Session 13 - Experts by experience (with Emily Unity)
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Emily Unity speaks to us this week about Youth Peer Work, the exciting opportunities and significant challenges in working and developing an emerging field in mental health. Join as us we discover how critical lived-experience is in the recovery journey, and how we can improve our care by effectively marrying expert clinical knowledge with expert experience.
00:00 Introduction
03:33 Intro to Emily Unity
06:23 Beer Introduction
08:59 What is Youth Peer Work?
10:16 Distinction between peer work and clinical practice
13:25 Importance of relationship
15:33 Choosing Youth Peer Work
20:00 Individual and systemic advocacy
21:40 Challenges of working with other professions
26:25 Navigating self-disclosure of mental health
28:32 Working in a new and developing field
31:43 Experts by Experience
35:19 Beer check-in
35:50 Boundaries vs Engagement with young people
43:22 Good reasons to get into Youth Peer Work
44:26 Being prepared to enter the field
45:28 Role requirements and limits in career paths
48:01 Why it’s worth doing
50:00 Beer Review
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Intro and Outro Music:
El Camino del Alce by Silva de Alegria
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