Lived Experience Best Practice & Innovation

The consumer, peer support and lived experience (CPSLE) workforce is a vibrant and important part of the wider mental health and addiction workforce. We value the contribution that people with lived experience bring to the mental health and addiction sector.

In 2021, Te Pou published the CPSLE Workforce Development Action Plan (Consumer, peer support and lived experience workforce action… | Te Pou). As part of this Action Plan, (Action 1.5, Best Practice & Innovation), we are looking deeper into the evidence base for examples of good practice and innovation we can all learn from, as we seek to implement peer values and skills.

These stories will feature either an example of practice from the CPSLE workforce in Aotearoa New Zealand or a published research article, either local or international. We are placing a particular focus on peer philosophy, equity, local relevance, and innovation. We want to stimulate thought and engagement with the approaches presented. We’ll provide an overview of the evidence and then start the discussion about how it applies locally.

We look forward to critical discussion of the issues and ideas that are raised.

We will also continue to look widely for evidence that could be used in this forum and we welcome any evidence examples you might suggest.

You can contact us at Amanda.Luckman@tepou.co.nz.