A MENTAL health peer worker based at a clinic in Wickford is using her own lived experience to help ensure patient voices remain central to their care. Louisa Williams works as a peer worker at Essex ...

People experiencing a mental health crisis can now access immediate, out-of-hours support seven days a week at services across Sussex. Staying Well provides a space for adults aged 18 and over who ...

When Shawn Underhill worked as an ironworker, it was his job to check the fit-for-duty box for the crew, a standard part of the daily safety paperwork. "It was a lie," said Underhill, explaining that ...

Care from peer support workers with lived experience of mental health conditions may help reduce readmission for people who have recently left acute mental health care, according to researchers.

A peer support worker employment initiative was developed to help young service users with the transition from child and adolescent to adult mental health services, an area that needs improving ...

The pair are peer support workers at Windana’s rehabilitation centre in Corio. Mr Stevenson, 47, was 12 when he started dabbling in substances and went on to develop an addiction. He used morphine and ...

Christina Lee in St. Louis. She works at the St. Louis Empowerment Center as a peer case manager supervisor. She spoke about peer support workers – people who have their own experiences with either ...

When Yvonne Hunter was diagnosed with HIV more than 25 years ago, she says she didn't know what the disease was – and if her friend hadn't suggested she get tested, she wouldn't have even known she ...

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