BRAIN INJURY PEER SUPPORT LINE
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Your Name
Location
Relationship with Brain Injury
Current level of interest in creating a PEER lead phoneline
INTRODUCTIONS
How can I reach someone at PEER Support Line?The PEER Support Line is open to take calls 24 hours a day/7 days a week. You can reach us by phone, text or online chat. Do I have to have a diagnosis of brain injury to call?No not at all. We welcome calls from anyone who has a need to talk. What does it cost?Calling the PEER Support Line won't cost you a cent. Our number is toll free. What can we talk about?Practically anything. All calls are considered confidential. So feel free to tell us what's on your mind. Do I have to have a problem?No, many call just to say hello, or they might wish to share their day's activities, dreams, or frustrations.
Who answers the phone?We are unique because we are staffed entirely by volunteers who have a direct relationship with brain injury.
Here is where we are at
Defining our mission
Ever wish you had someone to talk to? Someone who is supportive, caring and non-judgmental? Someone who is understanding and empathetic to your feelings? The PEER Support Line is a non-crisis toll free line and is specifically for people who are coping with the consequences of living with a brain injury. We provide supportive listening, problem solving, resource sharing and peer support for individuals. We anticipate that callers may be in need of other services and/or assistance so referrals will also be made available to them. We are unique because we are staffed entirely by volunteers who have a direct relationship with brain injury.
OBJECTIVES TODAY
Share potential ideas for managing this project
Look at systems up to now
Talk about pushing forward more aggressively
Launch Date – Team Sponsors,
Brainstorm potential team leaders
Team Update Overview
Team Management
Team sign up (look at section)
Support Line Number and web name thoughts
www-braininjurysupportline.org
www-4peer11.org
855-4-PEER-11855-473-3711
SPONSORSHIP IDEAS
It is important that each teams individualism be promoted
Each Team Could have a Team Sponsor
-Develop $6,000 Team Sponsorship
-That’s 500.00 teams would directly receive these sponsor
-Teams would be or work under a non profit ideally
-this would create money to pay a min of $10 and hour for peer team member
As well as $10 an hour for team administration – crises person, team leader it wouldBe up to each team how they use the money
I think there would be opportunities for some vocational grants too
PLAN FOR A SUCESSFUL FUTURE
TEAM STRUCTURE35 TEAMS THAT ROTATE 10 MONTHS (10 days a year
2 Months program development (ideas below)-getting donations to distribute to the team-public out reach letting people know about what we offer-creating web content-pretty much what ever we see the need to do-what makes this so exciting this is going to be 35 companies basically Working individually for a common vision each ones success linked to the Success of the whole
People say well what's stopping people from doing it themselves all I have to sayLet them we need it, and heck we may all do it with them we want to be the bestAt what we are going to do, all inclusive, everyone is a equal partner, everyone Grows as much as they want and when they do everyone wins
I don’t know much but I know thisIt has to be about the teams everyone has to win
REWARD SYSTEM
System to reward team membersCruises
Spa treatments
Hotel rooms/gift resort packages
Grocery CardsGas Cards
Other Ideas
Decision Making (DECIDE HOW THIS WILL HAPPEN)As this services moves forward and develops, it will be developed by the teams, each team has a vote and will be represented by their team leaders at a monthly meeting
A simple majority wins, any ties will be put on the burner till the next meeting unless the outcome of that decision will stop the services from provided
Rewarding our teams,We feel obtaining prizes for the volunteers is a very crucial part of the success and excitement of this service. Not only will it help the callers but the volunteers as well. The volunteers will gain new skills and training that will have a positive effect in their lives.
Question?