A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study
Aims and method Non-Western literature on the core competencies of mental health peer supporters remains limited. Therefore, we used a three-round Delphi study with peer supporters, service users (i.e. someone using peer support services) and mental health professionals to develop a core competency...
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| author | Edwin Lok Yan Wong Jessie Ho-Yin Yau Lesley Cai Yin Sze Hotinpo Sky Kanagawa Dara Kiu Yi Leung Tianyin Liu Gloria Hoi Yan Wong Terry Yat Sang Lum |
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Non-Western literature on the core competencies of mental health peer supporters remains limited. Therefore, we used a three-round Delphi study with peer supporters, service users (i.e. someone using peer support services) and mental health professionals to develop a core competency framework for peer supporters in the Chinese context.
Results
The final framework included 35 core competencies, the conceptual origins of which were local (14.3%), Western (20%) and both local and Western (65.7%). They were grouped into five categories in ascending peer supporter role specificity: (1) self-care and self-development, (2) general work ethics, (3) work with others, (4) work with service users and (5) peer support knowledge.
Clinical implications
A culturally valid mental health peer support competency framework can minimise role confusion and refine training and practice guidelines. In a Chinese context, peer supporters were valued as generic support companions, whereas functions highlighted in the West, such as role modelling, were perceived as less critical.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4a31540e8d174339a4b03ddac166f4762023-06-13T06:50:12ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Bulletin2056-46942056-47081810.1192/bjb.2023.45A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi studyEdwin Lok Yan Wong0Jessie Ho-Yin Yau1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1673-3474Lesley Cai Yin Sze2Hotinpo Sky Kanagawa3Dara Kiu Yi Leung4Tianyin Liu5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8194-5342Gloria Hoi Yan Wong6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-942XTerry Yat Sang Lum7Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sau Po Centre on Ageing, The University of Hong Kong, Hong KongAims and method Non-Western literature on the core competencies of mental health peer supporters remains limited. Therefore, we used a three-round Delphi study with peer supporters, service users (i.e. someone using peer support services) and mental health professionals to develop a core competency framework for peer supporters in the Chinese context. Results The final framework included 35 core competencies, the conceptual origins of which were local (14.3%), Western (20%) and both local and Western (65.7%). They were grouped into five categories in ascending peer supporter role specificity: (1) self-care and self-development, (2) general work ethics, (3) work with others, (4) work with service users and (5) peer support knowledge. Clinical implications A culturally valid mental health peer support competency framework can minimise role confusion and refine training and practice guidelines. In a Chinese context, peer supporters were valued as generic support companions, whereas functions highlighted in the West, such as role modelling, were perceived as less critical. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469423000451/type/journal_articlePsychological well-beingpeer supportDelphi methodservice userscore competencies |
| spellingShingle | Edwin Lok Yan Wong Jessie Ho-Yin Yau Lesley Cai Yin Sze Hotinpo Sky Kanagawa Dara Kiu Yi Leung Tianyin Liu Gloria Hoi Yan Wong Terry Yat Sang Lum A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study BJPsych Bulletin Psychological well-being peer support Delphi method service users core competencies |
| title | A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study |
| title_full | A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study |
| title_fullStr | A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study |
| title_full_unstemmed | A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study |
| title_short | A core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a Chinese community: cross-culturally informed Delphi study |
| title_sort | core competency framework for mental health peer supporters of older adults in a chinese community cross culturally informed delphi study |
| topic | Psychological well-being peer support Delphi method service users core competencies |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056469423000451/type/journal_article |
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