Peer Support Services

One-on-one Certified Peer Support Specialist assisting you with your mental health and substance abuse needs.

What is peer support?

Individual Peer support services are one-on-one evidence-based mental health models of care which consists of certified peer support specialists who assist individuals with their recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorders through their own lived experiences.
  • Encouragment and Support
  • Advcating
  • Help setting and accomplishing goals
  • Sorting and Organization
  • Community Assistance
  • Mentoring

SPECIFIC INTERVENTIONS PROVIDED BY CERTIFIED PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST:

  • Self Help: Cultivating the individual’s ability to make informed, independent choices. Helping the individual develop a network of contacts for information and support based on experience of the Peer Support staff.
  • Instill Hope: Assisting the member to talk about his/her experiences through modeling of sharing recovery stories and use of recovery language as a means to instill hope and reduce stigma
  • System Advocacy: Assisting the individual to talk about what it means to have a mental illness to an audience or group. Assisting the individual with writing a letter or making a telephone call about an issue related to mental illness or recovery.
  • Individual Advocacy: Discussing concerns about medication with the Physician or Nurse at the individual’s request. Helping the individual make appointments for psychiatric and general medical treatment when requested. Guiding the individual toward a proactive role in health care.
  • Crisis Support: Assisting the individual with the development of a personal crisis plan. Helping with stress management and developing positive strategies for dealing with potential stressors and crisis situations.
  • Housing: Assisting the individual with learning how to maintain stable housing through bill paying, cleaning, and organizing his or her belongings. Assisting the individual in locating improved housing situations. Teaching the individual to identify and prepare healthy foods according to cultural and personal preferences of the individual and his/her medical needs.
  • Education/Employment: Assisting the individual in gaining information about going back to school or job training. Facilitating the process of asking an employer for reasonable accommodation for psychiatric disability (mental health day, flex time, etc).

Peer Group

Group Peer support services are evidence-based mental health model of care which consists of certified peer support specialists who assist individuals with their recovery from mental illness and/or substance use disorders through their own life experience in a group setting. King Prestige Services offers weekly peer group meetings.
All of our peer specialist are highly qualified, NC state certified employees
We match the best-suited CPSS to your individual needs
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