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Managing Peer Suppo...
Managing Peer Support Workers in Swedish Mental Health Services : A Leadership Perspective on Implementation and Sustainability
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- Grim, Katarina, 1971- (author)
- Karlstad University,Karlstads universitet,Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier (from 2013),Department for Psychological and Social Studies, Social Work, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden
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- Bergmark, Magnus (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för socialt arbete,Umeå University
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- Argentzell, Elisabeth (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Psykisk hälsa, aktivitet och delaktighet,Forskargrupper vid Lunds universitet,Mental Health, Activity and Participation,Lund University Research Groups
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- Rosenberg, David, 1957- (author)
- Umeå universitet,Institutionen för socialt arbete,Umeå University
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- 2022-10-13
- 2023
- English.
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In: Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. - : Springer. - 2198-9834 .- 2198-963X. ; 10:3, s. 313-329
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- Even though it has been demonstrated that peer support contributes to positive outcomes for service users, organizational implementation issues remain. The aim of the current study was to examine an implementation of peer support from the perspective of managers in order to develop knowledge of factors influencing sustainability of this initiative. Eighteen managers were interviewed in connection with the introduction of peer support in sixteen mental health settings. Interviews were analyzed utilizing inductive and deductive approaches. The results suggested that managers were predominantly positive in their evaluation of peer support as a recovery-oriented addition to their services, but noted developmental issues regarding role, professional identity, supervision and financing in relation to other traditional personnel. The involvement of the user movement, especially with regard to training and supervision helped prepare staff and support peer workers, yet there was some apprehension attached to the critical scrutiny that this `outsider’ perspective might imply. The results confirm previously noted uncertainties regarding peer support as an integrated component of mental health systems and illuminate a number of culturally conditioned challenges that may hamper peer support from being implemented with the same approach as other interventions. In response, the present study suggests a number of focus areas that should be attended to in future implementation efforts, including issues related to staff roles, power dynamics, connection to the user movement and reconsideration of the value of experience-based knowledge. In the Swedish context, a government level commitment was identified as critical to ensure stable funding.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Sociologi -- Socialt arbete (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Sociology -- Social Work (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Hälsovetenskap -- Hälso- och sjukvårdsorganisation, hälsopolitik och hälsoekonomi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Health Sciences -- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Manager perspectives
- Mental health services
- Peer support
- Sustainable implementation
- Socialt arbete
- Social Work
- Manager perspectives
- Mental health services
- Peer support
- Sustainable implementation
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- art (subject category)
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