This is a funded 6-day training delivered by SHARC, for existing peer workers.
Dates: 15th, 16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd & 24th April 2025, 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM each day.
Location: Online
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Description:
Peer workers, like in any professional role need quality standardised training and ongoing professional development. This comprehensive 5-day training developed through extensive research and consultation, provides a vital knowledge base for peer workers. It ensures that the peer workforce have consistent and standardised training.
This course is specifically designed to provide practical knowledge and skills for existing and emerging peer workers in a contemporary, rapidly growing and developing lived experience workforce. It focusses entirely on how to provide services within formalised settings within the scope of the peer work role.
Key learning outcomes:
- Understand the fundamental qualities, values and concepts that underpin peer work.
- Be equipped with knowledge, principles, practices and skills to apply better practice.
- Apply the key components of the role with a focus on the peer-to-peer relationship and practicing purposeful disclosure when sharing lived experience stories.
- Understand power imbalances within services and how to minimise this.
- Understand ethical practice, boundaries, inclusion and cultural competence.
- Understand service systems, different working environments and legislative requirements.
- Understand risk management and escalation strategies within the scope of role.Understand the impact of co-occurring needs and how to respond effectively.
- Increase confidence and skills in communication while navigating relational parameters.
- Understand how to work collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams.
- Practice advocacy constructively and effectively within scope of role.
- Understand how to manage their own support, wellbeing and development needs.
Eligibility Criteria
This training is funded for those who are in paid AOD peer work roles in state-funded Victorian services.
Who is not eligible?
Anyone who is not in a paid AOD peer work role, workers from other community sectors such as family violence, homelessness, mental health, and AOD workers outside of Victoria.
Terms & Conditions
Please contact peersupport@sharc.org.au for any queries regarding this training.
*The same training is offered in person in June 2025.
