Webinar Employing Peer Workers: An Organization’s Perspective

Date: Aug 29 2023 | 2 - 3pm (EST)

Recording of Webinar

Description

In this webinar, panelists will answer questions about the challenges and opportunities organizations experience when establishing new peer roles. Leaders at organizations with established peer roles will talk about the process of onboarding peers, such as building organizational buy-in, addressing stigma in policies and in the workplace, and recruiting and employing peer workers in an equitable way.

*ASL Interpretation and live captioning will be provided

*Certificates of participation will be provided to those who complete a post-event evaluation

*No CEUs are provided

*This webinar will be recorded

Link to Evaluation and Certificate of Participation

Speaker Bios

Moderator: Daisy Hernandez

Daisy M. Hernandez, MSW, LCSW, MBA, Trainer, is a native of Puerto Rico and has dedicated her clinical social work career to community mental and behavioral health organizations within under-served communities. Her professional experience spans the entire spectrum of substance use disorder (prevention through recovery). Daisy has leveraged her lived experience, education, and bilingualism to support and advance racial justice and empower individuals who are over-represented in behavioral health and social services resulting from negative impacts of social determinants of health, including re-entry needs. Daisy began her career as a peer recovery coach supporting people in their quest towards recovery. She has held roles as recovery coach supervisor and program manager.

Shereda Finch, Executive Director

Shereda has been the executive director at the Council on Substance Abuse (COSA) for over ten years. During this time, she has secured over $18 million dollars to expand and implement prevention programs and recovery support services to address substance misuse/addiction, HIV/AIDS, and mental health across the state of Alabama. Besides presenting at several conferences and trainings, Shereda serves on various committees including the Governor's Opioid Overdose and Addiction Council, Alabama Maternal Mortality Review Committee, and Governor's Office of Volunteer Services.  Shereda has a bachelor's degree in political science, two master's degrees in community health education and public administration and is currently working on her PhD with a focus in Mental Health Administration. 

J Helms, Director of Training and Advocacy

J Helms is a psychiatric survivor, advocate, educator, and writer. J works with Pathways Vermont as a Training Institute Associate. They have previously worked as a service coordinator in Pathways' Housing First program and a peer advocate at a designated agency. J is a certified IPS Organizational Trainer, Alternatives to Suicide group facilitator, and Hearing Voices group facilitator. They've facilitated trainings and workshops on various topics including psych survivor allyship, trans 101 and trans allyship, LGBTQ+ youth and homelessness, and conversations about suicide.

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Webinar Slides English Version (PDF) Webinar Slides for Notetaking English Version (PDF)

Webinar Speakers

Shereda Finch, M.Ed, MPA

Executive Director, Council on Substance Abuse NCADD, Montgomery, AL
J Helms

Director of Training and Advocacy, Pathways Vermont
Daisy Hernandez, MSW (Moderator)

Trainer, Director, Recovery Education Collaborative

Classification

Topic: Mental Health: Serious Mental Illness; Mental Health: Mental health treatment; Trauma; Co-occurring Disorders; Supportive Services: Peer Services / Supports
Language: English

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Daisy Hernandez, MSW (Moderator)

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