Summary
Peer2Peer is a new and innovative course designed to prepare people with lived experience of mental health problems to be employed to support others in their recovery. It will not only provide them with the knowledge, skills and experience required to be in a peer support role but will also contribute to the creation of a recognised employment and career pathway.
The Peer2Peer course is designed to meet five learning outcomes. Therefore, people successfully completing the course will be able to:
• Explore the development of the recovery approach in mental health
• Explain peer support and its role in recovery
• Demonstrate the development of relationships based on peer support values
• Apply strengths based approaches in the peer support role
• Demonstrate an awareness of how to practice safely and effectively in the formalized peer support role.
These five learning outcomes are delivered through 9 topics, all of them important to support others in their individual recovery path.