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INTRAS GOOD PRACTICE PRESENTATION:

PROJECT PEER TO PEER (P2P)

NIJMEGEN – FEBRUARY 2015

PEER TO PEER: A ROUTE TO RECOVERY OF PEOPLE WITH MENTAL ILLNESS THROUGH PEER

SUPPORT TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT

The project funded by the Long Life Learning programme Leonardo da

Vinci

Duration: 24 months (October 2013 – September 2015)

Consortium: 9 partners Fundación INTRAS (Spain)Scottish Recovery Network (UK)Centro Studi e Formazione Villa Montesca (Italy) Escuela Andaluza de salud publica (Spain)Pro mente Oberösterrich (Austria)Mental Health Center (Bulgaria)Stichting Gek op Werk (Netherland)Liga Romana pentru Sanatate Mintala (Rumania)Scottish Qualifications Authority (UK)

http://p2p.intras.es/index.php/es/

Peer2Peer is a vocational training programme that includes:

o learning course o springboard for employment

It is addressed to People With Mental Illness (PWMI)

Aiming to train and empower them to become personal coaches of other people suffering from mental health problems.

It will provide PWMI with the necessary skills to be employed as "peer support workers“ (a person supporting other in his/her recovery process, which supports him/her in achieving his/her goals and desires)

What is Peer2Peer?

Peer2Peer: the project

TARGET GROUP

154 people (PWMI)

78 men and 76 women

Most of the participants are between 30 and 50 years old

Educative level

59 persons have a High School diploma

57 basic level of education

38 University degree or more

What they do

65 attend a social health care service

52 vocational training centre

26 of them are working

5 are studying.

TARGET GROUPNeeds

hope

being listened

counting on supports carrying out satisfying tasks

What helps to overcome difficulties?

occupational activities

sport activity

positive attitude

the will to overcome difficulties

What makes things difficult?

loneliness, stigma

discrimination,

difficulties to have

social relationships

the lack of will

the abuse of alcohol and

drugs, the medication, symptoms of

the illness

Economic and familiy

difficulties. Unemploymennt

Low income

Workshops

• Practical and theorical workshops.

• Adressed to PWMI

• Participative methodology (psychodrama, role playing, etc.)

• Materials created with the collaboration of PWMI

• Preselection of participants through interviews

• Certification of 50 training hours.

Workshops – Main ResultsParticipant’s feedback

Most enjoyable Role playing exercises Video therapy chance to talk and participate and get

to know their colleagues.

Benefits Understanding of peer support Better understanding about their own recovery process They felt more confident They learnt how to communicate and share experiences to support other

people. They can organise and develop better their ideas and knowledge. Starting to see their own potential to help others and also how this helps

themselves in their recovery.

Most challenging• The portfolio• To talk about themselves• Overcome the lack of confidence