Mental Health Support for Migrants and Refugees: A Lay Mental Health Advisor Approach
The PHAROS project started on the 1st of November 2024 for a 24 month duration.
Partners
- INTEGRA Filder e.V., Germany, coordinator
- SOROS International House, Lithuania
- Unofficial Media and Training Limited, Ireland
- SOLUTION : Solidarité & Inclusion, France
- Druzhestvo Znanie, Bułgaria
- DOREA Educational Institute WTF, Cyprus
Project’s objectives
The aim of the project is to provide mental health support for migrants and refugees, particularly those affected by the conflict in Ukraine.
It aims to improve mental health support for migrants and refugees in Europe by training community-based advisors and strengthening community access to mental health services and reducing the stigma surrounding these issues.
The project’s goals include :
- Training mental health advisors among adult migrants through a culturally adapted training program.
- Enhancing the skills of adult educators and social workers to better understand the specific mental health challenges faced by migrants
- Establishing community-based support networks to facilitate access to mental health services.
Project’s results
The project will achieve the following results :
- A curriculum to train mental health advisors, covering topics such as trauma-informed care and self-care techniques including 6 culturally sensitive modules that will address:
- 1. Introduction to Mental Health;
- 2. Common Mental Health Disorders;
- 3. Introduction to Trauma-Informed Care;
- 4. Access to Mental Health Services;
- 5. Self-Care for Lay Advisors and
- 6. Mindfulness and Self-Care for Migrants and Refugees.
- A training program to raise educators’ awareness of the mental health challenges migrants face including practical modules for educators addressing:
- 1. Foundations of Mental Health Education;
- 2. Understanding the Mental Health Concerns of Migrants and Refugees;
- 3. Effective Teaching Strategies for Mental Health Education;
- 4. Cultural Competence for Mental Health Education;
- 5. Facilitation Skills for Sensitive Topics and
- 6. Adapting Content for Diverse Learners.
- Guidelines to help establish peer support networks, making mental health services more accessible to migrants.
