The LifeSpheres Program Facilitator Training
In order to implement programs, we need program facilitators! Program Facilitators are in training in the US, Canada, South Africa, Haiti, and Turkey. We have a fabulous team of FiTs (those are Facilitators-in-Training) in Southern Africa, the US, Canada, Haiti, and Turkey! This is great! But we’ve got a long, long way to go!
Our program facilitator training is available to the staff of our partner organizations so they can ultimately own and implement the program independently. This mission needs many shoulders to the wheel!
When our program facilitators embark on the facilitator training, here’s what they understand:
That this program is being made available to communities who need and want what it has to offer, free of cost and free of restriction by copyright, educational level, race, religion or any other discriminatory factor. It is not the intention of anyone involved in the program to make money from the participants of the CoCare Program or from those who commit to implement and facilitate it. The PeerCommunity CoCare Program is a philanthropic, charitable initiative funded by organizations and individual donors and operates, in part, through the contribution of volunteers.
That the program is initially conducted as a pilot in every community so as to tailor it to the community’s needs and establish its feasibility as an ongoing program for that community.
We ask that they recognize and understand that:
Facilitating the CoCare Program requires a significant degree of cultural sensitivity and flexibility, while at the same time remaining true to the fundamental principles and effective protocols inherent in the program.
There are challenges involved in working with communities that have been impacted by intimate and societal conflict and violence and by natural disasters and that they need to attend to their own self-care so as to remain resilient in the face of this profound and much needed work.
And here is the commitment we ask of them:
That they commit to the program, not only as a curriculum but also to the spirit in which it aims to take its place in the world as an effective tool for trauma recovery.
And we ask that they commit to show up and contribute their skills, ability, and knowledge to the best of their ability.
We think it’s important that our program facilitators understand that their commitment to facilitate the CoCare Program is a commitment to themselves, to their team of colleagues, to Turning the Tide of Trauma, to each community in which they work, and to our collective future.
We ask that they think about the commitments and the things we ask them to understand and recognize, and decide if these things fit with their world view and if it is something they want to be associated with. If not, that’s fine, there are many other wonderful endeavors to contribute to and ways to make a difference in the world. If this is not for them, we ask that they do not proceed with the program facilitator training. If it is for them, we ask that they indicate their understanding and commitment and assure them that they will be gratefully included as a member of the team.
Contact us if you would like to learn more about becoming a Program Facilitator.