Thriving Mind’s Peer Services helps connect people who may just be starting in their recovery journey with services and others who are going through similar experiences.

Who Are Peer Workers?
Peer support workers are people who have been successful in the recovery process who help others experiencing similar situations. Through shared understanding, respect, and mutual empowerment, peer support workers help people become and stay engaged in the recovery process and reduce the likelihood of relapse. Peer support services can effectively extend the reach of treatment beyond the clinical setting into the everyday environment of those seeking a successful, sustained recovery process.

Bringing Recovery Supports to Scale Technical Assistance Center Strategy (BRSS TACS) is enriched by the lived experiences of people in recovery, who play key roles in BRSS TACS project leadership, development, and implementation.

·       Learn about the foundational core competencies for peer workers in behavioral health services.

·       Access a list of frequently asked questions about core competencies for peer workers.

·       Learn more about the process of recovery.

Peer Support Role

Peer support workers engage in a wide range of activities. These include:

·       Advocating for people in recovery

·       Sharing resources and building skills

·       Building community and relationships

·       Leading recovery groups

·       Mentoring and setting goals

Peer support roles may also extend to the following:

·       Providing services and/or training

·       Supervising other peer workers

·       Developing resources

·       Administering programs or agencies

·       Educating the public and policymakers

Peer support workers may need to develop additional core competencies to provide services to specific groups who also share common experiences, such as family members. The shared experience of being in recovery from a mental health and/or substance use condition or being a family member is the foundation on which the peer recovery support relationship is built in the behavioral health arena.

What does our Peer team do?

• Answer the Consumer Hotline (1-888-248-3111) and provide counseling, information and referrals
• Provide technical assistance and training to Peer Specialists at provider agencies
• Participate in bimonthly Network meetings
• Provide Peer Specialist Support and Peer Specialist Certification meetings
• Oversee three Florida Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Teams and provide utilization management