NYAPRS Note: The two presentations below, offered by the OMH Office of Consumer Affairs, are timely and important given the interest in expanding peer services throughout the health spectrum. Understanding how to hire, train, and supervise persons with lived mental health experience may be challenging to employers and managers who have never done so before. Anyone who is considering hiring peers into their workplace, or would like to more fully integrate peers into their workplace, should take part in this training. Both presentations will be archived for later viewing.
Best Practices for Effectively Integrating Peer Staff in the Workplace
Part one: 12/8/14 – 2pm – 4:30pm
Best Practices for Effectively Integrating Peer Staff in the Workplace (part 1 of 2)
Date and Time: Monday, December 8, 2014 2:00 pm, EST (New York)
Length: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Event number: 641 516 855
Event password: nysomh123
To register for part one: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?d=641516855&t=a
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This is the first of a two part series on integrating peer staff in the workplace. This first part will focus on who is a peer, what do peer staff do, what peer staff can and should do, how peer staff enhance the therapeutic alliance, and specific suggestions for utilizing peer staff. The presenter will be John B. Allen, Special Assistant to the Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health. |
PART TWO: 12/16/14 – 10am – 12:30pm
Best Practices for Effectively Integrating Peer Staff in the Workplace (part 2 of 2)
Date and Time: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:00 am, EST (New York)
Length: 2 hours and 30 minutes
Event number: 647 464 863
Event password: nysomh123
To register for part two: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?d=647464863&t=a
This is the second of a two part series on integrating peer staff in the workplace. This part will focus on what qualifications an employer should look for in a peer staff and teach some of the legal statutes that you can use when posting job announcements and during the interviewing process. Emphasis will also be on how to support peer staff once they’ve been hired and how to supervise peer staff. A focus on some common supervisory traps and how to avoid them will also be presented. The presenter will be John B. Allen, Special Assistant to the Commissioner, New York State Office of Mental Health.