Peer Helper in Mental Health Training
This course builds confident peer helper skills for mental health support in social work settings. Participants learn essential safety checks, suicide risk indicators, trauma-informed communication, appropriate sharing of lived experiences, and firm boundaries to aid recovery effectively while prioritising personal wellbeing through supervision and self-care strategies.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
Peer Helper in Mental Health Training equips you with practical tools to support others safely and respectfully. You will learn non-clinical risk assessments, crisis response strategies, and clear guidelines on confidentiality and boundaries. Develop trauma-informed communication skills, leverage lived experience effectively, set collaborative recovery goals, and operate within ethical, evidence-based frameworks while safeguarding your wellbeing through supervision and self-care practices.
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Develop skills
- Crisis safety checks: perform brief, non-clinical risk screens and act fast.
- Trauma-informed rapport: use lived experience to build trust without oversharing.
- Recovery planning: co-create SMART-style goals and track small, meaningful wins.
- Ethical peer role: apply clear boundaries, confidentiality, and documentation.
- Professional resilience: use supervision and self-care to prevent burnout.
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