NEW DATE!!!
MABPCB is presenting Ethics & Culture for Counselors on November 17, 2018 at Mountain Manor Westminster in Carroll County. 6 CEUs for recertification are offered. Room opens at 8:30am with seminar beginning at 8:45am. Cost is $80. Please see the following flyer for registration and payment information. Please use same registration and PayPal link.
Join the Baltimore Recovery Walk Committee for the 2018 Recovery Walk being held at historic Druid Hill Park from 4p – 8p. This is a FREE event for the entire family.
SAVE THE DATE! MAY 17 & 18, 2018
Registration and Details to Follow
EXCELLENT PART-TIME OPENING FOR CPRS IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY
– Addictions and Mental Health Center
– MedStar Montgomery Medical Center, Olney, MD
– 20 hours per week
– Mostly Evening
Responsible for support services to promote ongoing recovery efforts of patients within the Outpatient Addictions and Dual Diagnosis Treatment IOPs. Focus is on high-risk populations: opiate users, transitional age youth (TAY), multiple relapsers, and those who under-utilize community supports. Works directly with outpatients struggling with substance use and co-occurring disorders to identify and accept challenges and opportunities for recovery, reaching out in person and/or over the telephone to encourage goal attainment, problem solving and linking to appropriate community resources within the patient’s ability and means. Works directly under an RPS and within the treatment team. Please see link below to apply.
QUALIFICATIONS
– High School Diploma or Equivalent
– AA degree or higher preferred
– Ability to work with individuals with all types of substance use and co-occurring disorders at all stages of recovery from many different cultures and backgrounds.
CERTIFICATION
– Certified as a Peer Recovery Specialist by the Maryland Addiction & Behavioral-Health Professionals Certification Board, or near-ready to take the exam. Site can provide supervision for certification.
Link to the position:
https://www.healthcaresource.com/montgomerygeneral_i/index.cfm?fuseaction=search.jobDetails&template=dsp_job_details.cfm&cJobId=102099#
MABPCB will be hosting a 2 hour FREE information session for individuals who are interested in becoming a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist. January 30, 2018 from 11a – 1p @ Penn North Resource Center. Click on the flyer for more information FREE Information Session Flyer
Effective July 1, 2017, all Peer Supervisors are required to meet the new MABPCB Guidelines to become a Registered Peer Supervisor. Please review the new guidelines carefully before submitting your application RPS 2017 Revised Application
A free IC&RC study guide has been added to the CPRS page
DEA Warns of Local Overdose Outbreak
MHA is sending you this alert to notify you of the following message sent just before 2 p.m. this afternoon from the local arm of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency; please forward to those on your team that need to see it. In addition, DHMH Deputy Secretary Howard Haft notes the department is “aware that carfentanyl overdoses have occurred in Pennsylvania. It is not clear what the actual substance was in these cases.”
From DEA:
ALERT:
Please be aware that there were 7 heroin/opioid overdoses in the past two hours in Westminster, MD. Several of the victims related the locations where they purchased the potent drugs: near the Billie Holiday statue in west Baltimore, Monroe Street, Lexington Street, and Randallstown, MD. Please task your sources about this outbreak. If you have information concerning this event, please notify me and your local police agency.
Charles W. (Buck) Hedrick
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
Group Supervisor
Baltimore Intelligence Group
(410) 244-3444 (O)
(410) 365-3779 (M)
charles.w.hedrick@usdoj.gov
The Executive Director of the Behavioral Health Administration, Dr. Bazron, would like to hear your thoughts and views concerning the current status of peer support and how we can move forward to sustain, support and expand peer services within Maryland’s Behavioral Health System. Click the link to below if you have a desire to participate. Listening Session – Carroll County
