Recovery is that word that has been around for many years in our sector and I keep hearing about personal recovery and clinical recovery in the mental health world and then we add the discussion about what recovery means in the AOD and HR world.
This workshop is designed to have a candid conversation about who determines what recovery means (I think that’s easy but I’m clear it’s not for all), how we can support people in “their” recovery journey, and even talk about that some people hate the word recovery and what does that mean when services we work with want us to use the word recovery.
Facilitator: Robyn Priest
Robyn Priest has built a career shaped by their own mental health adventures. They have been fortunate and privileged to live and work in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada in a range of LLE-designated roles for almost 30 years. Robyn has worked in LLE-run organisations, mainstream services with LLE roles, state government health services, government funding roles and, for many years, through their own consultancy business. For more than 15 years, Robyn has developed and implemented a range of LLEW roles and delivered training for frontline LLEW workers and supervisors across diverse settings. Robyn is currently the Manager of the Collective and, in their spare time, still delivering a first of its kind in the world, 60 hour Peer Support Professional certification training in Colorado that includes MH, AOD, HR and family LLEW in the same training.