Idaho Administrative Code
Title IDAPA 16 - Health and Welfare, Department of
Rule 16.07.19 - PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND FAMILY SUPPORT PARTNER CERTIFICATION
Section 16.07.19.200 - PEER SUPPORT SPECIALIST - CERTIFICATION QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

Universal Citation: ID Admin Code 16.07.19.200

Current through September 2, 2024

Each applicant must be at least eighteen (18) years old and meet the following minimum qualifications and requirements to be certified as a Peer Support Specialist.

01. Educational Requirements. Each applicant has a high school diploma or GED certificate.

02. Training Requirements. Each applicant has completed forty (40) hours of training that includes the following Peer Support Specialist competency areas:

a. Motivation and empowerment;

b. The stages of recovery and the role peers play within it;

c. The state behavioral health system and the role peers play within it;

d. Advocacy for recovery programs and for the peers they serve;

e. The practice of recovery values: authenticity, self-determination, diversity, and inclusion;

f. How to tell your recovery story and use your story to help others;

g. Ethics;

h. The awareness of risk factors in participants' behaviors and the ability to access appropriate services;

i. The use of interpersonal and professional communication skills;

j. Stages of change;

k. Work place dynamics and processes;

l. The Certified Peer Support Specialist's roles and duties on the job;

m. Relationship building;

n. Family dynamics;

o. The effects of trauma and use of a trauma-informed approach;

p. Wellness and natural supports;

q. Boundaries and self-care;

r. Cultural sensitivity;

s. Recovery plans; and

t. Local, state, and national resources.

03. Work or Volunteer Experience Requirements. Each applicant has obtained supervised experience providing peer support services. A six-month (6) certification may be granted under Section 111 of these rules to an applicant who lacks the required experience.

a. An applicant who holds a bachelor's degree in a human services field documents one hundred (100) hours of peer support specialist experience.

b. An applicant who does not hold a bachelor's degree in a human support services field documents two hundred (200) hours of peer support specialist experience.

c. An applicant documents at a minimum twenty (20) hours of supervised peer support services work or volunteer experience.

04. Person Self-Identified with Lived Experience. Each applicant identifies as an individual with lived experience in recovery from mental illness or mental illness with a co-occurring substance use disorder.

Effective July 1, 2024

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