Consumer and family member leaders, peers working in the system, and allied behavioral health services providers will come together to help define the role that consumer and family members will play in the county's design and delivery of services, as well as in defining its vision of recovery and wellness. This event is hosted by the Peer Recovery Collaborative in conjunction with the Office of Diversity and Equity and the Office of Consumer & Family Affairs of San Mateo County.
Summit Goals: To chart the path towards improving the role of peers, consumers and family members in the delivery of mental health and substance abuse services over the next 5 years. The summit will provide valuable information to create a plan with goals, objectives and concrete steps.
Summit Process: Participants will register for one of three Tracks to work on during the entire summit. (Please select only ONE of the options from the packages to the right of this form) They will attend their Track's morning workshops and later participate in the same Track's brainstorm and planning session.
The Summit Tracks are: (please register to attend only ONE track)
1. Advocacy ‐ How can consumers and family members inform and help guide the work of BHRS?
2. Creating Common Ground – What are the differences and the similarities between the roles of peers and providers? How can BHRS support peer/provider successful alliances and role transitions?
3. Workforce Development – How could BHRS take better advantage of the values, knowledge and skills that peers can bring to the workforce?
For more information regarding the program, please contact info@vorsmc.org
Cost: No cost to attend - registration required
Parking: Complementary
Sponsored by:
California Clubhouse, an evidence based organization,is a free and voluntary psychiatric rehabilitation program for adults 18+living in San Mateo County who suffer from severe mental illness. We are a membership-based service that creates a community of support through collegial relationships. We are committed to assisting members to think outside the self-limiting box of the influences a diminished self-confidence can bring; and to begin a strong and steady path towards recovery through education, employment, and socialization. One of our members says it best, "The Clubhouse gives me the enthusiasm to be an active participant in real life; in my own life!"
For more information visit our website at www.californiaclubhouse.org
Heart and Soul, Inc., provides peer-based support for people striving toward their own vision of mental health.
Founded in 2005, Heart and Soul Inc. is a peer-founded, operated and governed organization. Hosting over 7000 program visits per year, our Self Help Centers and Anti-stigma programming offers a variety of mental health recovery-oriented and wellness support opportunities for adults within San Mateo County. We recognize that everyone is on their own wellness path. Supporting our participants in taking a whole-person-centered approach towards their mental wellness is our goal. Through one on one, peer-to-peer counseling, self-help groups, mindfulness classes, art for wellness and our highly respected campaign, Seeing Through Stigma, we are changing the conversation from Diagnosis to Dialogue and shifting the focus from Mental Illness to Mental Resilience.
For more information visit our website at www.heartandsoulinc.org
National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), since its founding in 1974, NAMI San Mateo County (SMC) has dedicated itself to improving the quality of life for people with mental illness and their families through support, education and advocacy. NAMI SMC offers free education courses, support groups, presentations and provides advocacy throughout the community to all who have an interest in mental health issues, and need support either directly or indirectly.
For more information visit our website at www.namisanmateo.org
Office of Diversity and Equity (ODE) is dedicated to addressing health disparities, health inequities, and stigma in the areas of mental health and substance use, and supporting wellness and recovery among under served, unserved, and inappropriately served communities in San Mateo County. ODE was established within Behavioral Health and Recovery Services in 2009 primarily as an information and resource hub for data, training, dialogue and collaboration regarding diversity, inclusion and social justice.
The core values of ODE are:
· Cultural competence and cultural humility
· Shared and multicultural leadership
· Building bridges and sustainability of partnerships
· Forward and out-of-the-box thinking
· Advocacy and community capacity
· Using data to determine outcomes
For more information visit our website at www.smchealth.org/bhrs/ode
San Mateo County BHRS Office of Consumer and Family Affairs (OCFA ) is a team of culturally diverse consumers and family members with personal experience in the journey towards recovery from mental health and substance use challenges. Like many others, we have experienced the challenges and stigma of living with these issues.
Our mission is to provide ways for BHRS consumers/clients and their family members to participate and have a voice at every level of the system and to have access to the problem resolution process. We are dedicated to training and informing the Behavioral Health System about consumer and family culture, so that the strengths of each individual are supported.
For more information, visit our website at www.smchealth.org/support-clients-family
Voices of Recovery San Mateo County ( VORSMC) creates peer-led opportunities for education, wellness, advocacy and support services for individuals, in or in need of long term recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions equally sharing these opportunities and support services with impacted families.
· We support all community Recovery services and cultural organizations by welcoming community collaboration,participation and volunteers.
· VORSMC is for people seeking and maintaining long-term recovery from their own addictions and for those seeking long-term recovery from being affected by other people's addictions.
· We envision a world in which recovery from addition is both a commonplace and a celebrated reality, a world in which the entire spectrum of effective prevention, treatment and recovery support services are available and accessible to all who might benefit from them.
For more information visit our website at http://www.vorsmc.org