Training Course for Peer Support Workers with Lived Experience

Ono Academic College School of Rehabilitation
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Training Course for Peer Support Workers with Lived Experience

About the Course

This course is designed for men and women with lived experience in recovery and rehabilitation processes who wish to utilize their experience in these processes as service providers within the mental health system.

 

The course will address the transition process from a service recipient to a service provider with lived experience.

The course will provide basic training on daily work issues in mental health and will cover topics such as: the Rehabilitation Law, the rehabilitation services basket, the recovery vision and its translation into daily practice, psychopathology, skills, tools, and intervention methods relevant to working in mental health settings.

The course will delve into the unique contribution of using lived experience in rehabilitation and treatment services, and will provide initial tools for applying this knowledge in daily work.

The course will broaden the participants' perspective by fostering an understanding of the family and its significance in the rehabilitation process, as well as in the collaborative work with other team members.

The course will provide a foundation for using various tools, such as non-violent communication, the self-advocacy model, the personal therapy model, and more.

 

The course includes the core components of the rehabilitation instructor training course and is therefore approved as a specialized training course for rehabilitation instructors/mentors/supporters.

 

Course Objectives

  • The student will learn the principles of the recovery vision and the basic concepts of rehabilitation work.
  • The student will understand and appreciate the unique added value of lived experience in therapeutic and rehabilitation work.
  • The student will understand the process of transitioning from an individual with experiential knowledge to a service provider with experiential knowledge.
  • The student will acquire tools for integration and work within the therapeutic-rehabilitative system.
  • The student will learn about services and responses in the community.

Course Structure

The course includes 22 sessions, each lasting 6 academic hours, with a guidance workshop held in groups during the last two hours of most sessions.

During the course, a study tour will be conducted at rehabilitation facilities in the area. Transportation to and from the tour is the responsibility of the students.

Participants

This course is designed for 20 participants with experiential knowledge, who are working or interested in working as service providers in mental health rehabilitation frameworks.

Course Requirements

  • Mandatory attendance and participation in 90% of classes. Absence of only three days will be permitted throughout the course.
  • Reading professional literature in Hebrew that will be distributed during the course.
  • Participation in the training workshop and submission of an event summary assignment, as presented in the workshop.
  • Participation in exercises and submission of assignments as required within the framework for measuring intervention tools.
  • Participation in a study tour to community rehabilitation frameworks.
  • Submission of the course's final assignment.

Admission Requirements

  • Must have at least 12 years of education.
  • Works as a regular employee in any workplace (not necessarily as a service-providing consumer)
  • Preference for those with access to a computer, internet, and email.
  • Currently serves, or intends to serve in the near future, as a regular employee in the field of mental health.
  • Must be able to meet course requirements: attend frontal lessons, participate in the guidance workshop, write assignments, read study materials, and independently undertake a study tour of rehabilitation facilities.
  • Complete understanding and fluency in Hebrew.
  • Complete and submit the initial form one month before the course begins
  • The student must demonstrate willingness for experiential personal research learning.

Approximately one month before the course begins, candidates will undergo a preliminary individual or group interview conducted by the course staff.

 

** The personal details form, including a CV, must be sent by email to the School of Rehabilitation as soon as possible. A candidate who does not send this form will not be invited for the preliminary interview and their candidacy will be disqualified.

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