Description: Family Accountable Recovery Team of Kinston, in collaboration with Healing Connections, Take Your Heart to Work, and Gordon Street Christian Church are sponsoring a NC Certified Peer Support Specialists 50 hour Training. NC Certified Peer Support Specialists are people who "gone through it," called to pass it along to another, and willing to prioritize their personal self-care.
NOTE: A certified 16-20 hour wellness plan training is a recommended prerequisite (to be taken before) for the Take Your Heart to Work® Peer Support Specialist Certification Training. For specific recommendations on upcoming available local wellness plan trainings, contact the facilitator for this Take Your Heart to Work® Peer Support Specialist Certification Training Course, Charlyne Boyette at charlyneboyette@gmail.com or 828-450-2919
Training Dates (enter the start and end dates and times for your training event):
09/29/2023 - 8:30am to 10/08/23 - 5:30pm
Contact Charlyne Boyette at charlyneboyette@gmail.com or text 828-450-2919 or call 252-417-3339 if you have any questions.
Friday Sept. 29, Saturday September 30th, Sunday October 1st
Saturday October 7th, Sunday October 8th 2023
8:30am - 5:30pm
COURSE INFORMATION:
The name, “Take Your Heart to Work,” is a Meryl Streep quote that she used in a college graduation keynote speech. The quote is the essence of this Curriculum:
“Integrate what you believe into every single area of your life. Take your heart to work, and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. Don’t let that get beaten down.”
This training focuses on developing a NC Certified Peer Support Specialist (NCCPSS) who is well equipped and comfortable with working with other professionals on a treatment team or any agency, organization, or community. The NCCPSS will serve as an equal partner with unique qualities of lived experience. The trainers’ goals are to provide opportunities, in a caring environment, for the participants to be knowledgeable and marketable in the peer support workforce.
This training includes sections on self-monitoring wellness, building relationships, connecting to others, and bridging the service gaps. Once participants embrace how to stay well by using self-monitoring skills and action plans, they are ready to proceed with the main part of this curriculum. An emphasis is placed on the individual’s commitment to the NCCPSS and employer’s Code of Ethics. Of great importance, is the ability to support individuals to become more interdependent in the community and less dependent on the service system. Skills in effective communication without judgement, recovery oriented language, and cultural competency are the topics learned and practiced in the Building Relationships section. In the section on Connecting to Others, participants will learn about crisis as an opportunity to change, decision-making tools, and human rights. In the Bridging the Gaps section, participants will learn about documentation, accessing community resources, substance use disorders, supporting Service Members and their families, LGBTQ+ members and their families, and your family. .
This class is held over 5 days. It is vital that participants attend all 5 sessions, because each session builds upon information from the previous session. Certificates will be provided at the end of the course, for those who complete the Take Your Heart to Work® Peer Support Specialist Certification Training Course.
Register for Take Your Heart to Work® by contacting Charlyne Boyette at charlyneboyette@gmail.com or text 828-450-2919 for faster response.
FEES & PAYMENT INFORMATION:
*Take Your Heart to Work® Peer Support Specialist Certification Training Course Fee: $375
Cash, checks, and Venmo are accepted.
*A $100 nonrefundable deposit is required for each class. Your deposit will be applied to the class fee. The deposit is due one week before the first day of class. The remainder of the class fee is due the first day of class.
*Scholarships may be available (if you qualify) from NC Works, Vocational Rehabilitation (VR), or Vocational Rehabilitation & Education (VR&E), NC Governor's Institute. If you still need help with the course fee, please talk to Charlyne and see if something can be worked out.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
*The registration deadline is 2 weeks before the first day of class. This class usually fills up quickly and there is sometimes a waiting list. You will be contacted by email if the class you register for is full and you are placed on the waiting list.
*There is an assignment that is due no later than the first day of class, so be sure to register early in order to have time to effectively complete the Advanced Assignment. The Advanced Assignment will be emailed to you after your registration is received.
*There does need to be a minimum number of five people in the class, and if we do not meet that number (per state requirements), we will have to cancel the class. If the class has to be cancelled for this (or any other reason – like bad weather), you will be notified by email as soon as the decision is made.
*We will be abiding by local COVID-19 precautions.
*All reasonable accommodations will be made to empower participants to complete the course. (For example, do you use a mobility device such as a walker or wheelchair? Do you need to sit closer to see the screen? Etc.) If accommodations are necessary, please inform Charlyne Boyette and list them on the training application.
Gordon Street Christian Church
118 East Gordon Street
Kinston, NC
******enter fellowship hall through the glass doors on North Street which is across the street from Lenoir Tire and Appliance located at 116 North Street Kinston, NC