grant number sm06255801 from the substance abuse and mental health services administration samhsa, u.
Please find the slides from the peer support service definition webinars completed on september 10, october 3, and october 10, 2018 as well as a frequently asked question faq document based on the questions asked during these webinars. This mutualityoften called peernessbetween a peer support worker and person in or seeking recovery promotes connection and inspires hope. Good peer support facilitates effective and appropriate client guest engagement, and it was clear that peer workers at key we way were skilled in engaging with a wide range of guests. Positions also require lived experience, sometimes in specific areas such as. The academy of peer services is a training and technical assistance center whose purpose is to improve peer provided services in new york state through the enhancement of skills and education. Addiction and mental health recovery peer support resource guide. Peer support workers are people who have been successful in the recovery process who help others experiencing similar situations. Please note that processing time will be longer as a result of the limited access to the office and the likely influx of applications. A peer support worker is someone with the lived experience of recovery. Increasing the availability of peer support for youth and young adults with serious mental health conditions has been advocated by service users, researchers, and government commissions. Recruiting and coordinating the screening of peer support applicants. In the best of all worlds people are simply seen as people interacting and reacting in a variety of ways based on context. Peer support program a voluntary employment assistance program, which is designed to assist in the identification and resolution of employee concerns, and offers assistance and appropriate resource information to employees during times of personal and professional problems, which may adversely. Gives basic breastfeeding information and support to new mothers, including telling them about the benefits of breastfeeding, overcoming common barriers, and getting a good start with breastfeeding.
Peer support can take many forms phone calls, text messaging, group meetings. The force is a nonprofit society formed by five mothers in 1999 to promote and influence change in early intervention, treatment and equality of care in childrens mental health. By sharing their own lived experience and practical guidance, peer support workers. The services are called peer recovery support services and, as the word peer implies, they are designed and delivered by people who have experienced both substance use. Peer support coordinator responsibilities the peer support coordinator shall be responsible for. They are said to form a peertopeer network of nodes. Shery is the keynote speaker at the forthcoming experts by experience conference being held in. In this paper on what are peer recovery support services, you will be introduced to a new kind of social support services designed to fill the needs of people in or seeking recovery. Lynn whitener, drph catherine mills, ma kathleen n. The following list of values best define peer support in the view of leaders involved in this project. Defining peer support shery mead peer support is a system of giving and receiving help founded on key principles of respect, shared responsibility, and mutual agreement of what is helpful. Peer support faq 1 what are the employment opportunities. As a member, youll also get unlimited access to over 79,000 lessons in math, english, science, history, and more.
Peer support is a vital component and central feature of il philosophy which can help strengthen individual choice, consumer control, self determination, and independent living. Guiding values and principles of practice for peer support workers. Nc medicaid and nc dmhddsas are continuing to work on revising the peer support service definition. Peer support is an incredible exchange of experiences, ideas and support. Elementary peer to peer support beyond lunch and recess missing socialization opportunities using crossagesame age supports p. Peer support can have multiple benefits, not only for the recipient and the giver of support, but also for organizations and systems within which the peer support is delivered. The peer support program coordinator shall function as the primary liaison between the peer supporters, the program advisor and the sheriff. Peer support occurs when people provide knowledge, experience, emotional, social or practical help to each other. Nc division of mental health, statefunded peer support.
She also helps mothers prevent and handle common breastfeeding concerns. A theoretical perspective intentional peer support. Like any integration effort it has sparked discomfort, fear, and resistance in the mental health field. It is a two way street where facilitators and group members learn from each other.
