Standards & Best Practices Flashcards

You realize a peer's situation is beyond your training (e.g., severe psychiatric symptoms). What is best practice?

Answer: Make a warm handoff referral to appropriate professionals and stay supportive

Specialists practice within scope and connect peers to appropriate services through warm handoffs.

Which goal is written in a person-centered, strengths-based way?

Answer: I want to rebuild my relationship with my daughter by attending her school events monthly

Person-centered goals use the peer's own words and focus on what they want to achieve.

Which term refers to the internal and external resources a person can draw on to start and sustain recovery?

Answer: Recovery capital

Recovery capital includes personal, social, community, and cultural resources that support recovery.

A coworker in recovery shows signs of relapse that affect their work with peers. What is the ethical step?

Answer: Address concerns per agency policy, such as speaking with them and/or informing a supervisor

Ethics codes require addressing impaired practice that could harm peers through proper channels.

Which use of language best follows recovery-oriented best practice?

Answer: 'A person with a substance use disorder'

Person-first, non-stigmatizing language reduces stigma and respects dignity.

A peer feels mistreated by a housing agency. What is the best advocacy action that supports empowerment?

Answer: Help the peer learn their rights and support them in speaking up for themselves

Peer advocacy emphasizes building self-advocacy skills while supporting the peer's own voice.

Using social media, a current peer sends you a friend request. What is best practice?

Answer: Decline per agency policy to maintain professional boundaries

Most ethics guidelines advise against personal social media connections with peers to protect boundaries and confidentiality.