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CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALIST VALUES

 

The primary responsibility of Certified Peer Specialists is to help individuals achieve their needs, wants and goals.

Certified Peer Specialists strive to:

1….affirm everyone’s ability to learn and grow;

2….communicate a sense of hope and possibility;

3….respect the rights and dignity of the individuals they serve, including any written communication about them;

4….keep the focus on the individual’s strengths, assets and possibilities;

5….accept, affirm and validate the individuals where s/he is and honor her/his decisions;

6….communicate that there are many roads to recovery;

7….keep the individual’s well-being as the primary concern;

8….give the individual as many choices and options as possible;

9…..help the individual become fully integrated into the community of his or her choice;

10…maintain confidentiality and not provide identifying information;

11…communicate that recovery and treatment for one’s illness is voluntary;

12…sustain and preserve objective and professional relationships;

13…not push ones recovery experience onto another individual;

14…keep personal interests from conflicting with the interests of the individual;

15…not use the unique relationship to unduly persuade or coerce;

16…use their recovery story in a positive and hopeful manner;

17…portray the face of recovery and be a role-model;

18…work within the limits of their experience and training;

19…preserve boundaries that promote recovery;

20…maintain and strengthen their own recovery;

21…promote the profession of peer support specialists;

22…work in partnership with others to meet the needs of the individuals we serve;

23…show that they take adequate measures to discourage any unethical conduct;

24…communicate that all services should promote a person’s recovery; and

25…honor agency guidelines, policies and principles of conduct.

Certified Peer Specialist

Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network

1990 Lakeside Parkway, Suite 100

Tucker, Georgia 30084

​​info@gmhcn.org
Tel 404-687-9487

Peer2Peer Warm Line 888-945-1414
Fax 404-687-0772

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Funding for many of the programs and initiatives of the Georgia Mental Health Consumer Network is provided by Georgia's Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. Learn about how DBHDD serves Georgia at their website.

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