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15 Sep 2021 08:40 AM
15 Sep 2021 08:40 AM
15 Sep 2021 08:41 AM - edited 15 Sep 2021 08:42 AM
15 Sep 2021 08:41 AM - edited 15 Sep 2021 08:42 AM
Morning all
Have a great day !!
15 Sep 2021 08:58 AM
15 Sep 2021 08:58 AM
ha ha @MDT picking up workboots this afternoon, guess will be needing them one day lol saw this morning on fb
15 Sep 2021 10:05 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:05 AM
Morning @TAB @MDT @BPDSurvivor @Clawde @oceangirl have a great day.
I was looking online and saw a lived experience job in regards to mental health and thought of starting that. I know it's a long shot but has anyone heard of it?
itsjustme1
15 Sep 2021 10:26 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:26 AM
Hi @Former-Member ,
Good morning!
I guess a 'lived experience' job may be a peer work position? Or it could be to support the development of treatments etc? What do you think? I'm not sure what the job description entails in the position you saw.
Sounds interesting though.
15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM
Hi @BPDSurvivor your're right! Peer support worker is the start I'm aiming for - hoping a DES provider might be able to set me up with work experience and go from there. Change of plans it seems lol hoping it's as rewarding as it sounds.
how're you this morning anyway?
itsjustme1
15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:32 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:33 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:33 AM
I'm not 100% about what a 'peer worker' does @Former-Member sometimes counsellor positions ask for 'lived experience' used to read in papers about govt D&A counsellors going off rails. They were reverting to old habits. Just saying as an example. so their position could have asked for 'lived experience' guess they are chasing empathy. .
Perhaps ask @MDT as well as @Former-Member I recall @MDT saying he had done some research on working in MH area .
Have a good day anyway
15 Sep 2021 10:38 AM
15 Sep 2021 10:38 AM
oh boots yes should be alright they a half a size bigger than normal should be fine @MDT might not 'fit' me in other ways though ha ha lol
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