Natalie Snaddon
Peer Support Facilitator, iSelf Help Pain Management Programme Research Project, University of Otago, Wellington, NZ
Natalie works as the Peer Support Facilitator on the on-line Pain Management Programme for both the Wellington Pain Service and the Southland Pain Service. This Pain Management Programme consists of a 12 week programme and Natalie is now in her fifth year of delivering this for the Wellington Pain Service and first year with the Southland Pain Service.
Natalie previously worked as the Peer Support Facilitator on the iSelf Help Pain Management Programme Research Project, University of Otago, Wellington, and collaborated in the research design prior to taking up her current role. Natalie has a background in Adult Teaching and Childbirth Education, together with previous roles in research with ACC on back pain and vocational rehabilitation with Workbridge. She also holds practice supervision qualifications and previously worked mentoring and supervising trainee Childbirth Educators. Natalie lives with chronic pain following a treatment injury during cancer treatment in 2006 so brings this lived experience to her Peer Support role. |
Peer Support as part of Pain Management
This talk introduces Natalie, her work within Peer Support in Pain Management over the last 5 years, an explanation of what is involved in peer support and how it has played out within the Pain Services she works for. She discusses its relevance and importance as part of pain management and her ideas on identifying, selecting and training peer supporters to become an integral part of the delivery of pain management programmes across the motu.