"peer workers" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to people who work closely together in a similar capacity. Example sentence: Our team of peer workers is dedicated to helping each other succeed.
To identify peer workers' perceptions and experiences of barriers to implementation of peer worker roles in mental health services.
Those with mobile phones can access a special WhatsApp group, whose members include sex workers and peer workers, where violent clients and cops, "bad" number plates, dangerous patches, and details of attacks are messaged live.
In the event that someone overdoses, staff or peer workers can respond with Naloxone or with other services in the case of "tweaking," where people are amped up and require assistance to get through that high-anxiety period.
Five years later over 90% of those originally trained were still active peer workers [ 145].
Outreach was provided either through the use of mobile clinics, or through peer workers or counsellors.
In addition, 77% did not reveal their epilepsy to their employer or to peer workers.
Initial training was provided to peer-workers in all three studies, but the extent of this was not reported; supervision from clinical staff was reported as being provided.
In such circumstances, it is important to ensure the intervention is simple enough to be taught to volunteer peer-workers and family members.
In a London mental health Trust peer support groups for people experiencing personality disorders were co-facilitated by Peer Workers (Support Facilitators) alongside Liaison Workers who were health and social care professionals.
Awareness raising events take place in venues across London such as hostels, which are particularly supported by peer workers individuals from high risk groups who have completed treatment for tuberculosis.
A recent literature review [ 9] details a relative wealth of qualitative research based on lived experience that attests to the benefits of Peer Worker initiatives in mental health services, for Peer Workers themselves and the service users they support.
