My Place

@rav3n

I never feel good enough. I was told constantly as a child that I wasn’t as smart as my siblings, or that I wasn’t this enough or that enough. My mother also told me she wished I was never born when I was 12 years old. Yes it has been a struggle but now I am finally finding my place.

@Oaktree i'm so sorry that you've had to grow up feeling that way. being compared to siblings or anyone absolutely sucks, and wasn't fair on you. my mother constantly compared me to others as well, it takes time to break free from that and realise that you are allowed to have your own strengths, your own weakness, and still be more than enough.

i'm so glad that you're starting to find your place!! i think the peer work space will be really supportive in reminding you that you are enough as you are.

@tyme

What’s happened to all the peer guides? I don’t see them around anymore…

That's a really good question! @Oaktree . Maybe others will be wondering too @Shaz51 @Snowie @Captain24 @rav3n @Ru-bee @Jynx @Eve7 @outlander and anyone else who may be interested.

The Peer Guide Program was funded only for a short time (about 1 year). The Peer Guides who have completed their training and volunteer hours on the forums have been given the option to either be a Community Guide (until our next recruit) or a Senior Contributor. In total, we had close to 70 complete the program which is phenomenal! Many have gone on to further education or securing a job.

Those who opt for CG receive personal check-in emails monthly (min) which go through successes, goal setting and feedback. They also receive certain updates. As CG, they are required to support engagement on the forums for a minimum of two hours per week.

At this stage, the success of the Peer Guide Program has meant the Community Guide program is getting serious look at. To see how successful elements of the Peer Guide Program can be implemented into the Community Guide Program.

The Peer Guide Program was essentially a work readiness program. That is, to prepare participants to re-enter the workforce. We need to consider whether this is what we want from the Community Guide Program. In saying this, it means there will be rostering of shifts, regular touchpoints in terms of KPIs etc.

So yeah.. that's where we are at.

Unfortunately, the CG program is still on the back seat. Unless we can secure funding, we can't keep these programs going.

Also, getting the live chats back up is proving harder than expected - financially. We were not able to continue with the previous platform, but a replacement to meet out needs is incredibly costly. So in other words, with these not for profit organisations, we really need to consider budgeting.

It's more complicated that most realise....

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@Oaktree wrote:

Hi guys,

Do you like your job with Sane. Was it hard to learn how to do it well?

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I promise I haven't forgotten this @Oaktree I am just re-adjusting my little gremlin ADHD brain back to work-mode after time off, and of course keep getting distracted from the draft. I will try again tomorrow 😋💜

@Oaktree , @Jynx , @tyme , @rav3n , @Ru-bee

There are still some peer guides around

And a couple I know have left and others are studying

With all us community guides are still around , but not all of us now

@tyme , like to know the Peer Guides that are still around and the PSW to be tagged

The remaining peer guides will most likely be reverted to 'Senior Contributor' by the end of this week @Shaz51

Thanks for the update @tyme it has answered some of my questions as to where things are at.

I hope you are okay @Eve7 . I think about you a lot.

Going home Friday @tyme after my last ECT.

I think of you too. Hope you’re ok.