Building for the Future: Getting off the Couch and Into the World

This 6 session training is for people new to peer and lived experience working who are looking to develop new skills and knowledge to apply to their work, as well as those who may not yet be in a peer and lived experience role but are interested in learning practical skills in how to effectively use their lived experience(s) of health challenges to support others on their recovery journeys.

This accredited training is for peer and lived experience workers working in healthcare who are looking to build on their existing experience, develop their theoretical understanding of the role of a peer worker (both in and outside the NHS) and advance or refresh their therapeutic skills.

The course is accessible for people new to academia as well as those new to peer working - – if you are in a role where you draw on your lived experience of health challenges to support others, this is a course that can support you to boost your knowledge.

Developing Expertise in Peer Working provides a rare opportunity to gain a Level 4 qualification to emphasise the skilled contributions peer and lived experience workers bring to their teams and services.