roviders give clients comfort in truly understanding their challenges and act as a support system for when someone encounters struggles on their road to recovery.
Strengths Peer Providers Add to the Integrated Workplace?
Peer Providers bring unique strengths and qualities to the integrated care team. These strengths include:
- Personal experience with whole health recovery that includes addressing wellness of both mind and body
- Insight into the experience of internalized stigma and how to combat it
- Compassion and commitment to helping others, rooted in a sense of gratitude
- Cant take away the "you do not know what it's like" excuse
- Experience of moving from hopelessness to hope
- In a unique position to develop a relationship of trust, which is espcially helpful in working with people in trauma recovery
- A developed skill in monitoring their illness and self-managing their lives holistically
Pecan Valley Peer Providers?
Who Is On Our Team:
- Part-time Peer Provider and full-time Peer Provider in Cleburne.
- Full-time Certified Peer Specialist/WRAP Facilitator in Weatherford and Mineral Wells
- Part-time Certified Peer Specialist/WRAP Facilitator in Weatherford.
We are expecting continued growth to the program and throughout the Region. PVC is excited about the program growing because we have seen first-hand how it can change lives.
If you are interested in learning more about becoming a Peer Provider in our 6 county territory, please contact Michelle Key at firstname.lastname@example.org or (817) 558-1121.
*Peer Provider information courtesy of SAMHSA http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/workforce/peer-providers