Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Groups
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Meghan Chambers

Orlando,FL

Summary

As a Recovery Peer Support Specialist I use my own unique lived experience with substance use & child welfare to connect with clients on a deeper level and help them navigate their own journey towards recovery & reunification. My passion is helping others to heal and live their best lives possible because recovery is possible.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Parent Advocate

Parents for Strong Foundations
08.2021 - Current
  • Identifies barriers and develop strategies to eliminate those barriers.
  • Displays opens communication representing the concerns and needs of parent.
  • Representing group at conferences and speaking on lived experience.


Recovery Peer Support Specialist

Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida
09.2020 - Current


  • Works with peers to identify wellness & recovery goals
  • Works with community agencies on behalf of the client
  • Identifies barriers to full participation, and develop strategies to eliminate those barriers
  • Keep detailed written documentation including progress notes into computer & filling out proper documents
  • Attend & positively participate in any required team, agency & interdisciplinary meetings
  • Coordinated referrals for addiction services based on individual client needs and preferences.
  • Facilitate weekly support group.

Education

High school diploma -

James W. Mitchell High School
New Port Richey, FL
06.2003

Skills

  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Crisis Intervention
  • Family advocacy
  • Mentoring
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Individual / Group Counseling
  • Presentation Skills
  • Crisis intervention
  • Client advocacy

Accomplishments

Presentations or Panels

  • DCF Summit (Parent Panel)-Orlando-Sept 2023
  • Child Welfare League of America Conference-Washington D.C- April 2023
  • Florida 7th Annual Perinatal Mental Health Conference-Tampa-Dec 2022
  • Florida ECC FDDC All- Sites Meeting- May 2024 Spoke on panel.


Certification

  • Mental Health First Aid, 11/01/20, Learned risk factors & warning signs for mental illness & addiction concerns. Strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis.
  • Helping Others Heal, 12/01/20, 40 HR FCB- CERTIFICATION # 5257A. Necessary training for CRPS. This curriculum addresses the approved Florida Certification Board four content areas Advocacy, Mentoring, Recovery Support, and Professional Responsibility.
  • WRAP Wellness Recovery Action Plan, 11/01/20, 16 HR CERT # 5257-A. Necessary training for CRPS. The WRAP process supports you to identify the tools that keep you well & create action plans to put them into practice in your everyday life.
  • WHAM Whole Health Action Management, 06/01/21, I AM A CERTIFIED FACILITATOR. The goal of Whole Health Action Management WHAM is to teach skills to support peers to better self-manage physical health.
  • Telebehavioral Health Training, 07/01/21, Client care in virtual environment- 3hrs. Technology & Telepresence- 1hr. Special legal, Regulatory & Ethical Responsibilities in a virtual environment-2hrs.
  • Emotional CPR, 07/01/21, Emotional CPR (eCPR) is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps: C = Connecting, P = emPowering, and R = Revitalizing.
  • QPR Gatekeeper, 07/01/21, QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer - the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
  • CRSS Certified Recovery Support Specialist, 03/01/22, Completed all necessary trainings for my CRSS, I did my trainings with LSF.
  • CULTURAL COMPETENCY, 06/01/21, 4 HRS CERT # 5257-A.
  • CRPS Certified Recovery Specialist, 12/01/20, Completed all my necessary trainings and hours for certification.
  • Parent Group Leader Training, 06/01/21, The Incredible Years: Parents, Teachers & Children Training Series.

Groups

  • PATH Parent Advocates for Transformation and Healing, 05/01/23-9/01/24, Florida Statewide Parent Leader Board (PATH) Parent Advocates for Transformation & Healing. We are courageous leaders as we advance justice-centered transformation while influencing institutions to create new pathways where investing in families is the priority.

Timeline

Parent Advocate

Parents for Strong Foundations
08.2021 - Current

Recovery Peer Support Specialist

Ninth Judicial Circuit of Florida
09.2020 - Current
  • Mental Health First Aid, 11/01/20, Learned risk factors & warning signs for mental illness & addiction concerns. Strategies for how to help someone in both crisis and non-crisis.
  • Helping Others Heal, 12/01/20, 40 HR FCB- CERTIFICATION # 5257A. Necessary training for CRPS. This curriculum addresses the approved Florida Certification Board four content areas Advocacy, Mentoring, Recovery Support, and Professional Responsibility.
  • WRAP Wellness Recovery Action Plan, 11/01/20, 16 HR CERT # 5257-A. Necessary training for CRPS. The WRAP process supports you to identify the tools that keep you well & create action plans to put them into practice in your everyday life.
  • WHAM Whole Health Action Management, 06/01/21, I AM A CERTIFIED FACILITATOR. The goal of Whole Health Action Management WHAM is to teach skills to support peers to better self-manage physical health.
  • Telebehavioral Health Training, 07/01/21, Client care in virtual environment- 3hrs. Technology & Telepresence- 1hr. Special legal, Regulatory & Ethical Responsibilities in a virtual environment-2hrs.
  • Emotional CPR, 07/01/21, Emotional CPR (eCPR) is an educational program designed to teach people to assist others through an emotional crisis by three simple steps: C = Connecting, P = emPowering, and R = Revitalizing.
  • QPR Gatekeeper, 07/01/21, QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer - the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide.
  • CRSS Certified Recovery Support Specialist, 03/01/22, Completed all necessary trainings for my CRSS, I did my trainings with LSF.
  • CULTURAL COMPETENCY, 06/01/21, 4 HRS CERT # 5257-A.
  • CRPS Certified Recovery Specialist, 12/01/20, Completed all my necessary trainings and hours for certification.
  • Parent Group Leader Training, 06/01/21, The Incredible Years: Parents, Teachers & Children Training Series.

High school diploma -

James W. Mitchell High School
Meghan Chambers