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Autumn/Winter Term
3,386 Recovery Academy students
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# love to learn 81% of service users recommend us to family and friends 271 participants recruited to our research study
October 2016 - March 2017
Enrol online at www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery
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My wife and I attended the Living with Autism Spectrum Condition course and we just wanted to say personally how much we appreciated the efforts of all who took part.
“As a couple, we have first-hand experience of some of the issues arising from autism but it was instructive to gain an insight into how others are coping with their condition. “The course was the first time we have had the benefit of verbal, intelligible explanations of what autism is all about with consideration given to the anxiety confronting people on the spectrum. “It was also nice to hear from the service user consultants from United Response and we agree that the autistic traits of people should be respected and that appropriate behaviours taught to facilitate living well within society. Many thanks for your hard work.
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Introducing The Curve conference and venue hire
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he Curve is Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundations Trust’s headquarters and a unique conference, meeting and events venue, offering a distinctive and alternative venue solution, in an innovative, contemporary and inspirational environment. With superb, state of the art conference facilities, the latest audio-visual technology and on-site catering, we offer a range of meeting rooms and conferencing facilities for hire – from intimate meetings to large-scale conferences of up to 150 delegates.
And why are we unique? The Curve is a ground breaking, community facing resource hub, which has been specifically designed to support the delivery of educational courses for people with mental health and substance misuse problems, their families and carers as well as health care professionals run by the Trust’s Recovery Academy. Contemporary art pieces, that were created by people who use the Trust’s services, are on display throughout the building.
Designed to be different The Curve is located just outside Manchester City Centre, in Prestwich, with public transport links, including a convenient bus stop opposite and tram stop a short walk away, and car parking on site. Facilities inside the building include a 100-person conference room, four large seminar rooms, three breakout rooms, a learning library, café, exhibition space, and support areas.
Contact the Conference Team For more information or to discuss your booking, please use the contact details below. Tel: 0161 358 1490 • Email: thecurve.reception@gmw.nhs.uk Web: www.gmw.nhs.uk/thecurve The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Or contact The Curve Building Manager, Ruth Lyons Tel: 0161 358 0833 • Email: ruth.lyons@gmw.nhs.uk Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Contents Welcome to the Recovery Academy ......................................................................................... 6 Core Principles of our Academy ................................................................................................ 7 How to register with us and book on our courses ................................................................. 8
Lived Experience Courses British Sign Language Level 1 - Accredited ....................................................................... 11 Deaf Awareness ....................................................................................................................... 12 How Culture Affects Mental Health - new! ...................................................................... 13 Living with Addiction .............................................................................................................. 14 Living with Anxiety and Depression ..................................................................................... 15 Living with an Autistic Spectrum Condition ....................................................................... 16 Living with Bipolar Disorder .................................................................................................. 18 Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder ................................................................................ 19 Living Well with Dementia .................................................................................................... 20 Living with Dual Diagnosis ..................................................................................................... 21 Living with Eating Disorders .................................................................................................. 22 Living with Hearing Voices .................................................................................................... 23 Living with Hoarding Behaviours ......................................................................................... 24 Living with OCD ....................................................................................................................... 25 Living with Personality Disorder ........................................................................................... 26 Living with PTSD ...................................................................................................................... 27 Living with Psychosis ............................................................................................................... 29 Living with Self-Harm ............................................................................................................. 30 Recovering from Domestic Abuse ........................................................................................ 31
Supporting Recovery Courses An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy .......................................................... 33 An Introduction to Compassion Focussed Therapy ........................................................... 34 An Introduction to Life Story Work ...................................................................................... 35 An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills ......................................................... 36 Build a Better You: Exercise for Health and Wellbeing .................................................... 37 Creative Writing ....................................................................................................................... 38 Dementia Friends ..................................................................................................................... 39 Facilitating Self-Help Groups ................................................................................................. 40 Faith and Recovery .................................................................................................................. 41 Health and Wellbeing for Carers .......................................................................................... 42 Introduction to Relaxation Skills - new! ............................................................................. 43 Spotlight: on My Story our new recovery publication ........................................................... 44
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Mindfulness .............................................................................................................................. 46 Music and Recovery - new! .................................................................................................. 47 Nature to Nurture .................................................................................................................... 48 Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation .............................................................. 49 Personality Disorder, National KUF ...................................................................................... 50 (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing .................................................................. 52 Spotlight on Accreditation and Partnerships .......................................................................... 54
Taking Back Control Courses Advocacy in Mental Health .................................................................................................... 57 Completing an Advance Decision ......................................................................................... 59 Making Sense of Experiences through Psychological Assessment .................................. 60 and ‘formulation’ Overcoming Stigma ................................................................................................................. 61 Recovery Star ............................................................................................................................ 62 Understanding Anger and Aggression - new! ................................................................. 63 Understanding Medication used to treat Mental Health Problems ............................... 64
Developing Knowledge and Life Skills Courses Assertiveness Skills ................................................................................................................... 67 Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Accredited ................................... 68 Basic IT Skills - Accredited ..................................................................................................... 70 Basic Maths Skills - Accredited ............................................................................................. 71 Job Application Skills ............................................................................................................... 72 Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship - Accredited .............................................................. 73 Shared Reading Group ........................................................................................................... 75 Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships - NEW! ........................................... 76
Getting Involved with the Academy Courses Creative Facilitation Skills ........................................................................................................ 79 To Tell or not to Tell – Sharing your Story ............................................................................ 80 Train the Trainer ....................................................................................................................... 81
The Library and Knowledge Centre and sign up to the Academy newsletter .................. 82 Course calendar with venues ..................................................................................................... 83 Meet the Tutors ............................................................................................................................ 88 Student Registration and Course Booking Form .................................................................... 103 Student Charter ............................................................................................................................ 105 How to find us .............................................................................................................................. 108
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Welcome to the Recovery Academy
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e are delighted to present the prospectus for our Recovery Academy, brought to you by Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMW).
