Are you interested in using your own experience to help others? Are you active in your community, or part of a local community or faith groups? If so, our course is a great opportunity for you to learn and build your skills in peer support.
Over 8 weeks, you’ll learn how you can use your experience to give peer support to others – like Kiran’s Women’s group for black and minoritised women. We’ll go through topics on how to build trusting and safe relationships, how our values and beliefs impact how we connect with others, how to negotiate boundaries, and group facilitation skills. See the session guide below for more information.
Course details
- Start Date: 15 November 2021
- When: Every Monday PM and Friday PM
- Cost: Free
- Session: 3.5 hours per session (28 hrs total)
- Duration: 4 weeks
- Where: *Online (Zoom)
- Delivered in partnership by: Kensington & Chelsea Mind and Brent, Wandsworth, and Westminster Mind.
*If you do not have access to a device with internet we can provide you with access to a computer from our office space, so you can still attend the course.
Session content
Session 1 – Principles, Social & Historical Context
Session 2 – Lived Experience & Self-Care
Session 3 – Relationship, Connection & Boundaries
Session 4 – Communication Skills
Session 5 – Trauma & Safety
Session 6 – Group Facilitation Skills
Session 7 – 1 to 1 Support Skills
Session 8 – Peer Support & Social Action
Who can join the course?
The course available if you
- Live in Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster or surrounding boroughs
- Have direct/indirect experience of problems with wellbeing – which can include mental health problems, accessing services, trauma, experience of racism and other forms of discrimination.
- Are interested in peer support – using your experience to help others
No previous experience or training is required to join this course.
How to enrol
If you would like to join the course, please complete our enrolment form [link]. Once we receive your information we’ll get in touch to arrange an initial 15-30 minute call to tell you more about the course, what to expect and make sure it’s right for you. Please note that completing the form does not guarantee you a place.
Not good with forms? If you prefer, you can call us on [number] and we can complete the enrolment form by phone instead.
Enrolment for this closes on [date].
Future opportunities
If you complete the course you will receive a certificate of attendance and be invited to apply to the Kensington & Chelsea Peer Bank. The peer bank is a flexible paid role in which you’ll be using your experience to facilitate groups and support people, alongside our co-ordinators and peer support workers. To find out more get in touch [website link/number ]
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