How does a PSS participate in care coordination without giving medical advice?

• A. By making medical judgments and altering treatment plans
• B. By facilitating communication, facilitating warm handoffs, linking to resources, and supporting client goals within scope
• C. By diagnosing medical conditions
• D. By providing therapy

Answer: (B)

The main idea is that a Peer Support Specialist supports care coordination by bridging the client with providers and resources, improving communication, and helping the client pursue personal recovery goals while staying within their scope and not giving medical advice.

This is the best choice because it captures the core role of a PSS: they facilitate connections and transitions rather than making clinical decisions. They help coordinate services, arrange warm handoffs so the next provider has context, and link the client to community supports, housing resources, benefits, transportation, and other non-clinical supports that aid recovery. Throughout, they respect boundaries and do not diagnose, prescribe, adjust medical treatments, or provide therapy—those are clinical tasks handled by qualified professionals. By focusing on client goals and using non-clinical support to connect people to appropriate services, the PSS enhances coordinated care without stepping into medical advisory territory.

Options that involve making medical judgments, altering treatment plans, diagnosing medical conditions, or providing therapy go beyond the PSS role and are handled by clinicians or licensed therapists.