1. Peer Work Roles in Australia – overview of study and practical next steps to supporting the Peer Workforce in NSW ‘The journey begins Recovery is in my hands, the creator within is the spirit of hope for a better life’ Pauline Miles 2012 ©

2. The humble vegie burger:  The power of lived experience to transform  The capacity of intentional and mutual peer support to do what no one else can  Peer worker roles – Australia slow to embrace and build the evidence base

3.  4 th National Mental Heath Plan 2009-14: recovery orientation & peer workforce development  National Framework for recovery oriented mental health services  Certificate IV in Mental Health Peer Work  HWA Peer Workforce Project  National Mental Health Commission's Peer Work Initiatives – Cert IV training modules, Champions of Mental Health Peer Work Initiative & Mental Health Leaders

4. the “National Recovery Framework’s” approach:  Domain: Organisational and workforce development  Capability: Acknowledging, valuing and learning from lived experience  Core principles – valuing and respecting lived experience, designated roles and positions including leadership, evidence-based peer designed and led-services

5. the “National Recovery Framework’s” approach:  Values and attitudes  Knowledge  Skills and behaviours  Recovery-oriented practice  Recovery-oriented leadership  Opportunities & Resources

6. Guidance based on people’s lived and personal experience of what helps them to live:  A full life  A life they choose  With people they love  Doing things they want to do  Live the life they dream of Pauline Miles 2012 © Pauline Miles © World view

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10.  Mental Health Peer Workforce Project  17 case studies of mental health services employing peer workers  Online survey of peer workers  Literature scan  305 responses from peer workers  77% were female  Majority aged 40 plus  51% in NGO sector; 17% public hospitals  53% p/t & 29% f/t, 18% casual  91% qualifications from Certificate III to post graduate qualifications in mental health  22% held the Certificate IV in Mental Health

11. Key Project Recs  Establish a National Mental Health Peer Workforce Development Framework  Define career pathway options into and beyond mental health peer workforce  Expand use of peer workforce within the mental health service system, supported by appropriate structures e.g. training for both peer and non-peer staff  Build awareness, respect for and understanding within the broader mental health workforce of the role of peer workers  Develop a national approach to data collection on the mental health peer workforce  Support Australian research to build the evidence base for practice and increase understanding of the contribution of peer workers

12.  Roll out of Cert IV in mental health peer work  National Mental Health Commission's Peer Work Initiatives – Cert IV training modules  Champions of Mental Health Peer Work Initiative  Mental Health Leaders Initiative Key players  Mental Health Australia  MHCC and Community Mental Health Australia  NSW Mental Health Commission  Being & NSW Consumer Workers Group  NGOs & public mental health services

13. Contents of the guide may include:  The importance of peer workers  Key roles and functions  Principles for employment and reasonable adjustment  Training and support, supervision, coaching and mentoring  Preparation and planning  Recruitment process & employment  Workforce development  Practical resources & other goodies as identified

15. Get talking & thinking  Get everyone around the table  Recovery Framework – Capability 4B – how do we implement it?  Audit - What are we currently doing? What’s working?  What’s needed? What else could work here? Get reading  HWA Report  Peer Worker Training Modules We are not working in a void  SAMHSA – Consumer operated Services Evidence-based practices  ImROC in UK – Peer Support Workers: a guide to implementation

16. ‘Be the change we want to see’ Mahatma Gandhi ‘It’s time!’ Gough Whitlam “Thank you” Leanne Craze Pauline Miles 2012 ©