Volunteer Peer Support Services

What is a Peer Support Volunteer?

A Peer Support Volunteer is an individual who offers others their time and support in hopes of empowering themselves and those with whom they share similar life experiences to embrace a life of recovery and service to others.

What does a Peer Support Volunteer with CforR do?

Our Peer Support Volunteers work with individuals seeking recovery from substance use and dual disorders by facilitating educational recovery programs and mutual support groups, and by acting as allies, role models, and advocates working to inspire trust and maintain confidences.

What are the principles of working as a Peer Support Volunteer?

Peer Support Volunteers work to maintain relationships of equality, understand that being helpful to others is also self-healing, empower themselves and others through the belief that recovery is possible, and advocate for support, skill development, self-help, and a sense of community.

Why does Peer Support work for people in recovery?

In sharing both our strengths and our vulnerabilities, we find we benefit from both the role of “helper” and “helpee”. By exploring varied ways of thinking about our experiences, we see peers as uniquely capable of relating to each other, listening with empathy & compassion, and offering support. By working in a “helper/helpee” capacity, we see ourselves through a model of lifelong recovery management and wellness.

Who can become a Peer Support Volunteer?

Any individual living with substance/alcohol abuse and/or dual disorder with a desire to live life in long term recovery and offer their time and support to others can become a Peer Support Volunteer.