Peer Support
Providing Support and Supervision to Peers in a Housing First Program Alice Colegrove, DrPH MISSION:Housed a SAMHSA CABHI‐State grant
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse March 2016
Objectives Learn the differing roots/fields that Peer Support
Specialists (PSS) come from
Increase understanding of the nuances of
supporting/ supervising of PSSs
Complete an org-chart of the supports and
supervisors that PSSs currently have (or may have) in our various contexts
Begin assigning improved terms to the supports
of PSSs in our various contexts
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed”
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed”
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MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed” Training shelter and street outreach staff on opioid
addiction, medicated assisted treatment, overdose prevention Train shelter and street outreach staff on Trauma Informed Care Train staff on Traumatic Brain Injury as it relates to homelessness and COD Train staff on military culture and Battlemind
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed” SOAR training and integration across the state Health care integration work with Boston Health Care for
the Homeless MassHealth review of permanent supportive housing services benefits, with eye for the development of a menu of options for these services based on client/consumer need
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed” •
A Welcome video from our team! (Introduction from our PN and PSSs)
Definition of “Peer Support” A person able to provide
support to someone who is struggling with a particular issue, because they had the same, or similar, experience.
kintsugi
Roots of Recovery: Substance Use & Mental Health Substance “Abuse”: peers helping one another (self‐help) Mental Health: medical treatment; clinical support groups; advocates eventually started non‐ medical peer recovery groups
Shared Recovery Experiences Substance abuse Mental health disorders Veterans Homelessness
What a Peer Support Specialist is & is not A PSS is‐ Equal to client Working with a client Down to earth Equal to clinicians
A PSS is not Overseeing a client Working for a client Clinical Subordinate to clinicians
MISSION:Housed Direct Service Staff org chart
Team Supervisor Employment Supervisor
DMH consultant
RN supervisor Peer Navigator
Supported Employment Specialist
RN Care Coordinator
Case Managers
Peer Support Specialists
Support and Supervision Support Asking questions Offering examples and suggestions Listening
Supervision Administrative details Educating and offering clinical explanations Listening
Non‐Clinical Support/Consultation
Team Supervisor Employment Supervisor
Supported Employment Specialist
DMH consultant
RN supervisor Peer Navigator RN Care Coordinator
Case Managers
Peer Support Specialists
Support from a Peer Navigator Assists PSSs with complex
Peer Support Specialists
Peer Navigator
DMH and/or Recovery Coach consultant
cases Allows for job advancement in the field Extra benefit: Can advocate for the value of/aid in the understanding of PSSs in your agency/State
Small group Exercise 1) Create an org chart that contains Peers (or where Peers could be potentially used) in your setting 2) List terms that are typically used for staff support 3) List topics that are typically dealt with/discussed in supervision (clinical and non‐clinical topics) 4) What is working well? 5) Are there areas of support and terms that could be improved?
Massachusetts Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse March 2016
Objectives Learn the differing roots/fields that Peer Support
Specialists (PSS) come from
Increase understanding of the nuances of
supporting/ supervising of PSSs
Complete an org-chart of the supports and
supervisors that PSSs currently have (or may have) in our various contexts
Begin assigning improved terms to the supports
of PSSs in our various contexts
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed”
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed”
•
•
•
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed” Training shelter and street outreach staff on opioid
addiction, medicated assisted treatment, overdose prevention Train shelter and street outreach staff on Trauma Informed Care Train staff on Traumatic Brain Injury as it relates to homelessness and COD Train staff on military culture and Battlemind
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed” SOAR training and integration across the state Health care integration work with Boston Health Care for
the Homeless MassHealth review of permanent supportive housing services benefits, with eye for the development of a menu of options for these services based on client/consumer need
MA Department of Public Health Bureau of Substance Abuse “MISSION:Housed” •
A Welcome video from our team! (Introduction from our PN and PSSs)
Definition of “Peer Support” A person able to provide
support to someone who is struggling with a particular issue, because they had the same, or similar, experience.
kintsugi
Roots of Recovery: Substance Use & Mental Health Substance “Abuse”: peers helping one another (self‐help) Mental Health: medical treatment; clinical support groups; advocates eventually started non‐ medical peer recovery groups
Shared Recovery Experiences Substance abuse Mental health disorders Veterans Homelessness
What a Peer Support Specialist is & is not A PSS is‐ Equal to client Working with a client Down to earth Equal to clinicians
A PSS is not Overseeing a client Working for a client Clinical Subordinate to clinicians
MISSION:Housed Direct Service Staff org chart
Team Supervisor Employment Supervisor
DMH consultant
RN supervisor Peer Navigator
Supported Employment Specialist
RN Care Coordinator
Case Managers
Peer Support Specialists
Support and Supervision Support Asking questions Offering examples and suggestions Listening
Supervision Administrative details Educating and offering clinical explanations Listening
Non‐Clinical Support/Consultation
Team Supervisor Employment Supervisor
Supported Employment Specialist
DMH consultant
RN supervisor Peer Navigator RN Care Coordinator
Case Managers
Peer Support Specialists
Support from a Peer Navigator Assists PSSs with complex
Peer Support Specialists
Peer Navigator
DMH and/or Recovery Coach consultant
cases Allows for job advancement in the field Extra benefit: Can advocate for the value of/aid in the understanding of PSSs in your agency/State
Small group Exercise 1) Create an org chart that contains Peers (or where Peers could be potentially used) in your setting 2) List terms that are typically used for staff support 3) List topics that are typically dealt with/discussed in supervision (clinical and non‐clinical topics) 4) What is working well? 5) Are there areas of support and terms that could be improved?
