A Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce
A Lived Experience (Peer) workforce within Anglicare WA strengthens its diversity, competence and skill set available as a resource to its existing and potential community.
Our Lived Experience workforce is recovery-oriented and amplifies hope. Workers in Lived Experience (Peer) designated roles, purposefully and professionally utilise their Lived Experience and Lived Expertise to deliver outcomes. We believe people who have navigated adverse life experiences are uniquely placed to walk alongside those experiencing similar challenges providing a beacon of hope within their recovery journey.
What is Lived Experience?
Lived Experience refers to the personal knowledge about the world gained through direct, firsthand involvement in life challenges such as mental health, trauma, homelessness, or family hardship.
At Anglicare WA, we honour this experience as a powerful form of expertise.
Why It Matters
We’re all about people, and focused on strengths
Anglicare WA values and recognises the significance that a person’s lived experience has on their own life, as well as on the organisation’s culture. Workers in designated Lived Experience (Peer) roles are an integral component of our Workforce. They strengthen the diversity, competence, and skillset we can provide to the individuals, families, and communities we walk alongside.
People with Lived Experience bring empathy, insight, and hope to those facing similar challenges. Their voices help shape better services and foster recovery-oriented, person-centred care.
Our Commitment
Our Lived Experience (Peer) Workforce is recovery-oriented and amplifies hope
Workers in Lived Experience (Peer) roles, purposefully and professionally utilise their Lived Experience to deliver outcomes.
We are committed to:
- Embedding Lived Experience across all levels of our organisation
- Creating psychologically safe and inclusive workplaces
- Supporting designated Lived Experience roles and peer workers
- Ensuring meaningful participation in service design and decision-making
Our Guiding Principles
Anglicare WA’s Lived Experience workforce will be nurtured, guided, and strengthened through the following principles:
- Connection: Lived Experience (Peer) workers hold a space for exploration and discovery in the relationship.
- Diversity: Respect for individual approaches to wellbeing.
- Mutuality: The ability to know where you are at and the ability to meet people where they are at.
- Human Rights: Lived Experience (Peer) workers advocate for a socially just world.
- Authenticity: It's about asking what has happened to you, not what’s wrong with you.
- Humanity: Having compassion for others is grounded in being compassionate towards yourself
