How to Become a Facilitator
Updated: Jul 31
The
National Group Facilitator Certificate
National Group Facilitator Certificate:
has been approved by Community and Peer Services, as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC provider #343538. Community and Peer Services is responsible for all aspects of the programming.
Facilitating an RRPS Group for the First Time is an Amazing Experience!
This program will walk you through facilitating at least 1 of the RRPS Whole Health programs and help you build effective communication and group development skills while you do it!
The process of facilitating your first groups through this certificate program is not just helping you facilitate RRPS groups. You can transfer these skills and what you learn during this training into a skill to facilitate most groups well!
Employers who understand the rigorous process CAPS uses to equip you as a skilled group facilitator will value your National Group Facilitator (NGF) Certificate.
Here, you pick up a curriculum, usually un-known to you, and go through a process of experiencing the program, getting an understanding of it, learning the skills to present well, and then putting it together to successfully present something you've never presented before!
All of this indicates something very important: you can learn never seen before curriculum - then ---> present it well.
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 group.
There are 4 programs/groups/classes
Radical Recovery Peer Support (RRPS) is for people who are experiencing general distress or a mental health challenge.
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 or substance use history. Driving Under the Influence is an example of one factor that might qualify a person for the Liberation program.
and RRPS For Those Who Served is for Veterans only who are either looking for recovery or wellness related support, or other Veterans who want to learn ways to support other Veterans.
Special Requirements to Become a Liberation, University, or Veteran Facilitator
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.
Alternatively - a waiver may be possible under certain conditions. If you would like a waiver, please contact us and put "waiver" in the subject line or as the reason.
For RRPS 4 Those Who Served - You must be a Veteran.
Alternatively, a waiver may be possible under certain conditions. If you would like a waiver, please contact us and put "waiver" in the subject line or as the reason.
For RRPS-University - a Facilitator must show proof that they have at least 25 credits of college experience, or that they have received at least a certification in a particular skill and have worked in that field for 3 years.
Step 2:
Self study (online) and a test
The self study course is all about learning the core competencies of Peer Support, facilitation skills, person first language, cultural perspectives, ethics, and a primer on handling crises.
These help us create an 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 group of Co-facilitators to present a group of 6 people while an Advanced Facilitator supervises. 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.
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 any 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 licensing 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.
There is a level of training you can achieve where you can train the Co-facilitators and Facilitators. If you are interested in this, contact us and put "Advanced Facilitator" in the subject line or as the reason.
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