What is the deadline for uploading my CE certificates to DBHDID TRIS to maintain my Peer Certification?

You must complete six hours of training each year by the day before your yearly deadline. It is recommended that you upload them right away, however you have extra time to do that. The most important thing is that you complete the training before your deadline and that your certificates include your training completion dates.

How do I upload my CE certificates to TRIS?

Upload your certificates to https://tris.dbhdid.ky.gov/

For more information on how to do this, see our on-demand training entitled DBHDID TRIS - What is it and how does it work?

What are the requirements for becoming an Adult Peer Support Specialist in Kentucky?

• You must be 18 years or older.

• You must have documentation of your High School diploma or GED

• You must have a current or past diagnosis of a mental-health, substance-use, or co-occurring mental-health and substance-use disorders and have received or be currently receiving treatment.

• You need to be able to demonstrate a pattern of recovery from your mental-health, substance-use, or co-occurring mental-health and substance-use disorders.

• You must agree to be open about the fact that you have been diagnosed with a mental illness and/or have a history of substance use and be willing to share that history to help educate others about the reality of recovery.

• You must successfully complete a state-approved Kentucky Adult Peer Support Specialist Certification training and pass the final exam. You can find information on the BCPE Peer Certification Training here.
  

How long is Adult Peer Certification training?

Currently, Kentucky law requires prospective peers to complete a 30-hour training and pass both a written and oral test.

How can I learn more about Kentucky Peer Certification?

Find more information from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services.

What kind of work do peers do?

Peers do a wide range of work. They listen and validate a client’s experience. They share their recovery story. They lead support groups. They help clients find needed resources or learn to live in the community. Peers help clients maintain their health, build a stable life, find purpose, and build relationships. And they help make the organizations they work in more recovery-focused, person-centered, and trauma-informed.

Since organizations differ in the services they offer, a peer’s job will look different depending on where they work, but the work should reflect these core competencies established by SAMHSA.