Peer Workforce: A practical national framework

National Peer Workforce Framework: Employing People with Lived-Living Experience in Harm Reduction, Health and AOD Services

The Peer Workforce: A Practical National Framework for Employing People With Lived-Living Experience of Using Drugs as Health, Harm Reduction and Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Workers is a guide for organisations thinking about or already employing peer workers and people with lived-living experience of using drugs.

The National Framework uses harm reduction principles, evidence, peer expertise and experience. The information and guidance will be useful for organisations including:

• • AOD services.

• • Harm reduction services.

• • Community health services with harm reduction and AOD programs.

• • Lived-living experience teams and organisations.

• • Research centres.

• • Peak organisations.