Launch of the National Framework for Recovery in Mental Health 2024-2028 HSE Mental Health Engagement and Recovery recently updated the framework and guides to support people who use the services,…
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The Family Peer Support Service is a new service within the Health Service Executive (HSE) and supported by Mental Health Ireland (MHI) and as the service develops over time, more material will be added to the news section.
This service was initially piloted in the Mayo Mental health Services and called Bealach Nua (new way) and since 2022 the service has expanded nationally and known as the Family Peer Support Service.
We invited Mary O'Connell back to Dublin City University to speak about her Family Peer Support Work Practice. This was the Certificate in Peer Support in Mental Health's first class…
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“Mental Health Seminar was a Major Success” Thursday 3rd November 2022 at the Ballina Arts Centre. It was a wonderful morning last week in the Ballina Arts Centre https://ballinaartscentre.com/ for…
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Family Peer Support Workers Fran MacKeever, Sinéad McDermott and Noel Hoare from Community Healthcare West (CHO2) were delighted to attend Mental Health Ireland’s National Conference which took place in the…
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Bealach Nua which in Irish means New Way, is the suitably titled name of an innovative service which has been in operation since 2015, having assisted over 400 people it…
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BEALACH Nua, which in English means New Way, is the suitably titled name of an innovative service for families/friends of people with mental health difficulties. Over the past five years…
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Family peer support workers based at Castlebar, County Mayo were delighted to have received their degree certificate qualification in Peer Support working in Mental Health in 2021 from Atlantic Technological…
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In May 2021, (which was a difficult time in all our lives because of Covid 19) family peer support workers got involved in promoting their service and supports provided to…
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