Individual Involvement
Why be a member?
- Be part of a community of practice committed to your values and practice.
- Learn new skills and have access to an online resource library of lessons, webinars, and journal articles.
- Demonstrate your competency in providing PSR Recovery-oriented services by earning your Certified PSR Recovery Practitioner designation.
- Earn a micro-credential endorsed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada to broaden your employability.
Organizational Membership
Become an organizational member if you:
- Have difficulty recruiting appropriately skilled employees.
- Desire to support current and new staff in providing evidence-based quality services.
- Are interested in supporting your staff to upskill and increase their scope of practice.
- Are dedicated to quality improvement through standards from accreditation bodies, including Accreditation Canada.
- Want to be part of a national knowledge exchange; find the evidence for initiatives in our online resource library.
- Want to be endorsed as a PSR recovery-oriented organization.
Benefits of becoming an organizational member
- Each member of your organization can have an individual account, giving them access to all PSR Canada resources.
- Every account member can apply for the micro-credential PSR Recovery Practitioner Certification. This designation can assure employers that their staff have the required competencies to provide PSR Recovery services.
- Accreditation standards of quality – like Health Services Organization / Accreditation Canada – require recovery-oriented services and client inclusion throughout all aspects of the organization. The online resource library includes initiatives, tools and guidance.
- As endorsing the organizational code of ethics, each organization is listed on our website as providing recovery-oriented services.
- The organizational membership allows organizations to upload to their own account educational modules and resources for their account members.
- Lessons such as Recovery and PSR 101 provide orientation for new staff members with built-in knowledge review through brief quizzes.
- A community of practice discussion forum allows members to share innovations and ask questions.
- Consultation with PSR Canada volunteers and others regarding areas of interest, such as outcome measurements.
- Identification of online lesson content that can be created for staff education.
Benefits for all members
- Discounted pricing for PSR Canada conferences.
- Access to all recorded webinars, lessons, books, evidence, tools, and initiatives in the online resource library of PSR and Recovery of PSR Canada.
- Ability to interact with other members to discuss common issues and share knowledge.
- Member-only information on resources, including those generated by the World Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation.