The CPSLE label comes from the title “Consumer, Peer Support and Lived Experience Workforce”. Some now refer to us as the CAPSULE workforce, while Te Pou now refer to us as Mātau ā-wheako CPSLE workers.

The Competencies give examples of the varied lived experience roles encompassed by CPSLE: Peer support workers; Consumer advocates; Consumer advisors; Consumer, peer and service user educators; Consumer, peer and service user researchers and evaluators; Consumer, peer and service user auditors; and Service user, Consumer and peer supervisors.

All these roles exist in the Southern Region