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An expert by experience is a person who has gone through, for example, a disease, and recovered from it. After recovery, this person helps others who are in the same situation. Experts by experience provide, for example, peer support and talk about their experiences. Experts by experience are trained to the task. Services of experts by experience are free.
An expert by experience can help people who have problems, for example, with
- intoxicants
- mental health
- gaming
- grief
- pain.
An expert by experience can help because he or she has experienced what you are experiencing now. You can talk to an expert by experience about all your worries. They can also help if you are worried about someone close to you.
Contact your own caseworker or personal nurse if you want to talk to an expert by experience. Call mental health and substance abuse services if you do not have your own caseworker.
Adult Mental Health Services
aikuistenmielenterveyspalvelut@itauusimaa.fi
Phone appointments: Monday to Friday at 8.00–11.00. You can cancel your appointment by voicemail 24 hours a day. When doing so, tell your name, date of birth, and what appointment you want to cancel. Tell also, if you want the nurse to call you back or not.
We are looking for trained experts by experience.
As an expert by experience, you should
- have reached advanced stage in your own rehabilitation
- collaborate with clients and professionals
- support client needs
- be able to tell your own story in such a way that it helps to recover
- be able to be an expert in your own experience.
The tasks of an expert by experience depend on the situation. We pay a compensation for the tasks.
An expert by experience can act, for example,
- as a trainer
- as a group leader
- together with a professional
- in projects and work groups.