Throughout all training there is a strong emphasis on ensuring the incorporation of:

• The Peer Support Canada Knowledge Matrix requirements related to peer support delivery,

• The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s (MHCC) peer support values (as outlined in the Guidelines for the Practice and Training of Peer Supporters),

• The principles of trauma informed support; and

• Related components of the MHCC National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety.

Introduction to Peer Staff Supervisor Training

We have heard your requests for more supervisor training, and we are pleased to announce that we are offering our Introduction to Peer Staff Supervisor

12-hour training over two days.

Who Should Participate?

Anyone supervising peer staff roles, whether you have been doing it for years, have just begun or are preparing to hire peer staff.

Topics Include:

History of peer support

The definition of peer support

Peer support values

What Peer Support Workers are trained on

How to prepare your agency to implement peer work

How to properly recruit and hire peer workers

What the responsibilities of a supervisor are

How to be a change agent

How to best support peer work authenticity in your agency/organization

Robyn and her instructors have been using online training via Zoom for the past six years and they know first hand how to use the platform to create the best learning environment for everyone in the course.

Peer Staff Supervisors from around the world have benefited from this training all from the comforts of their office or home.

Cost:

$300 per person plus gst/hst for the training

Online on Zoom.