The academy provides an innovative shared learning environment for current and former service users and their families and carers as well as Trust staff. As you will see from this prospectus, the academy offers a range of interesting and inspiring courses free of charge to promote recovery and wellbeing for all. The Recovery Academy aims to support the recovery and social inclusion of people with lived experience of mental health and alcohol and drug problems. The Recovery Academy will help achieve this by providing over courses that assist you, our students, to learn, develop and grow.
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New courses in the academy’s eighth prospectus include: How Culture Affects Mental Health, Introduction to Relaxation Skills, Music and Recovery, Understanding Anger and Aggression and Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships.
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We already have over students registered with the academy and this figure is growing all the time. All of our courses are developed and delivered through a process of co-production involving people with lived experience and professional expertise of mental health or addiction. Courses vary in length from one-off workshops to those that take place weekly for a number of weeks. Our courses are held in a variety of venues, from community centres and hospitals to learning centres and theatres in locations across Manchester, Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Thank you to everyone who has agreed to take part in the research project evaluating the effects of GMW’s Recovery Academy. To date, we have recruited participants. These include 111 individuals with lived experience of mental health difficulties, 135 health professionals or Trust staff, and 25 family members or carers.
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If you are taking part in the Recovery Academy research project you will have completed a baseline questionnaire pack. You will then be sent a follow-up questionnaire pack three, six and nine months after completing your first questionnaire pack. Please remember to fill in these questionnaires and return them using the freepost envelope. We would like you to complete a follow-up questionnaire pack even if you haven’t attended any Recovery Academy courses. If you have moved address or changed your contact details and think you may not have received your follow-up research pack, please contact Rebecca Sutton at Rebecca.Sutton@gmw.nhs.uk or on 07557 215 256. The Recovery Academy research team have published a paper in which focus groups were conducted with individuals with lived experienced of mental health difficulties, health professionals or other staff members, and family members or carers to explore their experiences of attending Recovery Academy courses. This paper has been published in The Journal of Mental Health, Training, Education and Practice. You can access the paper online using the reference: Elisabeth Zabel Grace Donegan Kate Lawrence Paul French , (2016),”Exploring the impact of the recovery academy: a qualitative study of Recovery College experiences”, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 11 Issue 3 pp. 162 – 171. Alternatively, please email Rebecca Sutton at Rebecca.Sutton@gmw.nhs.uk or Professor Paul French at Paul.French@gmw.nhs.uk for a PDF copy of the paper. Thank you for your continued support of the Recovery Academy research project and we look forward to sharing the results of the project with you soon. Page
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Core principles of our Academy 1. Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the following: • Equal consultation with people with lived experience (including service users, families and carers) and professionals in planning and developing the Recovery Academy (the Academy) and its prospectuses. • Actively engaging with people with lived experience and professionals in the development, delivery, and evaluation of education programmes. • Supporting tutors to gain the confidence and skills they need to be able to truly cofacilitate learning events. • Running a Trainer Bank for people with lived experience to join so that they receive fair pay for their contribution to the development, delivery, and evaluation of education programmes. • Actively supporting those on the Academy Trainer Bank by providing regular support, supervision, annual appraisal, and personal development opportunities to support people to achieve their education/training/employment goals. 2. Providing a state of the art, purpose built educational training facility which houses the Academy on the Prestwich site. This building also accommodates our existing Knowledge and Library services. Whilst this building provides the Academy with a base, and excellent resources to support the delivery of education programmes, we are certain that the Academy will continue to provide satellite services in full recognition of the geographical spread of our services. 3. The Academy will operate on college principles. Students (from whatever background) will be able to select courses from a prospectus. There is a Student Charter describing what a person can expect to gain, and what the Academy expects from them in terms of attendance and behaviour. 4. The Academy is for everyone. Service users, families, carers and professionals can be both tutors and students. The idea is to learn from one another and recognise with equal importance both professional expertise and lived experience. 5. Individuals will be able to access one to one support as well as group learning in order to define and fulfil their hopes and aspirations. We will make links with local colleges, education and employment initiatives, and employers to ensure students can access further opportunities and fulfil their long-term ambitions. 6. The Academy is not a substitute for treatment. It will complement treatment/therapy by helping people to understand their problems and learn how to manage these better in order to pursue their aspirations. 7. The Academy is not a substitute for mainstream colleges. It will promote participation and citizenship, and provide routes to further education, training and/or employment. 8. The Academy will reflect recovery principles in all aspects of its culture and operation. The physical environment and language used will portray messages of hope, empowerment, possibility, and aspirations. Success will be celebrated with all those involved.
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How to register with us and book on our courses
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etailed information about our courses, dates and locations accompanies this prospectus, and is available on our website. The first time you book on one of our courses, you will be asked to complete a student registration form which will ask for your name, background, contact details, and any specific requirements in relation to the support you may need. To make accessing courses even easier, an online student registration form and course booking form are available on our website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery. Our student registration and course booking form can also be found on page 103 of this prospectus. If you don’t have online access, you can complete this and post it to us at the following address:
Study buddies We are committed to ensuring open access to all students and recognise that there can be factors that make accessing and attending courses and learning more difficult. If you or anyone you know need support for whatever reason, please let us know. We operate a buddying system where we can arrange for a member of the Recovery Academy team with lived experience to support you before and during the course. If you would like support from a study buddy, please contact us on 0161 358 1771 or email us at recoveryacademy@gmw.nhs.uk to discuss your needs.
Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Recovery Academy The Curve Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL
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If you are a member of staff, you will need your manager’s permission to attend if you are planning to do so in work time. This is to ensure your shifts are covered, and to ensure the learning you undertake is in line with your Personal Development Plan. You will be asked to sign our Student Charter which provides details of what you can expect from us, and what we can expect from you in terms of attendance and behaviour. This can be found on page 105 of this prospectus. If you are registering online you will just be asked to confirm that you have read and agree to abide by our Student Charter. In return, we will send you confirmation of your place, with full details of course learning outcomes, start and finish times, course venue etc. Please note that we are unable to provide lunch for all day training events. If you are interested in attending a course, and would like more information, advice, or support, please contact us on:
Courses and workshops can fill up fast so please take a look at the wide range of activities on offer, complete our registration and course booking form and send it to us as soon as possible. In the event that you are unable to attend a course or workshop you have booked onto, we would really appreciate it if you would contact us and let us know, giving as much notice as possible. By doing so, you will enable us to offer your place to somebody else. Although our courses are free to everyone, for external organisations that do not let us know that a member of staff will not be attending at least two weeks prior to the course date we will charge the organisation for non-attendance. Please contact us for more information on charges.
Email: recoveryacademy@gmw.nhs.uk Tel: 0161 358 1771
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Lived Experience
Accredited
British Sign Language Level 1 A fun, academic course like no other. A chance to learn how to communicate without using your voice and learn the fascinating language of the Deaf Community.
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A range of topics are studied that involve simple, everyday sign language that enable you to have conversations about work and personal life. Participants will be able to access BSL Centre of Excellence’s (BSLCoE) virtual learning environment, which will enable you to study and practice outside of class. The course includes three assessments that involve having conversations with your tutor. This nationally recognised qualification is an asset to anyone’s CV. By the end of the course, you will be able to: • Understand and use a limited range of simple words and sentences in BSL
• Give and follow simple directions or instructions in BSL
• Take part in simple, predictable conversations in BSL
• Give and follow simple familiar statements or descriptions in BSL.
