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The Peer Company (formerly Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon)
The Peer Company exists to prove lived experience is essential expertise that connects people to recovery pathways and opportunities to lead and give back. We build stronger communities through learning, transformation, and the deep power of belonging.
We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership.
We believe that all individuals who experience mental health and/or addiction challenges can recover. And that each individual’s recovery journey and process is unique to that person.
We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership.
We believe that all individuals who experience mental health and/or addiction challenges can recover. And that each individual’s recovery journey and process is unique to that person.
Purpose
The Peer Company promotes self-directed recovery for people with lived experience of mental health and addiction through providing peer support services and training for the peer workforce.
Vision
The Peer Company is committed to promoting self-directed recovery and wellness for all individuals. We honor lived experiences. We support people wherever they are on their journey, free from judgment, or agenda.
We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership.
We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership. By equipping real people with the tools and support they need, we can help them navigate self-empowerment and achieve lasting recovery.
We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership.
We support these aims through education, advocacy, recovery peer services, training, technical assistance, community collaboration, and through developing the peer workforce and leadership. By equipping real people with the tools and support they need, we can help them navigate self-empowerment and achieve lasting recovery.
Mission
The Peer Company exists to prove lived experience is essential expertise that connects people to recovery pathways and opportunities to lead and give back. We build stronger communities through learning, transformation, and the deep power of belonging.
Additional Culture Details
Janie Gullickson, The Peer Company’s Executive Director:
“The Peer Company is an organization where team members in most positions openly identify with and understand what it is like to struggle with mental health, addiction, trauma, and recovery. We have 'been there, done that' too and we support each other and those we serve through that lens. It brings an authenticity and vulnerability to the workplace that is refreshing and unique."
Terry Leckron-Myers, Senior Director of Peer Delivered Services:
"The Peer Company is an inclusive organization that invites the choices and voices of all our staff. We honor the lived experience of all people and love to lift up their superpowers as well as give many opportunities for professional development for professional and personal growth."
Aniel Yates, Director of People & Culture:
"The Peer Company is a place where I get to be authentically myself, and be respected no matter what walk of life I come from. That is valuable to me."
“The Peer Company is an organization where team members in most positions openly identify with and understand what it is like to struggle with mental health, addiction, trauma, and recovery. We have 'been there, done that' too and we support each other and those we serve through that lens. It brings an authenticity and vulnerability to the workplace that is refreshing and unique."
Terry Leckron-Myers, Senior Director of Peer Delivered Services:
"The Peer Company is an inclusive organization that invites the choices and voices of all our staff. We honor the lived experience of all people and love to lift up their superpowers as well as give many opportunities for professional development for professional and personal growth."
Aniel Yates, Director of People & Culture:
"The Peer Company is a place where I get to be authentically myself, and be respected no matter what walk of life I come from. That is valuable to me."
Values
- Recovery Is Possible For All
- At The Peer Company, we believe that all individuals who experience mental health and/or addiction challenges can recover and that recovery, its journey, and its process are unique to the individual.