Alison Parkinson
Alison Parkinson
How do you describe your Peer Supervision practice?
I provide a person-centred approach for lived experience workers looking to grow their understanding of carer peer practice and foster they're own natural talents and ways of working within the principles and structure of Lived Experience work.
What information regarding your Peer Work, Lived Experience, and/or areas of interest do you want Peer Workers to know?
I have over eight years in the Lived Experience workforce. I am currently working as a Lived Experience Coordinator, before this role I was employed as a carer peer worker within an acute setting. I am very passionate about the embedding of peer roles within services and supporting the peer workers to be able to sustainably work and provide their expertise within the workplace. My training includes - Peer Supervision (CoMHWA), Intentional Peer Support, Skills Set Mental Health Peer Support, Mind Australia Peer Support, Mental Health First Aid