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I reckon just keep looking around. Enrolments are usually for the Jan and July intakes so in the months leading up to the intakes is prob the best time to look. @MJG017

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@tyme wrote:

I reckon just keep looking around. Enrolments are usually for the Jan and July intakes so in the months leading up to the intakes is prob the best time to look. @MJG017

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Thanks @tyme, I'll start to keep an eye out. First come, first served maybe 🙂

I think it's application based. So it looks at if you have a qualification already, your economic statues, whether you are employed etc @MJG017

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@tyme wrote:

I think it's application based. So it looks at if you have a qualification already, your economic statues, whether you are employed etc @MJG017

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Well, if you hear of any in your travels that would be available to South Australian's there's one here who would be very grateful.

Yes, I'll look around and keep you posted @MJG017

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@tyme wrote:

Yes, I'll look around and keep you posted @MJG017

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Thanks @tyme.

@tyme I had my appointment with PASS this morning and I brought up how peer support has been really helpful for me. I mentioned I had emailed someone at Lived Experience Workforce Program (LEWP) a week or so back about taking the next step to pursuing peer support work. She said she used to work for them 20 years ago when i was starting is was happy to contact them and find out some more for me and see what was happening with my request. So it was quite a productive morning with that and all the other things I got to discuss with her.

Great stuff @MJG017 !

That's certainly a start. Peer work is huge. There's so much room for growth and movement, from policy, right to face-to-face peer work

Thanks @tyme. It's all so new to me, it's exciting to jump into something I feel passionate about but not knowing exactly where it all may lead and involve. I usually hate that sort of thing being a little bit 'risk adverse' but this feels exciting. Another personal change to add to the list! 😁

I can see peer support is IN you. @MJG017 You seem to just have the knack. I can't even describe it any other way.

For me, the peer work courses pretty much consolidated and confirmed all that I was already doing.

I've known people who have moved off the DSP after finding their passion for peer work. I'm not saying that you have to do this as I don't know your personal needs, but I'm just sharing that it IS an avenue for some people 🙂

I found the benefits of peer work are reciprocated. The more I reach out to others, the more I benefit from it. I think this is why I find peer work so beneficial.