Apply Here: Veteran & Military Service Member PSST Application
This is the start date of the following program:
NAMI Multnomah is pleased to offer this Oregon Health Authority (OHA) approved Peer Support Specialist Training (PSST) for adults in Mental Health recovery. In collaboration with Cultivating a New Life LLC, we will offer the Warriors in Recovery: Forging an Alliance of Peers, Peer Support Specialist Training, specific to veterans.
Warriors in Recovery: Forging an Alliance of Peers represents 44 hours of comprehensive training designed to inform and empower individuals wishing to work as peers for veterans within peer-delivered services, assisting individuals past or presently affected by mental health services, mental health system survival, addiction(s), co-occurring disorder(s), and traumatic experience(s), as they re-enter the community utilizing naturally occurring support.
The core elements of this program include wellness coping skills and WRAP training (Wellness Recovery Action Plan), all from a social justice framework with an emphasis on trauma-informed care, cultural humility model and narrative approaches. Through a narrative approach, participants will recognize the power of the stories that they tell themselves, and how to reconstruct their life narrative according to person-centered principles that will assist them in reducing the influence of problems in their lives.
Individuals who complete the 44-hour PSST training are eligible to become Oregon State Certified Peer Support Specialists for adult mental health under the Traditional Health Worker (THW) program. The training consists of 44 online classroom hours and a written exam.
This training is offered at no cost to Veterans and Active/Past Military Service Members who live, work, or volunteer in the state of Oregon.
Applications will close at the end of the day Sunday, March 28th, 2021.
***PSST Training Requirements***
-You must identify as a peer which is defined as a self-identified person currently or formerly receiving mental health services. (PLEASE NOTE: If you do not self-identify as a peer, you will not be eligible for this training. If you identify as a family member, please go to OHA's website to find certified Family Support Specialist Trainings in Oregon.)
-For this specific training, you must be a Veteran or Active/Past Military Service Member
-Must be at least 18 years of age.
-Must live, work, and/or volunteer in Oregon
-You must not be listed on the Medicaid provider exclusion list
-Ability to attend the entirety of the 44-hour/6 session training ONLINE:
-Friday, May 7th, 3:00pm-7:00pm
-Saturday, May 8th, 9:00am-5:00pm
-Sunday, May 9th, 9:00am-5:00pm
-Friday, May 14th, 9:00am-5:00pm
-Saturday, May 15th, 9:00am-5:00pm
-Sunday, May 16th, 9:00am-5:00pm
*There are 1-hour lunch breaks offered on the longer days of training*
Applications will close at the end of the day Sunday, March 28th, 2021. All applicants will be notified of decisions for the training by email no later than the week of April 5th, 2021.