Beginner
Peer Support Specialist Training Foundations
A beginner-level, Canada-focused 10-hour foundational course preparing peer support specialists with recovery-oriented competencies, trauma-informed practice, ethics, and practical skills for work within Canadian health and community settings. Balances theory, Canadian policy context, cultural safety (including Indigenous considerations), and hands-on practice.
Lifetime accessCertificate of completion17 lessonsMobile & desktop
Trauma-Informed CareCommunicationCultural CompetencyIndigenous CommunitiesDocumentation & Ethics
$100CAD
10 CEU hrs
What you'll learn
Apply recovery-oriented values and core peer support competencies in Canadian health and community settings
Use trauma-informed, culturally safe communication and de-escalation skills including appropriate documentation and privacy practices (PHIPA/PIPEDA awareness)
Navigate boundaries, ethics, supervision, and program referral pathways while practising self-care and reflective practice
Requirements
- No formal prerequisites; recommended: lived experience of mental health/substance use or prior exposure to recovery concepts
- Ability to participate in role-plays and group activities; access to employer or provincial policies for local application
Who this course is for
- Peer support workers and volunteers
- Counsellors, social workers, and nurses working with mental health/substance use
- Recovery workers and allied health professionals seeking Canada-specific peer support competency knowledge
