Mike Chiswell

My name is Mike (He/ Him). I have been in Consumer Peer Work or Lived Experience Designated roles for almost 5 years in various roles. My perspective is formed from my identity as a neuro-spicy bloke who has and does experience mental health challenges. I'm most passionate about making sense of what it means to work as a peer worker in clinical systems and exploring these tensions. I love exploring the concept of Lived Experience Leadership and what this might looks like in different contexts.

Peer Program Coordinator with particular focus on Victorian Peer Cadet Program and experience in LE Early In Career Graduate Program and Peer Placement Program support.

Consumer Perspective Supervision Training Facilitation

Senior Peer Navigator at a Mental Health Wellbeing Local supporting/ supervising a team of 14 Peer Navigators. Collaboration with clinical leadership and workforce (2 years)

Peer Wellbeing Navigator at a Mental Health Wellbeing Local (1 Year)

Peer Worker at a PARC (prevention and recovery care) for 1 year.

Past experience working in People & Culture and Leadership

Consumer Perspective Supervision Trained

Intentional Peer Support Core and Advanced Trained

Cert IV Mental Health Peer Work

Diploma of Mental Health

I lean on Intentional Peer Support and Open Dialogue principles to provide a space for reflection and exploration where we can come as we are. This is a co-created space where we decide on structure and purpose together to best meet our needs. We can decide from a spectrum of structured process' involving regular prompts to less structured reflection unpacking what you need to unpack at that time.