Navigating Ethics and Boundaries as Peer Professionals
for Certified Peer Support Professionals
Presented by Tim Saubers
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Videos
The following video is Tim Saubers’ training on “Navigating Ethics and Boundaries as Peer Professionals.” This presentation introduces ethics and boundaries in behavioral healthcare through the lens of peer recovery support specialists.
Navigating Ethics & Boundaries as Peer Professionals
(Tim Saubers)
Description:
In this training, participants are invited to learn about ethics and boundaries in behavioral healthcare through the lens of peer recovery support specialists. We revisit and define universal peer values, explore how our individual morals impact how we make decisions in ethical situations, and look at a tool that can help guide us to provide a framework for decision-making. Finally, participants will put everything together and work through several common ethical scenarios in order to put their skills into practice.
Date Presented: Thurs., Apr. 13, 2023 1:00pm – 4:00pm (Central)
Date Training Expires: Apr. 13, 2025
Objectives:
- Define at least three core peer values.
- Utilize the Ethics and Boundaries Decision-Making Triangle tool.
- Articulate how ethics in peer support differ from ethics in other behavioral health professions.
Supporting Material
About the Speaker
Tim Saubers
Tim Saubers is a person with lived experience with both mental health and substance use challenges who got his start as a Wisconsin Certified Peer Specialist in 2016, and has worked in direct support and supervisory roles. He previously managed Wisconsin’s Certified Peer Specialist state certification program.
Currently, he serves as the Program Coordinator for Workforce Development at the Peer Recovery Center of Excellence while also providing consultation centered on curriculum and exam development, research, and programmatic design.