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Table 2 Levels of intervention and themes of curriculum for peer support worker training

From: The social support, mental health, psychiatric symptoms, and functioning of persons with schizophrenia participating in peer co-delivered vocational rehabilitation: a pilot study in Taiwan

Intervention level

Themes of curriculum

We need peer support

Be healthier and happier

My recovery journey

Recover together

Work together

Community

Introducing the People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act in Taiwana

Using resources in communities to cultivate independent living skills, better health, and to find a jobc

Dealing with discrimination encountered in communitiesa

Service system

Connecting with other peopleb

Mental health &mental health promotiona

Concepts of recovery & empowerment at both individual &service team levelsa

Coleading workplace problem-solving groupb

Treatment & rehabilitation in mental health servicesa

Roles of trained professionals with different specialties &peer support workers in mental health servicesa

Assisting the vocational rehabilitation trainingb

Individual

What is the job of peer support workers? a

Cooperating with care-givers and/or trained professionals with different specialtiesb

Principle of self-determinationa

Skills of active listeninga

Leadership in a groupa

My life storya

Recognizing critical time pointsb

Sharing the decisions made during my own vocational journeya

My experience of managing my own mental illnessb

Illustrating my recovery story through role-playingc

Acquiring interviewing skills through simulationsc

  1. aone-hour lecture session
  2. bone-hour practice session
  3. ctwo-hour practice session