How to Become a Facilitator

How to Become an RRPS Facilitator

Step - 1:

To become an RRPS Facilitator, you must first, participate in an RRPS group. You cannot become a Facilitator for each of the different groups by only participating in one type of group. In order to qualify as a Facilitator of a specific group, a potential Facilitator has to participate in that specific group.

There are three different programs or groups. Radical Recovery Peer Support (RRPS), RRPS-University, and RRPS-Liberation. RRPS is for people who are experiencing general distress. RRPS-University is for people experiencing distress but who are either attempting a form of education beyond k-12, or who are thinking about doing so. RRPS-Liberation is for people with a criminal history that includes Driving Under the Influence.

For RRPS Liberation, you must have at least one of the following: a substance use history or a criminal record to be able to be an RRPS Liberation facilitator.

For RRPS-University, a Facilitator must show proof that they have at least 25 credits of college experience, or that they have received a certification in a particular skill and have worked in that field for 3 years.

For the RRPS program specifically, other than RRPS-University or RRPS-Liberation, there are no background requirements to become a Facilitator.

Step 2:

*After personally participating in a group, you will complete an online courses, which is self study (online) and a test. The self study course is all about learning the core competencies of Peer Support; the videos are about learning basic facilitation skills and person first language, cultural perspectives, ethics, and a primer on handling crises. These help us create and engaging and safe space for people to share their experiences and bond as a social group.

After completing the online course work, the co-facilitation training will begin. co-facilitation training involves working with a partner to present while an Advanced Level facilitator supervises while you present to a group of 6 people. This would be done on a recorded Zoom session so the recording can be viewed to make sure the presentation process went smoothly. The advanced facilitator will grade you on whether you met all objectives during presentation.

To access the instructors guide which offers other insights and steps that might not be apparent in the classes actual powerpoint, please click here. You can begin studying this at any time and contact us when you want to complete your hands on demonstration for co-facilitator training and you have completed to online coursework.

Step 3:

After becoming a co-facilitator you can become a solo facilitator. A solo facilitator will demonstrate the ability to complete all tasks on their own in a hands on presentation to 6 students. This is different from taking turns accomplishing successive steps with a co-facilitation partner.

A potential Facilitator may need to find participants for their training group. We cannot guarantee that we will have willing participants. We suggest trying to network with others in the mental health recovery, substance use recovery, or criminal Reentry fields such as Peer Supporters, or Forensic Peer Supporters via your social media.

Step 4:

Maintain certification.

A facilitator or cofacilitator will offer at least 3 groups per year in the RRPS Whole Health model. They must maintain at least a 7 out of 10 rating and offer all participants an opportunity to file a review on canvas while offering any support or technical assistance required for the participant to be able to fill out the review if desired. A facilitator will also be responsible to pay a $100 annual fee to be able to facilitate any course of which they are a facilitator.

Finally:

Providing groups without our permission (without being a Facilitator) violates copyright law.