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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