With support of the Ontario Trillium Foundation, a new collaborative we have formed made up of the Krasman Centre, Gerstein Centre and Houselink Community Homes has been funded with a four-year grant to develop and coordinate a team of peer recovery educators to develop a series of wellness recovery education programs to their peers in order to support and advance employment and skills development. The project will cover South Simcoe County, York Region and the Greater Toronto Area.
We see our employment focus as educating/preparing the potential workforce of consumer/survivors or people with mental health labels/lived experience; strengthening the recovery-supporting abilities of the workforce; and supporting a culture shift for employers/organizations that is grounded in honouring and working from lived experience perspectives and disciplines such as peer support. All training will be free to participants.
Although we are not offering jobs, this program will offer the skills-training and knowledge that helps get jobs in a new and emerging field of service delivery, as well as transform the current helping system based on lived experience and the knowledge of service users.
If you are interested in participating in this exciting project, please take a look at our brochure and visit our online application form for details. Keep up-to-date by visiting our website at: www.cultureofrecovery.org.
Information sessions will be held in Toronto and in York Region on the following dates:
Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:30-7:30pm at Houselink, 805 Bloor St. West, Toronto FULL
Wednesday September 8, 2010 6:00-7:00pm at Krasman Centre, 10121 Yonge St., Richmond Hill FULL
Please let us know as soon as possible if you want to attend so that we can guarantee your space and send you up-dated information. Register for one of the upcoming information sessions by emailing your name, contact information, and any accommodations you require to e.carvalho@krasmancentre.com or by leaving a message at: 905-780-0491, ext. 125 or calling toll-free 1-888-780-0724
The application deadline is September 13th, 2010. Please help us spread the word about this exciting new education and training initiative!
Click here to complete the online application.
The Culture of Recovery (www.cultureofrecovery.org) project advances an agenda for change to systems as well as for people experiencing mental health problems and substance abuse. The Culture of Recovery project intends to form a new set of values and principles consistent with a recovery perspective: autonomy and empowerment; building hope and living from a position of wellness not illness.
Engaging and supporting people in recovery[1] to expect wellness and autonomy, and to inspire personal growth and change, requires participatory education, to change beliefs and thinking, as well as experiential education to learn practical skills related to being well and exercising choice. For more detailed information about the project, refer to the Building a Culture of Recovery article under Publications.
Four Pillars define the Culture of Recovery:
[1] Language leverages or sustains power and affects engagement. In mental health, the term “consumer” was adopted to shift the label from the primarily medical term “patient” – the term “survivor” is used to indicate the reality of having literally survived both the experience of mental health problem or diagnosis, and its treatment. Our project uses the term “person or people in recovery” as a mindful strategy to promote a hopeful and wellness oriented perspective and because this usage is consistent with recovery as a critical exercise.
The Leadership Project and
International Network towards Alternatives and Recovery
present the
RECOVERY PSY”COZY”UM 2008
Community Revitalization through Mental Health Recovery
Wednesday, June 4th 2008
May Robinson Auditorium
20 West Lodge Avenue, Toronto – Ontario
For more psychosium information contact:
Brian McKinnon at bmckinnon@iprimus.ca or 416 285 7996 extension 227.
To Register, please download and fill-out the following form:
Recovery Education for Mainstream Service Providers: Building & Supporting Recovery Orientation for Clinical Services
The Culture of Recovery (www.cultureofrecovery.org) project advances an agenda for change to systems as well as for people experiencing mental health problems and substance abuse. The Culture of Recovery project intends to form a new set of values and principles consistent with a recovery perspective: autonomy and empowerment; building hope and living from a position of wellness not illness. Recovery Education for Mainstream Providers builds on investments in education for people in recovery and public education.
This workshop is intended for service providers working in the field of Mental Health and Addictions.
Please plan to attend this one day education session for Mainstream Providers who plan
for, lead/manage and deliver clinical services!
Where:
Elgin West Community Centre, Palisade B 11099 Bathurst Avenue, Richmond Hill (Ontario) (Bathurst Avenue, just north of Elgin Mills)
When:
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 10am-5pm Cost: $25.00 (light lunch provided)
To Register: Contact Tanya Shute: 905-780-0491, ext 114
Funded by the Culture of Recovery Project!Autonomy; choice; hope; wellness; empowerment
