Peer Bridger definition

Peer Bridger means a trained Peer Support specialist who offers Peer Support services to participants in state hospitals and inpatient mental health facilities prior to discharge and after their return to their communities. The Peer Bridger must be an employee of a behavioral health agency licensed by DOH that provides Recovery services.
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Peer Bridger means a trained Peer Support Specialist who has personally dealt with a major mental health condition and is successfully managing his or her Recovery. He or she has overcome many of the challenges facing people with mental illnesses discharged from a state Hospital, making him or her uniquely qualified to support Consumers on their Recovery journey.
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Examples of Peer Bridger in a sentence

  • The Peer Bridger is not a case manager, discharge planner or a crisis worker.

  • The hand-off between the Peer Bridger and the community behavioral health provider who is providing mental health services will be gradual and based on the Individual’s needs and their person-centered plan.

  • However, the Peer Bridger can bring the Individual’s perspective into the provision of those services.

  • The Peer Bridger will transition from spending time on social support and begin offering assistance with independent living skills, coping skills and community adjustment skills.

  • The Peer Bridger will work with an average of six to twelve (6-12) program Individuals.

  • If the regions’ Peer Bridger team(s) are not fully staffed, monthly invoices will be prorated.

  • The anticipated duration of in-community Peer Bridger services is 120 days with extensions granted by the BH-ASO on a case-by-case basis.

  • The Peer Bridger may be identified as a non-crisis resource in the plan.

  • The Peer Bridger shall facilitate a “warm hand-off’’ to the behavioral health agency chosen by the Individual.

  • The Peer Bridger should also help Individuals prepare for appointments and identify questions or comments the Individual might have for the provider.

Related to Peer Bridger

  • Peer Group means the group of companies, as more particularly set forth on attached Exhibit A, against which the Relative Total Shareholder Return of the Company is measured over the Incentive Period.

  • Operating Company Number (OCN) means the numeric Company Code assigned by NECA identifying CLEC as a Resale or UNE provider.

  • Earned value management system means an earned value management system that complies with the earned value management system guidelines in the ANSI/EIA-748.