Who should attend? No previous experience is necessary. This course would suit you if you like to meet people, want to communicate with Deaf people at work or socially, or like learning a language in general. It leads to a nationally recognised certificate which would be an asset to anyone’s CV. BSL Level 1 and 2 are the only courses in our prospectus where we will charge external organisations for attending. This is because GMW has to commission BSLCoE to provide these courses. The cost of this course is £310 per person. Please note this charge does not apply to service users, carers, friends and family members of our service users or GMW staff who will receive this course free of charge. Duration: One full day (7 hours), once a week for 10 weeks Facilitated by Judith Funnell from BSLCoE: BSL Centre of Excellence: BSLCoE is a team of highly motivated and enthusiastic trainers who are dedicated to improving BSL national standards. They’re based in the North West and have extensive experience of teaching and assessing BSL and Deaf Studies courses locally and nationally, in the public and private sector.
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The whole course has been really fun and interesting.” I was surprised at the amount of information I retained after each class.”
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Updated!
Deaf Awareness Training
Lived Experience
There are approximately 8.7 million people in the UK with a hearing loss, which is approximately 1 in 7 people, so the likelihood of you meeting a deaf or hard of hearing person in your workplace or local community is high. The John Denmark Unit (JDU) is an inpatient unit for Deaf people one of only three such units in the country. The Trust’s JDU is proud to deliver Deaf Awareness Training and aims to provide a more detailed understanding of deafness; deaf people, their culture, community, and language. The course includes some fun games where you get to experience first-hand the types of communication barriers deaf people experience every day. You will have fun as you learn! By the end of the course, you will: • Understand and demonstrate how you can engage and communicate with people who have a hearing loss • Gain some understanding of deaf culture and community • Be more aware of the importance of body language, facial expression and non-verbal communication
• Experience some difficulties in communicating from a deaf perspective and be able to assist in improving communication • Demonstrate a positive attitude with deaf and hard of hearing people.
Who should attend? This free course is open to anyone who wants to gain an understanding of deafness and communication. We welcome service users, family members, carers and staff. Duration: Half a day (4 hours) Lead tutors: Jacqueline Parker-Fu, with various colleagues and Registered Qualified British Sign Language (BSL) Interpreters.
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Delivered with humour and real life examples – made participation really easy – no pressure and lots of useful information to take away and use.”
Date and Time: 23 January 2017 – 9am to 1pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL
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NEW! How Culture Affects Mental Health The culture we live in can affect our mental health and the way we think about and talk about mental health. Research from the Mental Health Foundation indicates that people living with apposing cultures can be more susceptible to mental health difficulties because of the stress related to living with different cultural norms and developing/sustaining a sense of identity.
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This course will explore the link between cultural experiences and mental health as well as considering how paying respect to people’s experiences in a non-assuming and nonstigmatising way can help people feel listened to and be beneficial to their overall recovery. By the end of the course, you will: • Explore the impact of culture on our mental health • Consider how living with apposing cultures can affect us • Explore links between cultural norms and beliefs, stigma and mental health diagnosis
• Consider how having a positive regard for peoples cultural experiences can have a positive effect on mental health and recovery.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to understand more about how culture can affect mental health and consider ways to talk more openly about people’s experiences in order to help them in their recovery. It is open to service users, exservice users, their families and friends as well as health and social care professionals. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Jessica Deol, Brad Adams and Sue Thomasson
Date and Time: 8 December 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 28 February 2017 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Living with Addiction “Addiction is a persistent, compulsive dependence on a behaviour or substance.” (FRANK)
Lived Experience
If you have an addiction or know someone who has an addiction, you’re not alone. An estimated two million people in the UK are fighting an addiction. As part of this interactive day, you will explore the experiences of people living with addiction and how this affects those close to them. We will also look at how people overcome addiction and what helps the recovery process. By the end of this course, you will: • Gain an understanding of what it’s like to live with an addiction or support someone with an addiction
• Have a better understanding of what recovery is, how recovery comes about and how it’s maintained
• Consider the range of experiences someone may have
• Explore what helps when someone is living with addiction and what support is available.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about addiction, particularly anyone with experience of addiction. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members and professionals supporting people with addiction. Duration: One full day (7 hours) Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney, Kerry-Anne Peters and Jayne Gosnall
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I enjoyed hearing about other people’s experiences and other people’s opinions on addiction and their views.”
Date and Time: 1 December 2016 – 9.30am to 4.30pm Venue: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Date and Time: 13 February 2017– 9.30am to 4.30pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page
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Living with Anxiety and Depression “Anxiety and depression are something we all experience from time to time. If the anxiety or depression stays at a high level for a long time, people may feel that it is difficult to deal with everyday life.” (Mind)
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This course will help you to understand more about anxiety and depression by sharing information and experiences to raise awareness and provide solutions to help you manage the difficulties associated with the conditions. By the end of this course, you will: • Have an understanding of what anxiety and depression are
• Understand recovery, and the individual nature of it
• Be aware of the different types of anxiety and depression and the different experiences people may have
• Understand some of the blocks to recovery
• Be aware of the similarities and differences between anxiety and depression • Be able to recognise some of the signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression • Know some of the theoretical explanations for anxiety and depression
• Be introduced to different change strategies and interventions that can support the recovery process for people with anxiety and depression • Know the different support options and services available for service users, families and carers.
