Become a licensed PeerZone facilitator with this 4-day virtual training for Region 10 peer professionals!

ABOUT THIS EVENT

The Northwest MHTTC is excited to offer a limited number of $1,500 scholarships for peer professionals in HHS Region 10 (Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington) for the April 11-14, 2022, PeerZone training hosted by Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon.

The PeerZone 4-day virtual training certifies peer workers as licensed facilitators who will deliver the PeerZone workshops as part of their employment to people in their service or community. Completing this training provides two years of PeerZone licensing. As a licensed provider, PeerZone facilitators receive monthly group support calls, advice on demand, access to online curricula, improvements to workshops and new materials as developed, analysis and feedback of workshop evaluations, and access to the mobile-friendly PeerZone website. Licensed facilitators also gain access to an online toolkit with 52 new workshops full of resources for use one-on-one and in shorter groups.  

100% attendance over the 4 days is required to become licensed.

Application and Eligibility

Apply by March 28, 2022, using the "register" link above. Please note that completing this registration application is not a guarantee of enrollment into the training, nor a guarantee that a scholarship will be available if you are requesting a scholarship.

This training is open to people working in peer support in HHS Region 10 (Idaho, Alaska, Oregon, and Washington). To qualify, each person must:

• Have lived experience of mental distress and/or addiction and are willing to disclose his/her/their experiences
• Currently provide peer services in his/her/their workplace
• Have prior experience facilitating groups
• Have the ability to implement the PeerZone curriculum with the support of his/her/their supervisor and employer
• Attend the training in its entirety; persons who miss any training are not eligible for PeerZone licensure
• Complete an expert review of facilitation skills to competency to be promoted to Licensed Facilitator status

Participants will be asked to complete online evaluations intended to research the impact of this training.

What is PeerZone? 

PeerZone is a series of peer-led workshops for people who experience mental distress and addiction. The workshops are a combination of peer support and recovery education and provide a fun, interactive, safe structure for participants to share their experiences, learn self-management, and expand their horizons. Workshops explore distress, recovery, and major life domains such as lifestyle, relationships, housing, and employment. These pre-packaged, billable workshops can be offered as 18 three-hour or 36 ninety-minute sessions. Since 2013, PeerZone has certified over 300 facilitators worldwide and is currently running in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the U.S. PeerZone has been successfully piloted and all the workshops are evaluated.

Facilitator Feedback on PeerZone:

“This course has been a lifechanging opportunity for me as a peer and as a facilitator.”

“The best week ever!”

“The content is brilliant and honors the lived experience.”

“A great way to use one’s lived experience to support others.”

“PeerZone is an incredible opportunity to further one’s self development.”

Flyer

• Download the training flyer here.