Holley Jessica, Gillard Steve, Gibson Sarah
Division of Population Health Sciences and Education, Section of Mental Health, St George's University of London, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, Wandsworth, London, SW17 0RE, UK,
Community Ment Health J. 2015 May;51(4):477-90. doi: 10.1007/s10597-015-9843-y. Epub 2015 Feb 18.
New peer worker roles are being introduced into mental health services internationally. This paper addresses a lack of research exploring issues of risk in relation to the role. In-depth interviews were carried out with 91 peer workers, service users, staff and managers. A grounded analysis revealed protective practice in minimising risk to peer worker well-being that restricted the sharing of lived experience, and a lack of insight into how peer workers might be involved in formal risk management. Alternatively, analysis revealed potential new understandings of risk management based on the distinctive, experiential knowledge that peer workers brought to the role.
国际上，新的同伴工作者角色正被引入心理健康服务领域。本文旨在解决一项研究空白，即探索与该角色相关的风险问题。我们对91名同伴工作者、服务使用者、工作人员和管理人员进行了深入访谈。扎根分析揭示了在将同伴工作者福祉风险降至最低方面的保护性做法，这种做法限制了生活经历的分享，并且对同伴工作者如何参与正式风险管理缺乏深入了解。另外，分析揭示了基于同伴工作者带入该角色的独特经验知识对风险管理的潜在新理解。
