Join us for an interactive community forum exploring how effective peer supervision strengthens the overdose prevention workforce and helps reduce opioid- and stimulant-related fatalities. Panelists will share real-world challenges, strategies, and lessons learned from supervising peer support professionals, and how lived experience shapes their approach to leadership and workforce development.

What Will Be Discussed

• What effective supervision of peer support professionals looks like in practice
• Preventing burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and turnover among peer staff
• How lived experience informs supervision, leadership, and organizational culture
• Organizational policies and practices that build strong supervision structures
• Connections between supervision quality, engagement, and overdose prevention outcomes
• Community perspectives and shared solutions through facilitated discussion

Key Takeaways

Participants will gain practical insights into supporting and retaining peer professionals, and will leave having identified at least one concrete step their organization can take to strengthen peer supervision.