A family peer support worker has been formally trained and is an expert through lived experience who provides support grounded in mutual understanding, shared experience and non-judgemental practice.

Family peer support workers provide one to one family peer support, this support includes emotional support, practical coping skills, information and advice around how to navigate the mental health service and linking with appropriate community resources.  We engage with family members, focusing on their strengths and meeting the person where they are at so that they can find their own meaning of recovery.

Family peer support workers also provide opportunities for family members, carers and supporters of people with mental health challenges to meet through organising wellness days, group work and information evenings, which you can read about here.

Family members, carers and supporters who reach out, educate themselves and meet others with similar experiences, better support their own recovery, wellness and reduced sense of stigma.

Family peer support service in Mayo, Galway, Roscommon and nationally, provide support and guidance to family members, carers and supporters when a loved one is unwell and currently engaged with the Adult Mental Health services.

Family peer support workers also advocate for change in the mental health service to ensure that family members, carers and supporters are fully involved in the development of services and service provision.

“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go: they merely determine where you start.”

Nido Qubein