The WVAADC Peer Assistance Team
No one is immune to the possibility of addictive disease. Many of us working in the addiction prevention and recovery field are, ourselves, recovering individuals. The West Virginia Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors want to reach out to our “professional family” and provide help when needed.
The Peer Assistance Team provides confidential professional services to any addiction professional whose functioning is impaired due to chemical dependency or other physical or emotional difficulties.
Our goal is to enable the impaired individual to maintain or return his/her functioning to a competent and professional level.
We are also available to assist family members, friends and colleagues who wish to help the impaired individual.
WVAADC’s Peer Assistance program is free and totally confidential. Services may include, but are not limited to:
- Intervention
- Assessment
- Referral for Treatment and Community Support
- Support and Advice for Family, Friends and Colleagues
If you would like to become a member of the Peer Assistance Team, find out more about our program, or get help for yourself or a loved one, please contact a team member, listed below.
Joe Deegan -jdeegan911@gmail.com – 304 – 951-2807
Linda Mealey -lindainwv@live.com – 304-472-6129
WVAADC Peer Assistance Team
Approved by Board 4/17/2020
Policies and Procedures:
The Chair of the Peer Assistance Team shall be appointed by the President with the approval of the Board of Directors. The Chair of the team will report to and confer with the WVAADC President regarding matters addressed by the team.
The Chair of the Team or the President may appoint members to the team. The Chair in conjunction with team members is responsible to provide intervention, support and/or advice to impaired WVAADC members as needed. The Chair may be a WVVAADC Board member or WVAADC Association member at the discretion of the WVAADC President.
- The team shall be responsible for the continued development, implementation and evaluation of a Peer Assistance Program so that addiction professionals and peer recovery support specialists whose functioning my be impaired due to substance use disorder or other physical, emotional impairments may receive peer assistance, intervention, support, advice and/or referrals so that their functioning may be restored and/or improved to a level of competence to perform the duties related to their role(s). The Peer Assistance Program is also designed to provide support, advice and/or direction regarding ethical and/or boundary concerns related to a person’s role.
- The WVAADC President will oversee the Peer Assistance Team if an issue arises.
Peer Assistance Team
Terms: all committee appointees will serve for (1) year
Bylaws state:
The Chair of the Peer Assistance Team shall be appointed by the president with the approval of the Board of Directors. The team shall be responsible for the continued development, implementation and evaluation of a Peer Assistance Program so that addiction professionals and peer recovery support specialists whose functioning may be impaired due to substance use disorder or other physical, emotional impairments may receive peer assistance, intervention, support, advice and/or referrals so that their functioning may be restored and/or improved to a level of competence to perform the duties related to their role(s). The Peer Assistance Program is also designed to provide support, advice and/or direction regarding ethical and/or boundary concerns related to a person’s role.