Family Peer Support Supervisor Training
Training Description
Virtual Training | Free to Attend | 21-hour Multi-Day Training | 18 CEUs
This training provides supervisors of Family Peer Support Workers the information and skills needed to effectively supervise a Family Peer Support Worker. Participants will receive an introduction to the Family Peer Support Practice Model and explore the roles and phases of the model.
This training is intended for Family Peer Support Worker Supervisors and those planning to supervise Family Peer Support Workers soon.
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This training provides supervisors of Family Peer Support Workers the information and skills needed to effectively supervise a Family Peer Support Worker. Participants will receive an introduction to the Parent Peer Support Practice Model and explore the roles and phases of the model. This companion curriculum to the Family Peer Support Worker (FPSW) training addresses supervisory skills that will support the work of the FPSW, including creating a supportive environment, maintaining fidelity and accountability to the FPSW role, workplace wellness, and opportunities for growth and advancement. Suggested strategies and tools are provided for use in individual supervision. This training satisfies the training requirements in the NM Behavioral Health Billing Manual for supervisors of Certified Family Peer Support Workers.
Learning Objectives
- Learn how to supervise a new workforce
- Learn how to develop new approaches
- Create a supportive and productive environment
- Learn how to work specifically with FPSW’s regarding Family/Work/Case Supervision
- Learn how to evaluate performance of the FPSW
- Learn how to offer professional growth
Trainers:
Spence Spencer, MPA, CWF, CFPSW | Center of Innovation for Behavioral Health and Wellbeing
Chasity LeBlanc, CFPSW | Better Together Family Services
Read About Spence
Spence Spencer (they/them) has a master's degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Disability Health from the University of New Mexico. Spence has over 18 years of experience working in social services, advocating for people with disabilities, children, and families. Their prior experience includes Youth Mental Health, classroom and special education support, High-Fidelity Wraparound, Adult Mental Health, and support for adults on the DD waiver. Spence began their career working in group home settings, then transitioned into working in training implementation. Spence then worked as a program director where they ensured engaging individualized therapeutic living environments. More recently, Spence worked as a Wraparound Facilitator where they worked directly with families providing support and navigation for families to access various resources that they might need. Currently, Spence is the Family and Youth Peer Program Manager at the Center of Innovation for Behavioral Health and Wellbeing. In this role, Spence oversees all program efforts for Family Peer Support, Youth Peer Support, Family Engagement, and Youth Engagement. Furthermore, Spence also trains supervisors and prospective Family and Youth Peer Support Workers, develops and implements trainings to advance Family and Youth Peer Support Workers and family and youth centered organizations across the state of New Mexico in efforts to expand Family and Youth Peer Supports. Additionally, Spence is a Certified Family Peer Support Worker.
Read About Chasity
Chasity LeBlanc is the Executive Director of Better Together Family Services and a state trainer for the Center of Innovation (COI) for Family Peer Support. She has extensive experience supporting families involved in New Mexico’s child welfare and behavioral health systems. Formerly the Director of Family Engagement at the Attachment Healing Center, Chasity developed and implemented innovative peer support and family engagement models that strengthened relationships between clinicians and caregivers. A Certified Family Peer Support Worker, Chasity brings both professional expertise and lived experience to her work. She is passionate about ensuring families have access to culturally responsive, trauma-informed care that values the voices of those with lived experience. Chasity’s leadership focuses on workforce development, systems collaboration, and helping agencies effectively integrate Family Peer Support into their service delivery models to promote better outcomes for children and families across New Mexico.
Funding
This training is funded by the Children, Youth and Families Department, Children's Behavioral Health Services.
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