Crossing the great employment divide: from service user to service user development worker

Peter Relton is employed as a service user development worker in the Bradford Home Treatment Team. His job is to challenge and develop the team ‐ to bring his insights and perspectives to bear on the way they do their work. While some ‘user workers’ operate from a position somewhat apart from the local team, Peter describes an approach that has the potential to knit a service user perspective right into the fabric of mental health services.