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TeejSenior Contributor
Why have the chat service hours been cut down so much through lifeline? There is hardly any services that offer this. Suicide call back is impossible to get onto through chat. It's seems like it's making it harder not easier to get help during the night. 😟
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QueenieSenior Contributor
Hi @Silverflamze and welcome to the boards (I noticed you are a new user). Thanks for putting the Certificate IV in mental health peer support idea out there. I think with the way mental health services will be delivered in the future, lived experience will be something much sought after and will be in conjunction with the clinical models of recovery. I was lucky enough to undertake and complete the peer support modules as part of my education and found them extremely worthwhile. When I was first diagnosed and the ideas surrounding peer support were first brought to light, I was determined to become a peer support worker. While this dream of mine is certainly achievable and relevant (I have lived experience in spades lol), my dream has changed somewhat.
I now aim to become a social worker with lived experience of mental health issues. I really want to specialize in early psychosis or youth mental health (whichever I can gain employment in really post Uni).
Are you looking at studying the peer support Certificate yourself at all?
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SilverflamzeCasual Contributor
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Help us push aside the stigma and discrimination surrounding complex mental health and change the way people talk about, and care for, mental illness.
SANE acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises the continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.
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