Samuel Walker – Bayside Initiatives GrouP INC. Peer Support @ BIG Samuel Walker – Bayside Initiatives GrouP INC.
OUR PLACE 8/37 Veronica St. Capalaba
A PLACE FOR US RUN BY US AND ABOUT US
WHAT IS BIG? A boutique, grass roots mental health service Run entirely by people with a lived experience Member driven - member focused
A home away from home…
COMMUNITY + FELLOWSHIP = BIG
OUR PROGRAMS
ART @ BIG
POOL COMPETITION
OUTINGS
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
OUTREACH SERVICES
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
What would help me to gain some insight into what this was all about? PEER SUPPORT What is Peer Support? If I was a not a part of the Peer Movement, what would I want to I know? What would help me to gain some insight into what this was all about?
Role Modelling Recovery Hope Empathy Understanding Self-Determination Role Modelling Recovery
What Other Peer Workers Say… "I sit with people and I listen to them. I talk to them and support them with what they're going through." "I validate people by connecting my experience with theirs and offering them compassion and understanding." "I work with people on their recovery, using methods that we BOTH agree are helpful and beneficial."
BIG PICTURE RECOVERY
Foundation of Recovery RELATIONSHIPS
KEY TO MENTAL HEALTH RECOVERY SUPPORTIVE PEOPLE
Medical Model + Peer Model
PEER WORKERS Work with people as people, not clients It's about person meeting person Being real, being genuine and being open to what a person is going through
Road to Recovery CRISIS Peer Support Moving Forward Healing Stabilised Rebuilding Diagnosed Growth Medicated Peer Support
HUMAN CONNECTION
NATURAL RELATIONSHIPS HOPE INSPIRATION MUTUAL SUPPORT SELF DETERMINATION COMPASSION UNDERSTANDING NATURAL RELATIONSHIPS SHARED EXPERIENCE
What We Do… We be with people, we listen to them, we talk to them and we support them. Our expertise is our lived experience. Training, education, practice tools. Foundation of expertise = lived experience.
Medical Model + Peer Model COLLABORATION
How we view, think about, treat & prevent mental illness Looking Forward… Research Collaboration Development Revolutionise How we view, think about, treat & prevent mental illness