What screening procedures do you use to help you select individuals that are appropriate for the peer role?

At WORLD, the program staff reviews and discusses job descriptions with candidates, asks interview questions, checks references and arranges for the current peer advocates to do a second interview with candidates.

Harlem Hospital staff generally chooses peers who are referred by health care professionals and have been trained in-house. Harlem Hospital has several programs that utilize peer workers – the majority of the peers have been trained by the PACT program.

• Recruiting, Hiring and Orienting Peers (PDF), part of the Building Blocks to Peer Program Success toolkit for developing HIV peer programs
• The Program Resources for the Recruiting section of this toolkit include sample interview scenarios and screening questions.
• HRSA Webcast: Recruiting, Hiring and Supporting Peers

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