Integrating Consumer Providers into a Service Delivery System: The Role of Education and Credentials

Barrett, Nora M.; Pratt, Carlos W.; Basto, Peter M.; Gill, Kenneth J.

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“…positions (Barrett, Pratt, Basto, & Gill, 2000;Rapp et al, 2008;Wolf et al, 2001). Preservice training programs help potential employees in recovery acquire educational credentials and competencies necessary to perform work roles (Hutchinson et al, 2006;Johnson, 2008;Linhorst, 2006;Mowbray et al, 1997).…”

Section: Emerging Practices In Employing Persons In Recovery 193mentioning

confidence: 96%

“…As with all efforts to integrate a previously disenfranchised group, involvement and participation of persons in recovery at all organizational decision-making levels, including decision-making and governing structures, is necessary to bring about substantive change (Barrett et al, 2000;Chinman et al, 2008;Hansen, 2001;Linhorst, 2006). …”

Section: Organizational Culture Change To Sustain Employment Of Persomentioning

confidence: 98%

“…Preservice training programs help potential employees in recovery acquire educational credentials and competencies necessary to perform work roles (Hutchinson et al, 2006;Johnson, 2008;Linhorst, 2006;Mowbray et al, 1997). The Psychiatric Rehabilitation program at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey offers a comprehensive educational sequence from certificate through PhD and encourages enrollment by persons in recovery (Barrett et al, 2000).…”

Section: Emerging Practices In Employing Persons In Recovery 193mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Emerging Practices in Employment of Persons in Recovery in the Mental Health Workforce

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American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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Section: Emerging Practices In Employing Persons In Recovery 193mentioning

confidence: 96%

Section: Organizational Culture Change To Sustain Employment Of Persomentioning

confidence: 98%

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Emerging Practices in Employment of Persons in Recovery in the Mental Health Workforce

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Ryan

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American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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“…According to McCourt (1999), professionals are viewed as beyond distress and therefore to be a service user involves a radical role reversal (Rucinski & Cybulska, 1985). Shepherd et al (2009Shepherd et al ( , 2010 suggested that professionals can be unwilling to move away from their traditionally accepted "expert" role and that they hold negative attitudes toward service users and also toward professionals who are service users (Barrett, Pratt, Basto, & Gill, 2000;Basset, Campbell, & Anderson, 2006;Fisher, 1994;Hossack & Wall, 2005).…”

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How Do “Mental Health Professionals” Who Are Also or Have Been “Mental Health Service Users” Construct Their Identities?

2016

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Abstract"Mental health professionals" are increasingly speaking out about their own experiences of using mental health services. However, research suggests that they face identity-related dilemmas because social conventions tend to assume two distinct identities: "professionals" as relatively socially powerful and "patients" as comparatively powerless. The aim of this study was, through discourse analysis, to explore how "mental health professionals" with "mental health service user" experience "construct" their identity. Discourse analysis views identity as fluid and continually renegotiated in social contexts. Ten participants were interviewed, and the interviews were transcribed and analyzed. Participants constructed their identity variously, including as separate "professional" and "patient" identities, switching between these in relation to different contexts, suggesting "unintegrated" identities. Participants also demonstrated personally valued "integrated" identities in relation to some professional contexts. Implications for clinical practice and future research are explored. Positive identity discourses that integrate experiences as a service user and a professional included "personhood" and insider "activist," drawing in turn on discourses of "personal recovery," "lived experience," and "use of self." These integrated identities can potentially be foregrounded to contribute to realizing the social value of service user and other lived experience in mental health workers, and highlighting positive and hopeful perspectives on mental distress.

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“…Medicaid reimbursement has encouraged development of many peer training programs throughout the country, with training and examination followed by certification the usual approach (Daniels et al, 2010;SAMHSA, 2012). Even though a few creditbearing educational programs aimed toward or welcoming peer students have existed since the 1990s (Barrett, Pratt, Basto, & Gill, 2000;Gill, Pratt, & Barrett, 1997;Wolf, 2007), with a few exceptions, they have generally focused more on development of the psychiatric rehabilitation discipline than on peer education per se (Gill, Pratt, & Barrett, 1997;Edwards, Giffort, McCracken, & Corrigan, 2000;Pratt, 2005). Academic (credit-bearing) psychiatric rehabilitation and related certificate and associate programs are available throughout the United States, notably in California, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia, as well as in Canada.…”

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Peer Career Implications of an Academic Credential: Report from the Field

Wolf

2014

American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation

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Thousands of peer workers are trained, certified, and employed throughout the United States. Although the importance of education in behavioral health career development is well documented, almost no current literature is available on academic peer career development. This article reports on peer and nonpeer educational and employment outcomes following completion of a credit-bearing community college mental health certificate program. Implications and recommendations for peer workforce development are identified. Peer and nonpeer certificate program graduates' employment and educational outcomes were obtained in 1997, 2001, and 2004-06 through surveys and interviews. Peer and nonpeer graduates obtained part-time and full-time employment in a variety of behavioral health and human services positions at a range of salaries. A considerable proportion of all graduates subsequently obtained higher degrees. Peer graduates also reported positive impact on self-esteem. Credit-bearing educational opportunities can assist in peer employment and career development. As increasing numbers of certified peer workers are employed in health and behavioral health settings, higher education opportunities can be an important career development strategy. Coordinated national efforts are recommended to link certification and academic programs. Collaboration among peer training programs, behavioral health providers, and educational institutions is suggested to infuse curricula with recovery-oriented content.

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Integrating Consumer Providers into a Service Delivery System: The Role of Education and Credentials

Cited by 12 publications

References 16 publications

Emerging Practices in Employment of Persons in Recovery in the Mental Health Workforce

Emerging Practices in Employment of Persons in Recovery in the Mental Health Workforce

How Do “Mental Health Professionals” Who Are Also or Have Been “Mental Health Service Users” Construct Their Identities?

Peer Career Implications of an Academic Credential: Report from the Field

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