Core IPS Training November 17th 2025 to February 11th 2026 (SOLD OUT)
About
You will receive further information such as an introductory email & calendar invite, training manual and venue details closer to the course date.Attendance to each session is required to achieve certification.
The IPS Core Training is for anyone interested in mutual support and has been widely used a foundation training for people working in both traditional and alternative mental health settings.
Based on Shery Mead's book "Intentional Peer Support: An Alternative Approach" our Core Training 5 session in person introduction to this innovative framework and is designed to have you practicing right away. In a highly interactive environment, participants learn the tasks and principles of IPS, examine assumptions about who they are, and explore ways to create relationships in which power is negotiated, co-learning is possible, and support goes beyond traditional notions of "service". IPS is all about opening up new ways of seeing, thinking, and doing, and here we examine how to make this possible.
What is Intentional Peer Support?
Intentional Peer Support (IPS) is a way of thinking about and inviting powerful, transformative relationships. Peer practitioners learn to use relationships to see things from new angles, develop greater awareness of personal and relational patters, and support and challenge each other in trying new things.
Date
Monday 1 February 2027 9:00 AM - Thursday 11 February 2027 5:00 PM (UTC+11)Location
Self Help Addiction Resource Centre
140 Grange road, Carnegie, VIC 3163 VIC 3163