For crisis support call Lifeline on 13 11 14, MH Call 1300 642 255 or in an emergency call 000
Communify are excited to host Listening Differently - Essential Skills in Peer Support a face to face 5 day training (delivered via 3 days + 2 Days). The training offers essential practice skills training for Lived Experience (Peer) Workers.
Essential Skills in Peer Support and purposefully sharing lived experience stories introduce (or refresh) essential micro-communication skills for deep listening within the framework of Intentional Peer Support tasks and principles developed by Shery Mead.
Together these workshops provide essential foundational understanding and skill development for purposefully sharing learning from personal Lived Experiences to benefit others.
Essential Skills In Peer Support (3 Day Block 22/23/24 July, 2024)
- Learning from personal experience
- Intentional Peer Support tasks and principles
- Trauma awareness
- The Power Threat Meaning Framework
- Navigating flexible boundaries
- Self-soothing and self-care
- Deep listening micro-communication skills
Purposefully Sharing Lived Experience Stories (2 Day Block 5/6 August, 2024)
- Power of language and sharing personal stories
- Ensuring emotional safety for you and your audience
- Reflecting on lessons learnt from personal experience
- Sharing personal stories in Peer
- Support conversations
- Sharing personal stories as an advocacy and education tool
- Public speaking tips and skills
- What to do when your story ‘outs’ family or friends
Tickets available from Humantix via the QR code or contact BrookeS@communify.org.au for more information.
Participants are required to register and pay prior to the event, there are no available tickets at the door.
July 22, 2024 - 08:30 am
Aug 06, 2024 - 05:00 pm
Communify - Brooke Starr
Newmarket Hall, 212 Ashgrove Ave, Ashgrove
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia, their diversity, histories and knowledge and their continuing connections to land, waterways and culture. We pay our respect to all Australian Indigenous Peoples and their cultures, and to Elders of past, present and future generations.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia, their diversity, histories and knowledge and their continuing connections to land, waterways and culture. We pay our respect to all Australian Indigenous Peoples and their cultures, and to Elders of past, present and future generations.
Brisbane North PHN wishes to acknowledge the experience and expertise of the My Mental Health Steering Committee, delegates of the Peer Participation in Mental Health Services (PPIMS) network and health professionals in developing the My Mental Health Website.
