dc.contributor.author | Vilic, Gabrielle | |
dc.contributor.author | Lloyd, Chris | |
dc.contributor.author | Tse, Samson | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-03-14T23:12:29Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-03-14T23:12:29Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1759-779X | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/100544 | |
dc.description.abstract | Peer support is a well established component of many mental health services that provides a promising
employment opportunity and recognises experience with mental illness as an asset rather than a
liability. The overall aim of this paper is to discuss the challenges of implementing a peer support
programme in a regional mental health service. In particular, the article discusses how the roles and
functions of peer support workers have evolved and how challenges to service effectiveness were
identified and overcome. The authors also examine the development of a related consumer companion
role and consider the similarities and differences of peer support and consumer companion roles.
Recommendations are made with respect to issues such as how allied health professionals views this
role, what happens when peer support workers become ill and level of training and supervision. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | Mark Allen Group | |
dc.publisher.uri | http://www.scopemed.org/?mno=19333 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 2 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 6 | |
dc.relation.ispartofissue | 1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 23 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Clinical sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 3202 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 320299 | |
dc.title | Implementing a peer support programme in a regional mental health service: A personal journey | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © 2016 MA Healthcare Ltd. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Lloyd, Chris A. | |