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Peer Support Specialist Training

**Do NOT pay for this event if you have not yet been pre-approved to take the class. Payment does NOT guarantee your application will be approved**

APPLICATION MUST BE COMPLETED AND APPROVED PRIOR TO PAYING FOR THE COURSE!

The content of Cardinal Innovations Healthcares Peer Support Specialist Training has been approved by the Behavioral Healthcare Resource Program (BHRP) and North Carolina Division of Mental Health Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services (NC DMH/DD/SAS).

Peer Support Specialist Training is a 40 hour training. Participants must be present and participate for all scheduled 40 hours in order to be considered for certification.

Participants are required to participate in the trainings through lectures, group activities, role-playing and take home activities. You will also be required to share your personal recovery story. Participants who were present for the entire training will be awarded a certificate of completion. In order to be able to apply for your state certification, the trainee must pass the exam at the end of the training. The trainee can request another opportunity, within a designated period of time, to re-take the exam if they do not pass the first time.

Completion of this training does not guarantee that the participant will be hired as a Peer Support Specialist. The participant will be responsible to apply and seek employment with applicable providers within their communities.

Training topics include Role of Peer Support Specialist, Substance Abuse and Co-Occurring Disorders, Recovery Tools, Cultural Diversity, Workplace Skills and Peer Support Code of Ethics.

Maximum class size is 20 participants.

Qualifications to take Peer Support Specialist training
18 years or older, Have lived experiences in recovery from a significant mental health or substance use disorder, Have been in recovery for at least 12 consecutive months
Have at least a high school diploma or equivalent.

Questions? Need an application? Please email peersupporttraining@sp.cardinalinnovations.org

For questions or concerns on the day(s) of training, please contact Terry Cox, Terry.Cox@cardinalinnovations.org, (336) 403-5344