PSS
Peer Support Standards
Our Purpose
Peer Support Standards are inclusive of statewide training and continuing education, specialty credentialing, certification and re-certification, supervision, rates, service definitions/clinical coverage policies, selection, training and oversight of providers, opportunities for peer-run programs and organizations, development of a PSS trade association, and salary, employment and equity issues for the NCCPSS workforce.
Peer Voice NC is bringing together strategic leaders inclusive of psychiatric survivors, people directly impacted by involuntary mental health treatment, and allies for recovery based alternatives.
This coalition will examine why, how, and to what extent forced treatment is being used in NC. Peer Voice NC is bringing together strategic leaders inclusive of psychiatric survivors, people directly impacted by involuntary mental health treatment, and allies for recovery based alternatives. Our main focus is to examine why, how, and to what extent forced treatment is being used in NC by:
- Utilizing existing training and resources on Psychiatric Advanced Directives (PAD) in order to create the most effective means of supporting individuals, families, and providers in upholding a psychiatric patient’s choice of treatment when confronted with involuntary hospitalization.
- Developing resources and information for individuals and families who are experiencing the turmoil of involuntary treatment. In doing so, RAFT will delineate the difference between treatment and recovery.
- Researching and developing an annotated listing of writings relevant to the topic of involuntary treatment, including statistics on the number of involuntary commitments in NC over the last ten years.
- Identifying existing alternatives to forced treatment that could be more widely implemented, as well as crisis alternatives being used elsewhere in North Carolina with positive outcomes. These include initiatives such as drop-in crisis centers, peer respite centers, crisis response units, and implementation of trauma-informed care in crisis settings.
Despite questions and concerns regarding the new PSS service definition and Clinical Coverage policy, the following Communication Bulletin has been released: PSS Joint Communication Bulletin
The Peer Support Standards Coalition did submit the following two documents/requests to NCDHHS, however has not received responses:
