Training Non-Specialist Facilitators to Deliver Mental Health Support to Refugees: A Practical Guide
Delivering mental health support to refugees and asylum seekers doesn’t always require specialist mental health professionals. Trained non-specialist facilitators—such as cultural mediators, community workers, or volunteers with a refugee or migrant background—can effectively deliver scalable psychological interventions like Self-Help Plus (SH+). This guide explains who can be trained, what training covers, how facilitators are supported, and what works in practice for organisations working with displaced populations in the UK and Europe. Who can become a non-specialist facilitator? Non-specialist facilitators do…