Peer support and inpatient services baseline 4 admits or more, median longest stay greater than 1 month decreased lengths of hospital stays, lower services costs overall at 12 months, the experimental group had better healing outcomes, greater levels of empowerment, shorter hospital. The broad definition of peer support, as it is used in the mental health system, is when two or more people with similar experiences get together in person or electronically to share their experiences, to learn together how to move past the difficulties this has created in their lives, to give each other hope, and. Gain better understanding of aspects of peer support look at impact of peer support relevant to other measures used in behavioral health provide information to researchers, providers, policy makers, advocates, and others promote, support, and sustain peer support in traditional and nontraditional settings. Guidelines for the practice and training of peer support. Pdf recommendations for peertopeer support for nicu parents. Peer support resource guide 3 addictiondual recovery peer supports peer recovery support centers funded by the department of public health, the communitybased peer recovery support centers provide an opportunity for individuals with alcohol andsubstance use disorder issues andor families affected by addictions to both offer and receive support. This article offers one theoretical perspective of peer support and attempts to define the elements that, when reinforced through education and training, provide a. One of the key benefits of peer support is the greater perceived empathy and respect that peer supporters are seen to have for the individuals they support. Pdf recommendations for peertopeer support for nicu. Incorporating peer support enhanced the efficacy of the care team, increased patient engagement and improved clinical outcomes. Definition of peer support peer support is social emotional sup port, frequently coupled with instru mental support, that is mutually. Defining peer support shery mead march 2003 peer support is a system of giving and receiving help founded on key principles of respect, shared responsibility, and mutual agreement of what is helpful.
Peer support takes place when people with similar lived experiences provide emotional, social or practical help to each other. Peer support is a supportive relationship between people who have a lived experience in common mental health commission of canada, 20. It may be social, emotional or practical support but, importantly, peer support is mutually offered and reciprocal, allowing you to benefit from the support whether you are giving or. Pdf peerdelivered services for individuals with psychiatric. It was developed by shery mead and she articulated the following principles of this approach. The outcomes and lessons learned will be explored during this onehour webinar by transformed and partners peers for progress, unc gillings school of global public health, together on diabetes and the national council. Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support workers help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse. Peer support offers a level of acceptance, understanding, and validation not found in. An assessment of the level of evi dence for these critical ingredients is made, along with a summary of the re search supporting the assessment. Peer support in mental health grew out of consumerexpatients reaction to negative mental health treatment e. In a specially commissioned article for srn, international author, trainer and peer support expert shery mead talks about some of the distinct features of the peer relationship and considers implications for practice. Individual requirements vary but activities may include going for walks, shopping, help with completing forms, etc.
Intentional peer supportips is a method for creating personal and social change by focusing on what we want to create rather than giving up all of our valuable energy to something we dont want. It arose within an explicitly political context, in reaction to negative experiences with mental health treatment and. In some areas peer support is now only deemed worthy of the name when it is delivered one to one from within a health team. The benefits of peer support are wide ranging for those receiving the support, peer support workers themselves, and for the mental health system as a whole. Peer support links people living with a chronic condition such as diabetes. We all know what peer support is, but running an organized, effective peer support program with limited funding and staff must be unique to each cils capacity and need. This mutualityoften called peernessbetween a peer support worker.
Nc division of mental health, state funded peer support. Applications for certification can be mailed to the address on the application form. People with a common illness are able to share knowledge and experiences including some that many health workers do not have. It commonly refers to an initiative consisting of trained supporters although it can be provided by peers without training, and can take a number of forms such as peer mentoring, reflective listening reflecting content andor feelings, or counseling. The nc certified peer support specialist program resumed the processing of applications effective may 11, 2020. The nc peer support specialist certification program is pleased to announce the rollout of a new special designation option for nccpss who are active or veteran military service members, effective immediately. Contributors to the film expressed concerns that peer support is being commandeered and commodified by the nhs as just another unit of healthcare delivery.
Peers are equally privileged, equipotent participants in the application. Peer support is frequent, ongoing, accessible and flexible. What research tells us about its effectiveness in mental health services. What peer support really means mental health recovery.
This can be an extremely positive experience for all involved. Peer supporters have actively encountered a mental health andor substance use issue and intentionally share parts of. In 2001, the consumer development project was contacted by the mental health services division to assist with the development of the peer support resource manual for peer support programs in british columbia. Please note that processing time will be longer as a result of the limited. Addiction and mental health recovery peer support resource. May 19, 2017 peer support takes place when people with similar lived experiences provide emotional, social or practical help to each other.