Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification Training (80 hrs.)

Certified Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Training

80 hours/Live Webinar & Self-Paced

Experienced trainers lead the 80-hour CMPSS Training that covers the 17 core competencies required to successfully prepare for the California Peer Support Specialist exam to achieve certification and implement effective strategies for service delivery. 

Peers have a transformative effect on client care and use their valuable lived experiences to help others navigate and progress in their own recovery process. Pacific Clinics has led professional development courses aligning with peer empowerment, respect, and resiliency principles for over 25 years.

Courses are interactive and held via Zoom offered through a combination of live webinars with lectures, skills exercises, small group and open guided discussion, and self-paced training modules. We offer a curriculum that fosters inclusion, resource sharing, and belonging. You will achieve confidence and competence to become a CMPSS, and once certified qualify to enroll in the specialty training programs.

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Training Method: Online, Live Webinar, Hybrid and Custom (Custom trainings are available for organizations with a minimum of 15 participants – custom session dates can be in-person at your site, online, or hybrid based on availability – travel and lodging costs charged separately for onsite training)
Training Modality: Cohort Style with Self-Paced Individual Learning
Training Location (for hybrid attendance only): Pacific Clinics Recovery Education Institute (must be an Orange County resident) 401 South Tustin Street, Bldg. B, Orange, CA 92866
Training Length: 80 hours (54 hours live webinar & 26 hours self-paced)
Registration Capacity: 50 students maximum per cohort
Training Dates: January 13, 2025 – February 20, 2025
Training Hours: The course will consist of nine (9) self-paced sessions on some Mondays & Wednesdays and 18 live webinars are held Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

If you have any questions, please contact us at peercert@pacificclinics.org.
Mary Cline, Training Administrator
626-701-4622
(Mon-Fri 8:00am – 4:00pm)