Mel Ball: Embedding a peer support workforce – film and thought piece
Filmed at The Future is Peer national event, Mel shares learning on why and how they developed a peer workforce.
Mel Ball is Director of Lived Experience at Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. She was one of the guest contributors at our The Future is Peer event in Glasgow.
In the film Mel discusses the journey she has been on while working for her organisation. She also takes a look at how England’s landscape for peer support and lived experience has developed.
Consultation for the long term plan for mental health led to..an outstanding voice calling for peer support in increasing numbers in the future of mental health service delivery.
Mel Ball, Director of Lived Experience
- Download the transcript for the film
- Thought piece Raising the glass ceiling: considering a career pathway for peer support workers – 2021 (Melanie Ball & Syena Skinner)