USCA Workshop: Supervising HIV-Positive Peers
The PEER Center and Peer Education Training Sites will be presentating a joint workshop titled Supervising HIV-Positive Peers in a Health Care Setting.
Tuesday, September 14, 9:30 am - 11:30 a.m. (Session 3)
This workshop will demonstrate the need for a strong supervisory system as well as address some of the challenges supervisors face in managing peers. In this interactive session, panelists will share their experience being peer worker supervisors and demonstrate how to build peer skills through a supportive supervisory mechanism of empathy that allows peer workers to share their experiences and work toward securing client retention in the healthcare system. Peer worker supervisors will reflect on the successes and challenges encountered in supervising peer workers and their strategies for supporting peer worker development. The panel will share their own experiences, provide case and role-play examples and address audience concerns in developing their own supervisory system.
