Deadline: 9-Dec-23
Stella’s Place Peer Support Training Program is now open for applications to help individuals aged 18-29 build their personal peer support practice based on the pillars of compassion, cultural humility, mindfulness, and burnout reduction.
Their training takes place twice a week over 4 months. Each training group has a maximum of 10 people each. It’s intensive, in-person, and intimate.
Peer support is a practice in which a person who has lived experience of mental health either themselves, as a family member, or a caretaker intentionally supports other people on their recovery journey.
What will you learn?
- Lots! Here are just a few things:
- The Spectrum of Mental Health
- How to listen intentionally
- Power, Privilege, and Oppression
- Social Determinants of Health
- Inclusion and Diversity
- All the ins and outs of relationships with peers
- How to lead with compassion
- Career expectations
- So much more, they can’t fit it all here!
Duration
- Training takes 4 months in total:
- 3 months of theoretical training
- 1 month of practical training
- Training takes place twice a week, for 4 hours, including a 30 minute lunch-break. They will be providing breakfast snacks and a full lunch.
Eligibility Criteria
- 18-29 years old
- Living in the Greater Toronto Area
- Able to commit to 8 hours per week to training over approximately 4 months
- Lived experience with a mental health issue
- At a point on your recovery journey where you can talk about and hear about mental health issues with a group of people you don’t know.
About You
- Have received peer support from friends or family, or someone you connected with in one of these spaces: school, community, drop-in program, work, volunteer, healthcare setting
- Have the support and/or tools you need to self-regulate inside and outside the training, in the event you are activated or triggered during training
- Passionate about peer support and/or social services
- Would like to be in an attentive environment to speak about your experience as a member of a marginalized group
- Want to contribute to a space where everyone is both a learner and a teacher
For more information, visit Stella’s Place.