21 Min.
Should You Receive Services at Your Workplace? PEER Voices Podcast
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- Gesundheit und Fitness
Should peer recovery supporters receive services from the place where they work? Or is it better to go elsewhere? This common question doesn’t have a straightforward answer. You trust the quality of your agency, but do you trust the discretion of your co-workers?
Join our hosts, Juliet C. Dorris-Williams and Gabe Howard, as they discuss the pros and cons of getting treatment close to home. Plus learn about your options and legal rights if there is a problem.
Show Notes:
2:13 – “Even though this resource is available to them, and they have access to it, they do not go to it. They do not participate in it. They would rather go across town. They would rather go to people who don't know them. (Many people prefer to receive mental health and addiction services anonymously.)
4:26 – “And then there's some folk that are sitting over there waiting on the other shoe, the proverbial other shoe, to drop.” (Peer recovery supporters often receive additional negative scrutiny.)
5:21 – “I would not blame the peer for making a decision to not get their ongoing support services from the agency in which they work.” (Where to receive services is a complicated and intensely personal decision. There are no wrong answers.)
9:48 – “. . . having a mental health struggle, having a substance use struggle, is not seen in a positive light.” (The stigma of mental illness and addiction is pervasive and peer recovery supporters are not immune to it.)
19:30 – “. . . we have to insist and rely upon the policies that would apply to a client or a patient apply to us in this context. HIPPA. Privacy. Confidentiality. All of that. And if those things are violated, then those things need to be reported. That means rocking the boat. That means speaking up.” (The same policies that protect other service recipients apply to us. Part of advocacy is self-advocacy. Do not be afraid to insist upon your rights.)
Should peer recovery supporters receive services from the place where they work? Or is it better to go elsewhere? This common question doesn’t have a straightforward answer. You trust the quality of your agency, but do you trust the discretion of your co-workers?
Join our hosts, Juliet C. Dorris-Williams and Gabe Howard, as they discuss the pros and cons of getting treatment close to home. Plus learn about your options and legal rights if there is a problem.
Show Notes:
2:13 – “Even though this resource is available to them, and they have access to it, they do not go to it. They do not participate in it. They would rather go across town. They would rather go to people who don't know them. (Many people prefer to receive mental health and addiction services anonymously.)
4:26 – “And then there's some folk that are sitting over there waiting on the other shoe, the proverbial other shoe, to drop.” (Peer recovery supporters often receive additional negative scrutiny.)
5:21 – “I would not blame the peer for making a decision to not get their ongoing support services from the agency in which they work.” (Where to receive services is a complicated and intensely personal decision. There are no wrong answers.)
9:48 – “. . . having a mental health struggle, having a substance use struggle, is not seen in a positive light.” (The stigma of mental illness and addiction is pervasive and peer recovery supporters are not immune to it.)
19:30 – “. . . we have to insist and rely upon the policies that would apply to a client or a patient apply to us in this context. HIPPA. Privacy. Confidentiality. All of that. And if those things are violated, then those things need to be reported. That means rocking the boat. That means speaking up.” (The same policies that protect other service recipients apply to us. Part of advocacy is self-advocacy. Do not be afraid to insist upon your rights.)
21 Min.
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