annette dale perera and alan butler - cnwl/max glatt unit
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Employing people in Recovery in the NHS
Alan Butler Peer Support worker
Annette Dale-PereraStrategic Director Addictions and Offender Care
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Our Approach
• Preparing the ground: preparing the staff • Underpinned by CNWL Recovery College• CNWL Volunteer placement schemes• Big Lottery employment support scheme • Employing experts by experience– managing criminal records– Creating more supportive HR contracts– Creating a peer support network – Leadership from (and hotline to) senior managers– Support systems when `Warriors are down’
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Prepare the staffFormal review of CNWL Addiction services 2009
Strategy to make services more `recovery-orientated’• more `experts by experience’ volunteers & paid staff• Led by management• Tackle staff prejudice• Give buildings for peer-led
activities and mutual aid
evenings, weekends, etc• Support & respect volunteers
and workers
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CNWL Recovery CollegeKings Fund national initiative (initially mental health)
Co-produced (user/staff) and co-delivered courses
Service users and staff learn together
University accredited courses eg Peer Support Workers
Focus on empowerment & respect
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If the NHS can do this – anyone can……Key issues when employing `experts by experience’
as volunteers and paid staff• Managing criminal records• Keeping healthy: 5 ways to wellbeing for staff• Creating more supportive HR contracts• Good training and supervision• Creating a peer support network • Leadership from (and hotline to) senior managers• Support systems when `Warriors are down’
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Being a peer support worker in the NHS
Alan Butler
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Being a peer support worker in the NHS
Alan Butler