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Join us for a discussion on recognizing and responding to behavioral health issues in an HR Setting and connecting with appropriate resources. They will present a number of Big Sky resources and explain the role of peer support and how best to utilize this service in Big Sky. This will include a discussion on privacy issues and navigating HIPAA and other "barriers" to getting help for someone.

Andy Malby has served as a certified behavioral health peer support specialist at Rimrock Foundation in Billings since 2018. A native of Three Forks, MT, he studied English at MSU-Bozeman and worked as a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher for 28 years before embarking on his present career path. As a peer support specialist, he shares lived experience and a recovery-based lifestyle to help others achieve long-term recovery from substance use and other behavioral health issues.

Andy Pilch has served as a certified behavioral health peer support specialist at Rimrock Foundation in Billings since 2018 and has been in recovery for 13 years. A native of Sheridan, WY, Andy worked for BNSF railway as a conductor and engineer before changing careers to better suit his recovery lifestyle. As a peer support specialist, he shares lived experience and a recovery-based lifestyle to help others achieve long-term recovery from substance use and other behavioral health issues.

Rimrock was established in Billings in 1968 and is the largest treatment center in the Northern Rockies region, providing a full range of rehab services for adults struggling with all forms of behavioral health issues. Rimrock specializes in treating substance use and eating disorders, codependency, co-occurring disorders, and mental health conditions. Rimrock views addiction as a whole-person illness affecting a person’s emotional, physical, spiritual and social well-being. Our programs are designed to inspire healing and hope by creating opportunities through innovative, compassionate and life-changing care. Rimrock offers a wide variety of services, from inpatient treatment to outpatient services, treatment court services, family care, marriage/couples counseling, evaluations and diagnoses, mental-health therapy, DUI school, DOT-qualified substance abuse professional services, withdrawal management and detox, Medication Assisted Therapy, long-term residential care for mothers with children, care coordination and targeted case management, homeless outreach, peer support spanning the entire continuum of care, and other services. Learn more at rimrock.org.

Feel free to look at a recent article about them in Explore Big Sky for more info:

https://www.explorebigsky.com/lets-talk-about-mental-health-when-your-own-recovery-becomes-a-blueprint-for-helping-others/49574