Jenna Cooper

● Use lived experience and peer-to-peer support to build trusting relationships, promote hope and self-advocacy, and encourage individuals to work towards their short and long-term recovery goals.

● Encourage individuals to recognize personal strengths, build natural supports, increase community involvement, and practice coping skills that promote recovery and stability.

● Maintain accurate, timely, and objective documentation of peer support services in accordance with Medicaid documentation requirements.

• Research and coordinate appropriate community

resources based on each individual’s identified barriers, needs and recovery goals.

• Applies the skills learned in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) in daily life such as, mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
• Researched and utilized community resources such as Medicaid, Trillium, food stamps, Market Place, Re-Entry, NC Works, RCS, clothing closets, food banks, rental assistance, Career Fairs, and the Volt Center.
• Attends Relapse Prevention Groups as well as 12 Step Meetings to maintain personal recovery.

• Helped connect residents with community resources and support.
• Promoted recovery and wellness through support, understanding, lived experience, mutual support,and respect.

• Utilized patience and implemented creative, hands-on techniques to improve students' fine motor skills and daily task completion.
• Supported students during community activities to promote inclusion and foster independence.
• Cultivated trust and maintained a supportive environment.