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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"peer support workers"”.
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Mental health and recovery : experiences of peer support workers employed in mental health services
Rationale: The employment of peer support workers (PSWs) is intended to encourage a greater recovery orientation within mental health services. However, it is important that this does not occur to the detriment of the workers themselves. If the role of the PSW is to change the culture of services …
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Drawing on the Lived Experiences of Peer Support Workers in the provision of Substance and Addiction Services: A Case Study of ABC Health Center
… a qualitative research study where six (6) peer support workers (18 to 50) working with ABC Health Center were recruited and interviewed to obtain diverse information on their lived experiences in the provision of substance and addiction services in a city in Niagara Region. One (1) FGD was …
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PEERS in practice: a study exploring the experiences of peer support workers employed in frontline mental health and homelessness services in the voluntary & community sector
… front-line service delivery, particularly as Peer Support Workers (PSWs), has gained increasing recognition across the ‘multiple disadvantage’ (MD) fields of mental health, substance misuse, homelessness, and to a lesser extent, criminal justice. PSWs are individuals with lived experience of …
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No longer fledglings but struggling to fly: peer support workers' experiences of forming an occupational identity within an urban NHS trust: an interpretative phenomenological analysis
… the patient as the expert welcomed the advent of peer support (Watson, 2017; Gillard, 2019), which is now regarded as the fastest growing profession within mental health services (Rebeiro Gruhl et al., 2016). Research has noted the benefits of using peer support workers (PSWs) to encourage service …
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Processes and outcomes of co-design to improve physical health care with mental health consumers in primary care
… families/carers/kin, primary care providers, and peer support workers. The co-design project, which aimed to improve mental health consumers’ physical health care in primary care settings, created and tested a Physical Health Conversation Guide (PHCG). This study comprised two interrelated stages. …
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Job Satisfaction Among Peer Support Staff in Mental Health Treatment and Recovery-Oriented Settings
<p><strong>Introduction/Objective:</strong> Peer support practice in mental health treatment and recovery-oriented service settings has seen exponential growth during the past several decades. An estimated 25,000 certified peer specialists in the United States alone necessitates a deeper …