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Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group [ Online / By Phone ] - Palumbo Rec
2023-01-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Online, United States
The Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group is a group to help loss survivors cope, connect, and work toward healing. Trained group facilitators are suicide loss survivors who know firsthand how difficult it can be to find your way after losing someone to suicide. The group is open to anyone 18 years or older who is grieving a loss due to suicide.
The group is free, confidential, and meets the second Wednesday of each month. For more information, please contact philadelphiasptf@phila.gov
COVID19 Update: We want to prioritize your health and safety while still offering our support in your grief. In response to the social distancing guidance from the Center for Disease Control, we will host support groups online and by phone.
Fourth Tuesday of each month, 7pm (previously held at Palumbo Rec)
Join the Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 850 7870 0472
Dial In: (646) 931-3860 and enter Meeting ID: 85078700472#

UrStorytellers Storytelling Training
2023-01-27 09:30 - 13:30 | Philadelphia Recovery Community Center, 1701 W. Lehigh Ave., Pavilion Unit 6, Philadelphia, PA, 19132, United States
Storytelling is a training facilitated by UrStorytellers in collaboration with the City of Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility Services (DBHIDS). This training is one of many approved prerequisites for applicants who want to become Certified Peer Specialists. Our goal is to inform the recovery and faith-based communities on how to share their stories and the importance of sharing them in community settings. This training will be 4 hours long, delivered in a power point format, and interactive activities enhance this training. After the training, all participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Sharing the Warmth Bundle Up 2.0
2023-01-28 10:00 - 13:00 | Philadelphia Sheriff's Office and Catholica Community Services Winter Coat Distribution, 1926 Grant Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19115, United States
The Philadelphia Sheriff’s Office and Catholic Community Services is hosting a winter coat distribution event January 28, 2023 from 10am to 1pm. There will be new coats, hats and gloves for distribution to those who attend the event. Light refreshments will be provided as well as an opportunity to take a free Mental Health Screening assessment provided by DBHIDS and St. Francis and St. Joseph Out-Patient Clinic. Please come and join us!

Saturday Afternoon Respite
2023-01-28 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-04 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-11 12:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-18 12:00 - 17:00 | Shane Victorino Nicetown Boys & Girls Club, 1721 West Hunting Park Ave, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, United States
Caring for a child with behavioral health needs can be demanding. Take a break. Respite care is short-term care for children ages 6-17. Children with a behavioral health diagnosis are eligible for short-term care.

Southeast Asian Community Day
2023-01-30 10:00 - 14:00 | Washington Square Park, 604 S. Washington Sq., Philadelphia, 19106, United States
Community Day for all to celebrate the Chinese New Year of 2023. Supporting all populations, including clients with language differences. Cambodian, Laotian, Vietnamese, and Chinese Supports will be available.
Supplies, Food & Resources will be available.
You can also find: Prevention Program, KITHS Inc., The Veterans MultiService Center, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, HUP Cedar, and more!
Hall Mercer will be providing Behavioral health screenings.

Philadelphia Peer Leadership Academy
2023-01-30 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-06 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-13 18:00 - 20:00, 2023-02-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Philadelphia Recovery Training Center (PRTC), 520 N. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19123-4229, United States
PPLA is a 10-session course for peers seeking to cultivate leadership skills and help to shape and refine the behavioral health system. Candidate selection is based on their stated commitment to recovery, their motivation, and their interest in the recovery transformation movement.
Applicant Criteria
– Have lived experience in recovery
– Provide a professional recommendation
– Live or work in Philadelphia
– Attend all ten classes
Dates: Every Monday evening Jan. 9 to March 13, 2023, from 6 to 8 p.m.*
*Due to the holiday classes will take place Tuesday, Jan. 17th and Feb. 21st

Supporting Youth Recovery CRS Training Program
2023-01-31 09:30 - 17:00, 2023-02-07 09:30 - 17:00, 2023-02-14 09:30 - 17:00, 2023-02-21 09:30 - 17:00 | Philadelphia Recovery Training Center (PRTC), 520 N. Columbus Blvd., Philadelphia, PA, 19123-4229, United States
The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc. (The Council) will offer the Supporting Youth Recovery: Peer Paraprofessional Certificate in Supporting Youth Recovery program. Unique to this program is the enhanced version of Pennsylvania Certification Board (PCB) approved standardized Recovery Specialist (RS) Training to prepare peer paraprofessionals to include addressing the unmet behavioral health needs of children, adolescents, and young adults with a substance use disorder (SUD) and their families to provide RS to youth and young adults in recovery from a SUD and their families.

