In conversation with Hope Point Dundee: making peer support sustainable
Peer support is most effective when the right conditions are in place but what does it take to make peer support sustainable?
Earlier this year, Hope Point Dundee, a partnership between Penumbra and Dundee Health and Social Care Partnership, celebrated it’s 2-year anniversary. The celebration coincided with the launch of their 2-Year Review, highlighting that the peer-led service had supported over 2,000 people in distress.
Recorded as part of our Peer Connects programme, our Projects Officer Lesley Smith chats to Darren Sayer, Operations Manager at Hope Point Dundee about this 24/7 drop-in service that is transforming crisis intervention in the area.
Darren discusses how the knowledge and understanding of the peer practitioners, and their ability to build relationships with both each other and those visiting the service, contributes to its success and sustainability.
The staffing team of practitioners are all employed in peer roles and that’s been something that’s been fed back as really positive for the service…
I really think it’s a model that works for everyone. It not only encourages people with recovery, but it also shows people there’s hope beyond what they’re going through.
Darren Sayer, Operations Manager
Download the film transcript
You might also be interested in Scottish Recovery Network’s new report which features Hope Point Dundee and shines a spotlight on the transformative work happening across the region as part of crisis intervention and suicide prevention.
- Creating Hope with Peer Support: 3 years of peer power in suicide prevention
