Peer wellness specialist means an individual who is responsible for assessing mental health service and support needs of the individual’s peers through community outreach, assisting individuals with access to available services and resources, addressing barriers to services and providing education and information about available resources and mental health issues in order to reduce stigmas and discrimination toward consumers of mental health services and to provide direct services to assist individuals in creating and maintaining recovery, health and wellness.
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who supports an individual in identifying behavioral health service and support needs through community outreach, assisting individuals with access to available services and resources, addressing barriers to services, and providing education and information about available resources and behavioral health issues in order to reduce stigma and discrimination toward consumers of behavioral health services and to provide direct services to assist individuals in creating and maintaining recovery, health, and wellness. A peer wellness specialist shall be:
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who meets qualification criteria adopted by
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Peer wellness specialist means an individual who is responsible for assessing mental
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who meets qualification criteria adopted by the authority under ORS 414.665 and who is responsible for assessing mental health and substance use disorder service and support needs of a member of a coordinated care organization through community outreach, assisting members with access to available services and resources, addressing barriers to services and providing education and information about available resources for individ- uals with mental health or substance use disorders in order to reduce stigma and discrimination toward consumers of mental health and substance use disorder services and to assist the member in creating and maintaining recovery, health and wellness.
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who meets qualifica-
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who assists behavioral health services consumers to reduce stigmas and discrimination and to provide direct services to assist individuals to create and maintain recovery, health and wellness by:
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who meets qualification criteria
Peer wellness specialist has the meaning provided for in OAR 309-019-0105.
Peer wellness specialist means an individual who is responsible for assessing mental health service and support needs of the individual’s Peers, through community outreach, assisting individuals with access to available services and resources, addressing barriers to services, and providing education and information about available resources and mental health issues, in order to reduce stigmas and discrimination toward consumers of mental health services, and to provide direct services, to assist individuals in creating and maintaining recovery, health and wellness. • Recovery from alcohol and drug problems is a process of change through which an individual achieves abstinence and improved health, wellness, and quality of life. • Recovery Centers are comprised of, and led, by people in Recovery from Substance Use Disorders, as defined in OAR 309-019-0105(97). The Recovery Centers maintain a structured daily schedule of activities where peer support services may be delivered and serve as Recovery resources for the local community. • Recovery Oriented System of Care (ROSC) means person-centered, and self-directed, approaches to care that build on the strengths and resilience of individuals, families, and communities to take responsibility for their sustained health, wellness, and recovery from alcohol and drug problems. • Substance Use Disorders (SUD) means the recurrent use of alcohol or drugs or both causing clinically and functionally significant impairment, such as health problems, disability, and failure to meet major responsibilities at work, school, or home. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), a diagnosis of substance use disorder is based on evidence of impaired control, social impairment, risky use, and pharmacological criteria.