Peer workers, like any professional discipline, require quality training and ongoing professional development.
Peer Worker Training
SHARC has developed, through research and co-design, a comprehensive Peer Worker Training program.
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Peer Worker Training program which works to:
Educate peer workers on concepts and core competencies of peer work
Assist peer workers to apply best practice peer work in formalised settings
Offer an Intentional Peer Support (IPS) lens to the peer work discipline
Increase confidence and develop skills in communication and navigating relational parameters
Develop understanding of ethical practice and workplace legislative requirements
Empower peer workers to advocate for the discipline and manage their own wellbeing and development needs
Prepare peer workers to work across a number of domains, remaining ‘peer’ within clinical governance frameworks
The training covers:
Peer support and being a peer facilitator
Information to help you in leading the group
Responsibilities and administrative tasks
Managing common issues
Communication and boundaries
Peer Facilitator Training
This 1-day program is specifically designed for individuals and agencies that work in support groups. Whilst the scope and focus of your peer support group will be dictated by the needs of your agency and your group participants, this training will support you in the development and support of your group.
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Organisational Readiness Training
SHARC also delivers training to help organisations to introduce or expand a peer workforce and to provide a framework of support to sustain it. This training is focused entirely on meeting the needs of executives, managers and other staff.
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Participants will:
Develop an understanding of the peer work discipline through its history, contemporary practice and evidence base
Understand the key domains to successful implementation and use this opportunity to get it right from the start
Understand workforce support requirements, sustainability frameworks and workshop localised challenges and opportunities
