0:03 peachtree was founded back in 2011 by
0:06 two mothers who had been through a
0:09 profound and life-changing experience
0:11 after they had their babies
0:14 and who noticed a gap in service
0:16 delivery and wanted to do something
0:18 about it over the years we have worked
0:21 hard to develop our service delivery
0:23 model to promote and advocate for our
0:26 lived experience workers
0:28 and as a consequence now we're running a
0:31 really successful and thriving
0:32 organisation
0:36 we now have over 21 lived experience
0:40 workers spread throughout our
0:41 organisation
0:43 from peer support workers to team
0:45 leaders to program managers right
0:48 through to management positions as a
0:51 peer support worker i have
0:53 lived experience of perinatal mental
0:56 health challenges i bring my experience
0:59 here and what i've learned is that
1:03 that actually healing is possible
1:06 and that in being on a healing journey
1:08 myself and being
1:10 and acknowledging that
1:12 that
1:14 that's possible for other people as well
1:17 it's just
1:18 incredible you feel so understood
1:21 because they've been there they've been
1:23 in the trenches they've felt those
1:25 emotions they've
1:27 also found out that it's not always a
1:29 fairy tale story going into motherhood
1:32 so it was nice to feel heard to feel
1:34 understood my mental health has vastly
1:36 improved through being connected with
1:38 this peach tree specifically and
1:41 i'm also that lived experience
1:43 a peer support model i've built up the
1:45 confidence as a mother to know that when
1:47 things are going quite rough that i've
1:49 got this and i'm doing the best i can
1:51 and that's enough
1:55 by investing in our lived experience
1:57 workforce we have a staff who are best
2:00 placed in their own mental health and
2:02 wellbeing
2:03 who have the right skill sets who are
2:06 able to provide a safe and quality
2:08 service if you're an organisation that
2:10 is considering embedding lived
2:12 experience into your service delivery
2:14 model
2:15 it is so important that you work from a
2:18 trauma-informed perspective
2:20 and you have the necessary frameworks of
2:22 support around your lived experience
2:24 workforce that is going to enable them
2:27 to flourish the future of the lived
2:29 experience workforce is incredibly
2:32 exciting at peachtree we are committed
2:35 to continuing to provide opportunities
2:38 for our lived experience workers to
2:41 thrive to grow
2:42 and
2:43 increase their skills and work towards
2:46 safety and quality
2:48 [Music]
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