CPS-P Parent Certified Peer Specialist

Candidates must be the parent or legal guardian of a child or adult living with a mental illness, substance use and/or co-occurring diagnosis a mental health condition must be the primary diagnosis.

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Provide a short paragraph of your lived experience making sure you address these areas:

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1. Raising a child who has a Serious Emotional Disorder (SED), substance use disorder (SUD) or Co-Occurring Disorder

 (This excludes youth with autism spectrum disorder, unless there is also a co-occurring SED, SUD diagnosis)

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2. Experience navigating & accessing complex public health & child service systems

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3. An attestation that you are serving in a parental role as either:

1) The biological parent and caregiver for a child living with a SED, SUD or co-occurring diagnosis

2) The legal and permanent guardian for a child living with an SED, SUD or co-occurring

diagnosis for a least 2 years (please provide documentation). * This excludes foster parents

 

CPS-Y Youth Certified Peer Specialist 

Is an individual who is a young adult, ages 18 through age 26, with lived experience living with a mental health or substance use condition or both and who has received behavioral health services as a youth and is willing and able to self-identify as a person living with a behavioral health condition and is prepared to use that experience in helping other youth and young adults living with similar behavioral health conditions The Youth CPS-Y offers emotional support, shares knowledge, and works with individuals to identify meaningful connections and tools that contribute to wellness/resiliency/recovery. 

 

Enrollees must meet the lived experience expectations below:

• Be 18-26 years of age (provide a copy of a valid Georgia ID); and

• Have a mental health (MH) condition, substance use disorder (SUD), or a co-occurring diagnosis; and a strong desire to

identify themselves as a person living with a mental illness or substance use diagnosis; and

• Be able/willing to actively seek and manage your own appropriate care; and

• Be able to share their own personal story in a safe and appropriate way; and

• Must be well grounded in recovery wellness; and

• One year between diagnosis and application to training; and/or

• If the individual has a substance use condition, there must be one year continuous abstinent from substance use; and

• Have a high school diploma or GED; provide a copy of these documents; and

• Provide (2) letters of reference This cannot be a family member (Please include contact information)

(Please email your information ccoates@favorfamilies.hush.com and put in subject CPS-P or CPS-Y)