Mission: To advocate for those with dual diagnosis of alcoholism
and mental illness by utilizing personal experience to assist in individual
recovery process. While collaborating
with other established processes the Peer Mentor will serve as a one-on-one
guide at a non-professional level. Supportive
consistency is important to the overall wellness of recovering individuals. BLACK INK will facilitate training Peer
Mentors to serve this role in our community.
Vision: By incorporating learned skills in recovery, The Black Ink, Peer Mentoring organization
will develop a strategy to improve wellness in our community, with a forward
thinking approach of mental health awareness and the possibilities of
recovery. By directly impacting those in
underserved populations, Peer Mentors will have experience with being
in that subgroup. The overall vision of
Black Ink is to utilize personal experiences to motivate and fight the stigma
of mental illness and addictions. This is inclusion of services will help
bridge the gap between our current state of services and the high demand.
PEER MENTOR JOB DESCRIPTION
The Peer Mentor will act as a facilitator of growth and
recovery for the served individual, by utilizing personal experience. The Peer
Mentor must have two years in proven recovery in order to apply to mentor.
SERVED POPULATIONS
Peer Mentors will go to established institutions to initialize
contact with prospective individuals.
This includes places like the jail, the psych ward, Community Crisis
Center, hospitals and recovery based settings.
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