This course has been curated specifically for the Junction Australia team working on the PRF funded ‘Young Parents Group’. The aim of the course is to provide an introduction to the potential of Peer-to-Peer responses in practice, within a foundational overview of co-design and co-production.

This on demand course will give you a conceptual, practical, and pragmatic grounding in co-design, co-production and Peer-to-Peer support.

You’ll learn  with Chris Vanstone, TACSI’s Chief Innovation Officer with Barbara Binns and Danielle Abbott, both experienced practitioners in co-design and peer-to-peer.

Together they’ll help you get clear on what it takes to do co‑design and peer-to-peer support practice well, and share their favourite tools and frameworks so you can realise co‑design and peer-to-peer solutions in your work, your organisation, and the broader system.

Your facilitators

Danielle Abbott

Peer Practices Lead, TACSI

A champion and advocate for the voice of the people, Danielle’s spent the last 20 years working on the ground with youth, families and in community development. For the last decade she’s worked at TACSI on designing, delivering and implementing peer-to-peer solutions, including Family by Family in Australia and the UK.

Chris Vanstone

Chief Innovation Officer & co-CEO, TACSI

Chris started his career designing biscuits and razors before transitioning into social innovation over 20 years ago. As TACSI co-CEO and CIO, he’s responsible for keeping TACSI at the cutting edge of social innovation, playing a big role in the development of our practice, major initiatives and strategy. Chris’ goal is to democratise social innovation. He’s always striving to get important concepts into the world in ways that are clear.

Barbara Binns

Senior Social Innovator, TACSI

Quietly persistent with an empathetic approach, Barbara strives to see the world through other people’s eyes. For the last four years, her focus has been supporting the spread and implementation of ‘Weavers’, a peer-to-peer support model that helps carers manage the ongoing challenges of caring, reducing the stress of caring and increasing wellbeing.

What you'll experience

  • Five TACSI practitioners sharing their insights into co-design, peer-to-peer solutions and co-production.

  • Six audio episodes that will introduce topics with stories , conversations and frameworks.

  • A perspective on co-design from Aboriginal practionners

  • 6 tools and frameworks you can use with your team to shape co-design and Peer-to-Peer activity

  • An App, website and downloadable resources

Seven things you’ll learn

  • What is co-design, coproduction and peer-to-peer support

  • The principles, mindsets and practices that support co-design and peer to peer work

  • The options for lived-experience involvement

  • The different forms peer-to-peer support can take

  • What needs to be designed in a peer-to-peer model

  • The four diamond design process

  • Considerations for engaging First Nations people in co-design activities

Course curriculum

    1. Welcome to the Learning Series

    2. Episode 1: Doing Co-Design & Peer-to-Peer Well

    3. Tool: Co-production Mindsets & Practices Reflection

    4. Tool: Principles for Peer to Peer

    1. Episode 2: Options for Involving Lived Experience

    2. Tool: Co-production Essential Questions

    3. Tool: Power Equaliser Cards

    1. Episode 3: Peer-to-Peer Support

    2. Tool: Database of Peer-to-Peer Support Models

    1. Episode 4: Scaffolding Peer-to-Peer Support

    2. Tool: Peer-to-Peer Model Canvas

    1. Episode 5: Peer Supervision and Support

    2. Tool: Lived Experience Supervision

    3. Tool: Holding Risk for Supervisors

    1. Episode 6: Frameworks for Wellbeing

    2. Tool: Self Care Framework and Wellbeing Tips

About this course

  • Free
  • 6 Audio episodes
  • 6 Reflective activities
  • 6 Tools to use in your work