Are you interested in becoming a peer worker? Maybe you're working in mental health and curious about the value of peer work and its principles?

Mental Health Victoria is now providing the newly-structured, cost effective Foundations of Peer Work Program, a 2-day course covering the following:

DAY ONE - March 25
Module 1 - Approaches and Frameworks:
📚 Words and language make a difference
📚 The historical context of peer work
📚 Values and central philosophies of peer work
📚 The mental health service system
📚 Frames of reference about mental illness/distress
📚 Recovery oriented frameworks and approaches
 
Module 2 - Understanding the Peer Work Role:
📚 Consumer & Carer Peer worker role and structures
📚 Establish & maintain effective relationships with consumers and carers
📚 Explore consumer and carer preferences, values, needs and goals
📚 SMART goal setting
📚 Key tasks of the Peer Worker in Goal Attainment
📚 Working collaboratively
📚 Key tasks of a worker – Community of Practice & Reflective Practice


DAY TWO - March 26
Module 3 - Legal & Ethical Considerations:
📚 Mental Health & Wellbeing Act 2022
📚 Introduction to National Standards for Mental Health Services
📚 Duty of care and dignity of risk
📚 Ethical Practice
📚 Integrating ethical principles into team practice
 
Module 4 - Using Lived Experience:
📚 Lived experience vs using lived experience
📚 Lived experience and peer work
📚 Safe storytelling
📚 Methods of storytelling
📚 Ethics and lived experience
📚 Managing risk in sharing stories
 

Find out more here.