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Employer Resources

Employing Peers

Peer workers are emerging as important members of behavioral health treatment teams. Yet, employers experiencing a number of challenges with incorporating peer support workers into traditional behavioral health settings. 

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Some of the most common challenges include:

  • Difficulty with creating peer jobs and career ladders for growth

  • Developing clear job descriptions, and measurable productivity outcomes

  • Lack of employer knowledge of what peer support is and how to implement peer support in the practical realm

  • Lack of employer understanding of the Recovery Model

  • Lack of trained peer support workers

Employer Resources

Peer Employer Toolkit: Understanding the Peer Support Specialist Role in the Age of Certification

The Certified Peer Leadership Program of Cal Voices has created this Toolkit to effectively help organizations incorporate peer support workers into their traditional behavioral health settings. What’s included in this Toolkit:​

  • Information and resources about the peer role and the recovery model

  • Challenges organizations experience when integrating peer support workers

  • Recommendations and strategies for integrating peer support workers into traditional behavioral health settings

  • Agency Policies and Practices that Address the 13 Psychosocial Risk Factors at Work

  • Tools and templates for employing peer workers

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Webinar Series: Peer Support: From Position Description to Integrated Team Member (2021)

This webinar series is intended to help you develop a step-by-step plan for bringing peer support into an existing behavioral health agency or practice, in a manner that enhances services. 

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Hiring?

WISE provides an online job board for all WISE U graduates. If you would like to post a job, please fill out our job submission form. 

Need Help?

Contact WISE for training and technical assistance related to peer support and recovery.

Email: wise@calvoices.org​   |   Phone: (916) 376-7736​​​

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WISE (Workforce Integration Support & Education) is a program of Cal Voices, funded by HCAI with dollars from Prop 63 (MHSA)

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