Becoming A Peer Supporter
To students in second year onwards, the Peer Support team advertises for new recruits at the beginning of each academic year. Student recruits should be passionate about improving student wellbeing at the university. Once they have applied successfully, these recruits go through 30 hours of training in their first term before Christmas (usually on five alternating Saturdays) to give them the skills to support their peers successfully. These include topics like partner-focused active listening, awareness of mental health conditions, self-care, introductions to student support resources and services, and developing a compassionate, wellbeing-orientated approach. The training is also vital to build close relationships with fellow recruits to form a tight-knit group.
In addition to this training, peer supporters also attend reflective practice sessions every two weeks throughout their time at Liverpool. These group sessions are held with a University Counsellor present for safe-guarding and are used as a forum to discuss plans for future peer support events and initiatives, issues surrounding wellbeing in the vet school as a whole and individual issues peer supporters have dealt with if they would like advice (identities are always kept anonymous).
If you’re a University of Liverpool vet student and want more information on what being a Peer Supporter is like and how to become one, check this out
In addition to this training, peer supporters also attend reflective practice sessions every two weeks throughout their time at Liverpool. These group sessions are held with a University Counsellor present for safe-guarding and are used as a forum to discuss plans for future peer support events and initiatives, issues surrounding wellbeing in the vet school as a whole and individual issues peer supporters have dealt with if they would like advice (identities are always kept anonymous).
If you’re a University of Liverpool vet student and want more information on what being a Peer Supporter is like and how to become one, check this out
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