Description: In this webinar directed particularly at provider management and supervisors, we offered a framework for and specific tools on successfully employing peer specialists:
1) Clarifying the peer specialist role;
2) Recruiting, hiring, and training of peers;
3) Educating and supporting non-peer staff;
4) Using the reasonable accommodation (Americans with Disabilities Act) Employee Assistance Programs to address job difficulties and support good performance;
5) Team building: Cross training and co-learning;
6) Key components/elements of organizational culture and infrastructure
Presenter: Jonathan Delman, Ph.D., JD, MPH is Senior Associate at the Technical Assistance Collaborative and Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Transitions Research and Training Center