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How Do I Connect with a Certified Peer Recovery Coach from Our Community?
To make a referral to 1Voice's peer support services and connect with a local Certified Peer Recovery Coach they are affiliated with, please email 1Voicedearborncounty@gmail.com. You can also request to connect to a Certified Peer Recovery Coach by completing the form on Indiana Recovery Network's website.
1Voice and the Choices Emergency Response Team utilize Certified Peer Recovery Coaches in various community settings including the 1Voice Community Recovery Center, Dearborn County Law Enforcement Center, Heart House, Medical Assisted Treatment Providers, the YES Home, and Court Services.
How Do I Become a Certified Peer Recovery Coach?
Visit the ICAADA's website to discover when and where the next training sessions are available to earn your certification.
Additionally, Hoosiers can, at no-cost, complete the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration's certification program to become an Indiana Certified Peer Support Professional. To learn more about the program and to get started, visit their website.
Certified Peer Recovery Coaching is
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Recovery-Oriented
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Person-Centered
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Voluntary
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Relationship-Focused
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Trauma-Informed
Certified Peer Recovery Coaches are not a counselor or other clinical role, 12-step sponsor, faith mentor, case manager, lawyer or attorney.
Certified Peer Recovery Coaching
What is Certified Peer Recovery Coaching?
Certified Peer Recovery Coaches are individuals who have had personal, lived experience of recovery from substance use, mental health or co-occurring disorders and wish to provide recovery support to those seeking/in recovery from substance use and/or mental health concerns. In order to receive their certification, they received training and passed an evaluation from ICAADA.
Peer Recovery Coaching involves the process of giving and receiving
non‐clinical assistance to support long‐term recovery from addictive
disorders. A Peer Recovery Coach brings the lived experience of recovery,
combined with training and supervision, to assist others in initialing and
maintaining recovery, helping to enhance the quality of personal and family
life in long-term recovery