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Evaluation of the delivering for mental health peer support worker pilot scheme
- Authors:
- McLEAN Joanne, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The need to adopt and promote a recovery-based approach to mental health support was described in ‘Delivering for Mental Health’ and later in ‘Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland’. In support of this, ‘Delivering for Mental Health’ included a commitment to support the development of the Peer Support Worker role within mental health services in Scotland. As a result pilot schemes were developed in five Health Board areas where Peer Support Workers were trained, and then employed, to fill new positions within NHS teams in a range of settings, including inpatient and community-based services. These new workers, who were required to have a lived experience of mental health issues, drew on a range of skills to share their lived experience with the intention of supporting others in their recovery journeys. An evaluation was commissioned to assess the impact of the peer support pilot on service users, peer support workers and the wider service system as well as assessing the process of implementation at national and local levels.
Evaluation of the delivering for mental health peer support worker pilot scheme
- Authors:
- McLEAN Joanne, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 98p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Towards a Mentally Flourishing Scotland: Policy and Action Plan 2009-2011 supports the promotion of the principles of recovery and the implementation of peer support. A pilot scheme of pioneering formalised peer support working was put in place in January 2008 in five Health Board areas (yielding six separate sites) and led nationally by the Scottish Government’s Mental Health Division in partnership with the Scottish Recovery Network. The overarching aims of the evaluation were to assess the impact of the peer support pilot on service users, peer support workers and the wider service system as well as assessing the process of implementation at national and local levels. Using mainly qualitative research techniques the evaluation tracked the process of implementation and the impact of the new peer support workers on the service teams and systems within which they worked. Service users were invited to participate in a satisfaction survey and in-depth qualitative interviews.