Education Pays! 2.0 Peer Career Development Strategies Jessica Wolf, Ph.D., Erme Maula, RN, MSN, CPS...

Education Pays! 2.0Peer Career Development Strategies

Jessica Wolf, Ph.D., Erme Maula, RN, MSN, CPS and Jennifer Padron, M. Ed., CPS, PhDc

Alternatives Conference 2015, Memphis, TNOctober 16, 2015

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Erme Maula, RN, MSN, CPS, Program Manager, CRIF Self-Directed Care, Mental Health Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania

Jennifer Padron, M. Ed, CPS, PhDc; Principal, k | p + associates; Assoc. Director, Principal Inv., Project Director, DC Recovery Network | The Campbell Center, Washington | DC

Jessica Wolf, Ph.D., Principal, Decision Solutions; Assistant Clinical Professor Yale University School of Medicine Department of Psychiatry

Introductions by workshop participants

Introductions


Understand the importance of educational credentials in peer career development

Consider ways for certified peers to obtain the Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner and other credentials

Explore challenges related to peers moving into non-peer roles

Workshop Objectives


Overview of peer support vision and evolution of peer provider workforce

Peer training and certification across the U.S. What we know about current peer specialist

workforce Current and potential future educational options Key peer career development tasks Developing partnerships among certification

programs, providers and academic institutions Individual peer career development options:

brainstorming

Workshop Organization


Growing emphasis on recovery and recognition of value of peer support

Development of peer training and employment

Lessons learned; vocational side effects

The Vision of Peer Support and Evolution of Peer Provider Workforce

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Certified Peer Specialist, Recovery

Coach and Community Health

Worker Roles (Padron, 2015)

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Peer Whole Health and Wellness

Navigation

Peer to Peer MH/SA/PC Health

Care Advocacy

Substance Abuse/Addiction

Recovery Specialty

Substance Abuse/Addiction Health

Coaches [Recovery Coaches]

Vocational Rehabilitation Job

Developers & Supported Employment

Trauma Informed Care, Intentional Peer Support and

WRAP® Recovery Trained Peer Coaches

Community Linkage Coaches

Housing Step Up Coaches

Mobile Crisis Intervention Linkage Specialists

Peer Respite Linkage Specialists

US Veteran Supporters & Coaches

Care Experts

Administrative Support Specialists

Recovery Experts Whole Health and Management

Wellness Coaches

Healing Arts Specialists Educational Step-Up Coaches

Life Coaches

Physical Fitness Coaches Family Member Supporters & Coaches

Youth Engagement & Mentoring Specialists


Medicaid waiver; VA peer specialists; peer training and certification:

As of 2015, 42 states plus D.C. currently have and 4 are in the process of creating peer training and certification programs; Veterans Administration employs > 1,000 peer specialists

Thousands of peer workers are certified and/or employed across the country

Current Peer Training and Certification


iNAPS 2014 survey of education, compensation and satisfaction of peer supporters

605 peer specialists in 43 states responded between July-October 2014

Many job titles including peer advocate, bridger, coach, specialist; recovery coach, educator, support specialist, trainer

Formal education: Post-grad 4.8%, Graduate 10.9%, Bachelor’s 23.8%, Associate degree 16.1%, Some college 30%, Tech/trade school 3.8%, High school/GED, 10.3%, Some high school .5%

Current Peer Specialist Workforce


58% reported having a certificate, credential or license to practice in a profession other than peer provider

Average hourly wage was $13.53 93% received job training High levels of job satisfaction were reported

and high levels of being respected by colleagues and supervisor

iNAPS Survey Findings, con’t.


CPS: Certified Peer Specialist, state-by-state, lack of curricula, training nor uniform programmatic oversight, continuing education training and the lack of a nationally recognized credential

CPRP: Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner offered through PRA (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association); does not require B.A. degree; 16 states have recognized CPRP credential

Academic credit for life experience (example: Empire State College in New York)

Programs offering credit for peer training: Michigan, Oregon, West Virginia

Note: England and Scotland offer credit for peer training

Current Educational Options


Continuing education non-credit options offered through providers and/or educational institutions – these may lead to interest in credit courses and certificate and/or degree programs; Texas offers CEUs for CPS training

In-service training Peer training programs such as WRAP, IPS, VA Other credentials such as Substance Abuse Counselor, Peer

Health Navigator, CNA (Certified Nurse Assistant), LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse), Recovery Coach, Community Health Worker Promotora

Many different for-credit certificates and Associate Degrees primarily at community colleges

Current Educational Options, con’t.


Employer and/or union funding Educational leave options Financial aid at educational institutions Grants and scholarships State vocational rehabilitation funding Private pay (out-of-pocket) Consumer operated service provider sponsorship via

programmatic partnership or collaborative support Managed Care Organizational corporate sponsorship

Funding Options


Suggested new degrees or credentials: examples include Peer Recovery credential (International Certification & Reciprocity Consortium, IC&RC) Licensed Integrated Care Professionals (LICP); and Lived Experience Professionals (LEP)

Modifying existing certificate, associate and other academic programs to include peer-related curricula: examples include Peer Employment Training course in CT community colleges

Partnerships among certification programs, providers and academic institutions to offer academic credit for life experience and/or peer certification

Possible Future Options


Pilot programs Online, hybrid, face-to-face, week-end, intensive

courses, etc. Learning communities National summit including key national peer and

other organizations, SAMHSA, NASMHPD, Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce, interested foundations and other stakeholders (see list in White Paper in Resources)

Other ideas?

Possible Options, con’t.


Preventing Co-Optation via 100% Peer Driven Initiatives

Defining more appropriate job descriptions Providing effective, skills-oriented supervision Establishing career ladders within behavioral health

services Considering the impact of peers transitioning into

“non-peer” positions Promoting a broad range of career opportunities that

people in recovery might choose

Key Peer Career Development Tasks


Who gets to call themselves a peer? The evolution of peer services Why we do what we do Changing careers, changing focus? Co-optation; power over vs. collaboration

and mutuality Can a peer transition as a peer into more

traditional roles?

Moving into Non-Peer Roles


Workshop participants may work as a full group or divide into smaller groups

Faculty will complete a worksheet on specific strategies and options for individual CPS

Time permitting, we may prioritize specific strategies and participants’ interest in pursuing them.

Specific Strategies: Brainstorming


We will compile recommendations and share them with peer career leaders as well as post them on the Facebook group “Education Pays! Peer Career Development.”

We invite participants to join the Facebook group, “Education Pays! Peer Career Development.”

We encourage participants to network with colleagues to begin working on specific strategies and to keep us informed via the Facebook group.

Next Steps and Wrap-Up


We invite you to visit the new Behavioral Health Peer Career Development website at

www.bhpcd.org Via the website, you will soon be able to

complete an online peer career development survey

Survey results will provide ground-breaking data about peer career development realities and opportunities

Announcing New Website and Peer Career Development Survey

http://www.bhpcd.org/


Erme Maula: [email protected]

Jennifer Padron: [email protected]

Jessica Wolf: [email protected]

Contact Information

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