Reflect on your organization’s readiness to start or expand peer services

Build knowledge of peer support

Create a culture of recovery that supports peer practice throughout your organization

• Organization Self-Assessment
• SAMHSA Core Competencies for Peer Workers in Behavioral Health Services
• CalVoices Peer Toolkit for Workplace Success
• Value of Peers Infographics
• How Are We Doing with Strengths Based Practice
• Yale Recovery Self-Assessment
• Tools for Transformation: Becoming Accessible, Culturally Responsive, and Trauma-Informed Organizations — An Organizational Reflection Toolkit – NCDVTMH

Create peer informed job descriptions

Recruit from places where individuals with lived experience are gathering already

Ask the right questions during the interview and selection process

Create an intentional onboarding plan

Create supervision practices that reinforce peer ethics and core competencies

Provide ongoing training on boundaries

Ensure supervisors are well-informed about peer practice and trained to supervise peers