In this webinar we will discuss the experience of peer workers and peer supervisors providing crisis services. We will cover the range of crisis services that peers are participating in from warmlines to crisis teams.

We will then explore ways peers are uniquely suited to engaging persons in acute distress because their lived experience enables them to empathize at a deep level and to reduce the stigma which typical clinical services often represent. The workers will share how they use their peer experience to promote recovery. They will also describe how they work with their supervisors to balance the values of recovery with the expectations of the clinical team.

Mutuality, for instance, is a value of peer support, whereas in crisis situations the team often needs to take charge of the consumer’s decisions. Peers also find it important to focus on their self-care as crisis work at times triggers past traumas. We will discuss unique recruitment and training needs for peers planning to work in crisis services.

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