Virtual Conference – The Rise of Resilience: Living Through Trauma and Disruptive Events
2023-02-02 10:00 - 17:00 | Online, United States
MindWise Innovations and Riverside Trauma Center – services of Riverside Community Care invite you to attend our 12th annual virtual conference on building strength and resiliency.
Our 2023 event will bring together leaders, employers, health and human service workers, educators, and government officials to discuss how trauma intersects topics such as diversity, equity, productivity, growth, and the humanization of work; while sharing new strategies to help individuals and organizations build resilience and create sustainable models of support and change.
Notable speakers such as Preston Mitchum, Director of Advocacy and Government Affairs, The Trevor Project, Dr. Sheretta Butler-Barnes, Associate Professor of Social Work at Washington University, Carmen Rosa Norona, MS. Ed, LICSW, Child Trauma Services & Training Lead, Boston Medical Center, Margaret Blaunstein, Ph.D., Director, Center for Trauma Training, Inc.,, and more, will be talking about:
*Roadmap to Resilience: The Critical Role of Strength-Based Assets in the Lives of Black Youth, where our speakers will demonstrate how to use an empowerment and culturally responsive lens in working with Black youth following the COVID 19 pandemic;
*Shifting the Lens for Childhood Trauma Treatment: Cultivating Resilience, where our speakers will highlight the ways that stress shapes developmental pathways; reframe the role and function of problematic behaviors; highlight the critical importance of engaging from a stance of strength and empowerment; highlight core developmental capacities that support resilient outcomes; and
*Mitigating the Impact of Trauma for Individuals, Families, and Communities, where our panel of clinicians will share the ways in which they help people build resilience, and cope and respond after experiencing a wide range of difficult events.
CE units will be available for this event.

Be Well Black Men Talk Group
2023-02-02 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-09 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-16 16:00 - 17:00, 2023-02-23 16:00 - 17:00 | Online, United States
Hosted by 11th Street Family Health Services, this is a 7-session series, exploring contemporary topics that shape the norms and unique experiences of Black men. The goal of this group is to support Black men through free-flowing discussion. While also unpacking the many factors that influence overall wellbeing. To join: http://tinyurl.com/BeWellBlackMan

PDPH SUPHR: Overdose Prevention and Reversal Training
2023-02-07 12:00 - 14:00, 2023-02-15 17:30 - 19:30 | Online, United States
*Trigger Warning*: This training involves detailed discussions of drug use, overdoses, and demonstrations on how to use Narcan. If you have any concerns, please feel free to email SUPHR staff at overdose.prevention@phila.gov
This training provides background information and data on opioid use, Philadelphia’s drug supply, and overdoses in our city. There is also a detailed description of how to recognize and respond to an opioid-related overdose with naloxone, or Narcan. The training is approximately 1.5 hours with an additional 15 minutes for questions.
You can choose to have Narcan discreetly mailed to you after the training. We aim to prioritize our Narcan supply for those with the least access to Narcan and those most likely to witness an overdose. If you have the resources to acquire Narcan on your own, please consider going to your local pharmacy to get it.

UrStorytellers Story Telling Training
2023-02-08 09:30 - 13:30 | Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1411 South 50th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143, Philadelphia, PA, 19143, United States
Storytelling is a training facilitated by UrStorytellers in collaboration with the City of Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services (DBHIDS). This training is one of many approved prerequisites for applicants who want to become Certified Peer Specialists. Our goal is to inform the recovery and faith-based communities on how to share their stories and the importance of sharing them in community settings. This training will be 3 hrs. at length, delivered in a power point format, and interactive activities enhance this training. After the training, all participants will receive a certificate of completion.

Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group [ Online / By Phone ] - Methodist Hospital
2023-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Online, United States
The Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Group seeks to help loss survivors cope, connect, and work toward healing. Trained group facilitators are suicide loss survivors who know firsthand how difficult it can be to find your way after losing someone to suicide. The group is open to anyone 18 years or older who is grieving a loss due to suicide.
The group is free and confidential. For more information, please contact philadelphiasptf@phila.gov
COVID19 Update: We want to prioritize your health and safety while still offering our support in your grief. In response to the social distancing guidance from the Center for Disease Control, we hosting support groups online and by phone.
Second Wednesday of each month, 7pm (previously held at Methodist Hospital)
Join the Zoom Meeting
Meeting ID: 873 0275 6074
Password: [REDACTED]
Dial In: (646) 931-3860 and enter Meeting ID: 87302756074#

Supporting Youth and Young Adults Training (Sponsored by DBHIDS)
2023-02-13 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-02-14 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-02-15 13:00 - 15:00, 2023-02-16 13:00 - 15:00 | Mental Health Partnernships, 833 Chestnut St Suite 1100, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, United States
This 8-hour course provides the participants with the necessary knowledge and skills to conduct CPS work with young adults. Its design incorporates young adult learning strategies and principles, promotes critical thinking, and self-directed and experiential learning to replicate the practice of recovery and peer support. The course centers on the recovery model of behavioral health and on the core values and practices guiding peer-to-peer emotional and psychological wellness. Providing peer support for young adults requires an additional generational lens as well as an understanding of the intersections that define systems of care. This training structure promotes independence, advocacy and activism, self-awareness and reflection and a critical analysis of the impact of social determinants on the health and well-being of self and others.

UrStorytellers Storytelling Training
2023-02-24 09:30 - 13:30 | ENON Tabernacle Baptist Church, 2800 Cheltenham Ave., Philadelphia, PA, 19150, United States
Storytelling is a training that is facilitate by Ur Storytellers in collaboration with the City Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services. This is one of many training that has been approved as a required prerequisite for applicants who want to pursue goals of becoming a Certified Peer Specialist.
