Stigma Informed - Attachment Oriented - Family Centred - Equity Driven - Rights Based
Starlings Community of S.A.F.E.R Care Practice Professionals
The Starlings CoSP is a global, collaborative community for professionals who work in mental health and addictions spaces, including counsellors, therapists, psychologists, social workers, nurses, physicians, paramedics, peer support workers, researchers, and students who are committed to providing safer support to people impacted by substance use and addiction.
About the CoSP
The CoSP is led and moderated by Starlings Community, an organization internationally recognized for their lived experience and leadership in research-informed, youth-centred approaches to supporting those impacted by parental substance use, who continue to believe that every person, regardless of their relationship to substances, deserves relevant, safe, and stigma free support and resources. At its core, this CoSP is about connection and capacity-building.
At its core, this CoSP is about connection and capacity-building. It’s a space to:
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Reflect on practice in a non-punitive, supportive space
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Bridge research and theory into day-to-day clinical work, whether you are tied to this work through passion, lived experience, or both.
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Share tools, resources, and emerging knowledge
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Build relationships and referral pathways across sectors
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Attend to sustainability and collective care in this work
What Do You Get
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Access to A private Community Facebook Page
A private Facebook group for professionals focused on resource sharing, referrals/networking, research and sector updates
Exclusive COsP Newsletter
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An exclusive monthly CoSP newsletter with practice-relevant insights and research, resources, reflection prompts, and upcoming learning opportunities and events
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Trainings, Workshop, and Coaching Opportunities
Access to discounts on Starlings trainings and workshops focused on building safer, sustainable, and effective support through evidence-based and lived experience approaches, with ongoing learning, continuing education opportunities, and reflective case consultation.
Networking & Community Care
In addition to the Facebook Network page, there will be periodic networking & community care events (virtual and in-person)
