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Mahi Marumaru AOD Peer Support Service

Magdel Hammond – General Manager

AOD Specific Peer Support Service

Operational since September 2010

Community based

Service for Adult CMDHB residents

Dynamic period in the development of peer support services

Background

6FTE and 8 staff

Multi-cultural with range of experiences and backgrounds

IPS and Peer Employment Training

Our Team

Experientially credentialed (street cred)

Not coming from position of expertise but mutual identification and humility

Support drawn from

- Experience of individuals

- Shared characteristics that enhances mutuality

Peer and PSW co-design and co-lead process

Peer Based

Making recovery contagious

Strategic use of own story

Span the stages of AOD recovery

Mobilization of resources and recovery capital

Culture of health/potential rather than disease/problem

Respect for diverse pathways

Choice and Self determination

Recovery Support

Not a single event

Building sustainable recovery capital

and wellbeing

Relationship focus

Continuity of support

Adjacent or alternative to treatment

Process

Reciprocity

Mutuality

Kinship

No treatment component

Outward focused beyond the

self

Non-clinical

Intentional Peer Support Model

Power for Social Change and Community Development

Assertive Outreach

1:1 and groups

Models and Frameworks

Self referral - no pre-screening or

assessments

Choice of PSW from biographies

Self directed

Access to Service

Collaborative notes

Organizational Quality Initiatives

eg Session rating scales

Toka Tuu Evaluative Project

Accountability and

outcomes

Reflective Practice

Professional supervision

Best practice supervision

Line management supervision

Peer Supervision

Evaluating our efforts

“I got so stuck I decided to give up on myself and decided I wasn't capable to do anything competently anymore so I withdrew from life. It wasn't until I

had met Connect Group Support personnel, & my Peer Support Person

that I felt motivated to get back out there again and give life another go. Having someone who supports and believes in me just help's.” - Angel

What Our Peers Say

Without my Peer Support Worker, I can honestly say I would not have found direction and motivation in recovery as quickly as I have with her. Gee I wish this service was more widely advertised because I would love to have met her a long time ago!" – Amanda

What Our Peers Say

Peer support is a living, evolving entity

Evolves as the needs of people change

Recovery Leadership development

Future