Coweta Force peer Anna completes CARES Academy recovery specialist training
CARES training, run by the Georgia Council for Recovery and the state behavioral health department, is for people who have lived recovery themselves.
Anna just finished CARES Academy 86 through the Georgia Council for Recovery and the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities. CARES stands for Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist.
Coweta Force says the training is for people who have walked the road themselves and want to help others walk it, the idea behind peer support. Anna already does that work, and now she has the training to go with it.
The group invites anyone who thinks their own story could help someone else to ask about the training.
From Coweta Force· Instagram · Oct 16
Open the post“Anna just finished CARES Academy 86 through the Georgia Council for Recovery and Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities . CARES stands for Certified Addiction Recovery Empowerment Specialist. It’s a training for people who’ve walked the road themselves and want to help others walk it. That’s the whole idea behind peer support. The person sitting across from you has been where you are. Anna already does that work. Now she has the training to go with it. We’re proud of her. If you’ve ever thought your own story could help someone else, this is one way to make that real. Ask us about it. #CowetaFORCE #FORTroup #CowetaRecovers #GARecovers #RecoveryIsPossible #RecoveryCommunity #peersupport #communitiesrecover #RecoveryisReal #CARES86”
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