The Advocating Process (Core Competencies: 1.6; 1.9; 2.2; 2.7; 2.9; 2.10; 3.3; 3.7; 4.3; 4.4; 4.18; 4.19) Connecting, exploring, supporting, planning, and advocating are fundamental processes of certified peer specialist practice. The purpose of advocating is to bring about change at the team, agency, community, and systemic levels. There are several important areas of advocacy that certified peer specialists advance: co-advocating with a peer, advocating for professional needs in the workplace, advocating for clear understanding and support of the certified peer specialist role, and advocating for systems change. The concept of recovery provides a useful parallel for thinking about advocating. It is a process. There are multiple pathways forward. Resources are important. Self-care and community care is essential.
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