1. Sarah Alvo, Rachel Cooper, Carol Krause, Christine McMulkin
Co-Creating, Co-Designing, Co-Delivering:
Stella’s Place Peer Support
Training Program
Sarah Alvo, Rachel Cooper, Carol Krause, Christine McMulkin

2. Stella’s Place
Partnering with young adults* to create community-based mental health care that is:
Peer Driven
Comprehensive
Accessible
* aged years
Comprehensive: Young adult specific support through clinical services, peer programming, fitness, art, community, school/employment support, and much more Accessible: Café, bean bag chat to remove financial barriers Peer-driven: Robust co-design & peer support

3. Donna Green, Stella Green Sanderson & Mike Sanderson, 2015

4. Stella’s Place Peer Support Training Program (PSTP)
Co-created, co-designed, co-delivered with young adults
Program: 100 hours = 60 hrs in class + 40 hrs home practice
Intention: Build participant competence and confidence
Intention: Prepare participants to step into range of young adult Peer Supporter roles
Themes:
* Community
* Inclusivity
* Wellbeing

5. Young Adult Engagement
Peer Conversations Group
Peer Facilitators hired
Co-Design Group
Outcome
Building a practice

6. Building a Learning Community
Creating a welcoming space
Fostering safety & inclusion
Initiating community building practices
Supporting well being
Community based engagement and learning
Contributions
Celebration

7. Peer Mentors
Responsive to Young Adult learning needs
Building community
Exemplifying the values and principles of Peer Support

8. Building the Training Program….
Building the Training Program…
Peer Conversations
PSAAC Standards
Content
Format
Facilitation
Impact
Competence, Confidence, Experience

9. (INSERT CALENDAR OF PSTP 1.0)

10. Experiences of the Peer Support Training Program

11. Following the training...
Community Building
Career Path Fostering
Competency Strengthening
Peer Supporter Opportunities
Delivery of Peer Support Training Program 2.0

12. Evolution of the Training Program…
- Further unschooling of the classroom
- From delivering a learning program to
fostering a learning community
- From engaging facilitators to
building a core faculty
- Nurturing growth beyond peer supporter roles

15. Get in touch!
Rachel Cooper
Peer Initiatives Manager