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What’s Hushley? Hushley is an anonymous peer support service available thru an app. We connect people who need help with certified peers.
How will you contribute? As a Hushley Helper, you will answer chat requests from users who want to discuss difficult issues they are facing.
No schedule. Work when you want. With Hushley, there are no set schedules. You simply log in when you feel ready to help others.
Financial aspect As a Helper, you can decide to help someone for free or ask them to pay to continue, by clicking a button in your app. Hushley helpers earn $0.20 per message they send to users, while in paid mode.
If you decide to be available to chat via Voice or Video Calls, you will be paid $0.70 per minute chatting with the user. (Voice and Video Calls are optional).
Helpers are paid weekly via Direct Deposit or Bank Wire, for previous week earnings.
When will Hushley be ready? We are aiming at December 2020 for the service launch as we are still working on the app. In the meantime, we need to build the Helper community in order to be ready to answer users when Hushley is launched.
How can I join? We accept applications from certified peers. Accepted certifications are NCPS and official State or Country Issued Certifications. Not certified? Read below. Certified? Apply here
Why do I need a Certification?
If you plan on starting a professional career in peer support at Hushley or elsewhere, you will need to get certified. Opportunities for making a profession of being a peer specialist has begun surfacing in great numbers.
To ensure that the health of members under a peer specialist, certain certifications must be earned. This way, a peer specialist is validated as being qualified to handle the needs of those under their care.
The peer certificate draws a fine line between who to trust and with whom peer patients would be taking a swing.
Peer support is an essential part of learning and conquering life’s challenges. However, putting so much ability in the wrong hands can quickly become a disaster.
Peer specialist may not be professionals or carry a degree in psychology; however, their patient or students need to know they pose the right skills to better their lives.
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Certification Options
There are many certifications you could take as a peer. Many times, a peer gets a certificate after undergoing training. These training and certificates vary across states and countries. So in getting a valid certificate, peers must realize which certifications are considered valid in their countries or state before they pay for said training or test.
How to get certified as a Peer
- Peer certification in the USA
If you’re in the USA and you’re looking to get peer certified, an excellent place to start will be the NCPS. This is a voluntary examination-based certification that distinguishes qualified peers from unqualified ones. Although the NCPS certificate doesn’t replace the state-issued peer certificate, it serves as an additional guarantee employers or students may consider valuable when hiring the services of a peer. Several states in the USA have individual Peer certification bodies.
- Peer certification in Canada
Peer Support Canada offers certificates for peer specialists. This certificate comes as a confirmation that its holder has the skills and experience needed in filling the position of a peer. This certificate also verifies one’s alignment with the standard of practice, and it is recognized across Canada. Provinces generally also offer training and certifications, such as OPDI in Ontario.
- Peer certification in the UK
Positively UK is one certificate you could get in the UK to validate you as a peer specialist. The NCPS also has its reach in this region and offers all the training/ certificates registered under the NCPS.
Around the world, there are several NCPS certificates but to pick the most appropriate for you, you will need to look up your countries or states policies on peers.