Rules for the CU Peer Programme ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** 1. The peer programme is an initiative that allows a peer consultant to connect with a pee This connection is a voluntary sharing of study experiences, listening, motivational conve emotional support. The goal of the peer programme is to assist university students who hav difficulties and who want the support of a peer student in managing their studies at the u well as to strengthen collegiality among university students. 2. A peer consultant is a university student who is familiar with the study environment of and is ready to offer their experience and empathy to peer recipients. 3. A university student becomes a peer consultant when they register with the guarantor of programme, complete an introductory questionnaire, undergo an initial interview, and then on the provision of peer consultant services at CU. 4. The guarantor of the programme is entitled to reject those interested in becoming a pee or peer recipient based on a professional assessment of the suitability of the student’s i programme. 5. Peer consultants are not experts in the fields of psychology, psychotherapy, or any oth fields. Hence, the conversations they have with peer recipients are not psychotherapeutic are they considered professional counselling services. 6. If a peer consultant discovers that the peer recipient needs a service that exceeds the and training, they must inform the guarantor of the programme and may refer the peer recip services. 7. Peer consultants are required to participate in initial training by the peer programme to participate in regular intervision and supervision sessions according to the instructio programme guarantor. Peer consultants are also aware of their personal knowledge, competen If they encounter a situation that they do not know how to handle, they must contact the p guarantor with a request for consultation. In their peer meetings, peer consultants do not evaluate or judge peer recipients or impose their solutions on peer recipients. 8. Peer consultants must uphold confidentiality with respect to all facts that they learn recipients during their participation in the peer programme, even after participation in t has ended. This does not affect their obligation to immediately inform the peer programme as well as any unit of the integrated rescue system of the Czech Republic, if there is sus their peer recipient is in serious danger. Peer consultants may anonymously share informat intervision and supervision meetings and consult with the programme manager in a non-anony 9. Upon consent of the peer recipient, the peer consultant is informed about facts regardi health of the peer recipient that could have an impact on the joint consultation sessions. 10. Each month, the peer consultant completes a work report showing how many hours he/she the peer recipient and a general description of the topics or activities. During the inter consultation sessions with the programme guarantor, the activities and progress are discus 11. A peer consultant may also have more than one peer recipient, if he/she fulfils all of set out in the programme rules and it does not interfere with their study obligations, and interest. 12. A peer recipient is a university student with psychological difficulties who needs ass the study environment of the university or is looking for motivation and support in coping university studies. 13. A university student becomes a peer recipient when they register with the peer program undergo an initial interview where the guarantor or the guarantor’s assistant considers th of the student’s inclusion in the programme, and then sign an acknowledgment statement for rules. 14. The pairing up of a peer consultant with a peer recipient is carried out by the peer p guarantor on the basis of a professional assessment. 15. Peer meetings of the peer consultant and the peer recipient take place regularly, base between both parties and the peer programme guarantor on the premises of the university or remote manner, preferably for one hour per week. 16. Upon agreement between the peer consultant and the peer recipient and after the approv programme guarantor, the peer consultant and the peer recipient may also participate in a activity (e.g. sports, educational event, cultural event, etc.). 17. Peer consultants and peer recipients must abide by the rules of decency when interacti other and respect the opinions and decisions of their peer counterpart. Peer consultants m contacts and information obtained in the peer programme for their private use or any other 18. Peer consultants specify with their peer recipients the topics they will cover and the they will follow during their peer meetings. 19. Peer consultants and peer recipients jointly determine how they will communicate with mail, telephone, text messages). Both parties undertake to use these forms of communicatio each other outside the joint meetings only if it is absolutely necessary (changing the dat arranging dates, apologizing for absences). 20. Neither the peer consultant nor the peer recipient should use social media for communi are also required to respect the boundaries of the other person regarding the intensity of peer consultant and recipient are entitled to inform the programme guarantor about disresp boundaries regarding the intensity of contact. If this is not remedied even after a warnin manager, cooperation with the peer consultant or peer recipient may be terminated. 21. Peer consultants and peer recipients are entitled at any time to either completely ter participation in the peer programme or to request the assignment of another peer counterpa 22. Peer consultants are required to abide by these rules and follow other guidelines of t guarantor. If the peer consultant repeatedly fails to fulfil the obligations set out in th follow the instructions of the guarantor, the guarantor is entitled to exclude the consult programme. The guarantor is also entitled to exclude the peer consultant from the programm is lodged against their consulting activity by the peer recipient and the peer consultant provide a satisfactory explanation for the matter in question. 23. The peer programme guarantor is entitled to exclude a peer recipient who does not resp the peer programme.