Peer Support 

The Mission of Peer Support is HOPE.

What is a Peer Support Specialist

Peer Support Specialists are people living in recovery with mental health and/or substance use challenges and who provide support to others who can benefit from their lived experience.

A Certified Peer Support Specialist is an individual who is or has been a recipient of mental health or substance use services.

What does a Peer Support Specialist do?

• Inspire and promote hope that people can and do recover
• Walk with people on their recovery journeys and help create a recovery plan
• Dispel myths about what it means to have a mental health condition or substance use disorder
• Provide self-help education and link people to tools and resources
• Support people in identifying their goals, hopes, and dreams, and creating a roadmap to getting there.
• Provide Support Groups
• Support them in court
• Guide people to be independent, where they can advocate for themselves 
• Support anyone, not just people with addiction (ex: domestic violence survivors and more)
• Be an active listener
• Share our own story (when wanted), so you know you are not alone on your journey