• Be aware of the stigma associated with anxiety and depression both internally and externally Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about anxiety and depression, particularly anyone who is experiencing anxiety or depression, or feels that they might be. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with anxiety and/or depression. Duration: Two full days (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Dr Sandra Neil, Rosie Beck, Katie Pownell, Lesley Spencer, Lee Mulligan, Suzanne Heffernan and Margaret Harper
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Personally developed a clearer understanding of what I had gone through.” Tutors/volunteers were brilliant.”
Date and Time: 1 & 2 December 2016 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: blueSCI, Broomwood Health & Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU Date and Time: 30 & 31 January 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Date and Time: 15 & 16 March 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Z-arts, 335 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5ZA Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Lived Experience
Living with an Autism Spectrum Condition “Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them. “It is a spectrum condition, which means that, while all people with autism share certain difficulties, their condition will affect them in different ways. Some people with autism are able to live relatively independent lives but others may have accompanying learning disabilities and need a lifetime of specialist support.” (National Autistic Society) Autism itself is not a mental health condition. However, people with autism can experience mental health difficulties because of the stress of every-day life. This course aims to raise awareness of some of the difficulties that people with autism face and how to live well with autism by thinking about practical strategies and support available. A large part of the training is facilitated by people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). This is a truly collaborative training day that gives insight from both personal and professional perspectives into autism spectrum conditions. By the end of this course, you will: • Gain information and increase your knowledge about the autism spectrum • Discuss common difficulties that people with autism experience and think about how this may impact on their lives – including stress, anxiety, sensory issues and social/communication problems • Think about other difficulties experienced by people on the autism spectrum, such as problems with work and social relationships
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• Discuss some practical strategies for understanding and caring for people with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) • Identify the services that are available locally for people seeking a diagnostic assessment, and identify what support there is for people once they are diagnosed with an ASC.
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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of autism, either in a professional capacity or as a friend/family member/person with autism. Duration: One full day (7 hours) Facilitated by: Dr Anna Dodd, Helen Bucke, Catherine Marsh and Autism Consultants provided by United Response United Response is a registered charity which supports over 2000 people in over 300 locations across England and Wales. They support people with autism spectrum conditions, mental health needs, learning difficulties and physical disabilities to take control of their lives and access the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. United Response oversee and run a social enterprise called UR Consultants. UR Consultants is a unique service providing bespoke disability awareness training and consultancy. This training is designed to give people the skills they need to work well with and offer the right support to people with learning disabilities and/or autism. All UR Consultants have learning disabilities and/or autism themselves, which means that they are experts by experience.
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Date and Time: 6 December 2016 – 9.30am to 4.30pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR Date and Time: 7 February 2017 – 9.30am to 4.30pm Venue: blueSCI, Coppice Library & Wellbeing Centre, Coppice Avenue, Sale, Manchester M33 4ND J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Living with Bipolar Disorder “People who have bipolar disorder experience extreme swings in mood – from periods of overactive, excited behaviour – known as ‘mania’ or ‘manic episodes’ – to deep depression. Between these severe highs and lows, people may have stable times.” (Mind)
Lived Experience
The aim of this interactive session is to describe the symptoms of bipolar disorder and equip you with a better understanding of what it’s like to have bipolar disorder. The course will also identify a range of behaviours and skills that can help you to manage the symptoms of bipolar disorder and support mental health and wellbeing. By the end of this course, you will: • Be familiar with the symptoms associated with bipolar disorder and mood swings • Have considered the range of experiences individuals, family and friends might have • Have considered the effects of labelling and stigma on those living with bipolar disorder, and the way it is represented in the media • Be familiar with some of the research and theories relating to bipolar disorder and mood swings
• Consider some of the interventions and approaches used to help people living with bipolar disorder, including: o The ways that we can help to promote recovery from a bipolar disorder o The barriers to recovery and ways to overcome them.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about bipolar disorder, particularly anyone who has bipolar disorder, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with bipolar disorder. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Robert Griffiths, Heather Peel and Stuart Eaton
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The interactions between service users and professionals, it’s a very effective way of learning.”
Date and Time: 12 December 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR Date and Time: 10 February 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder “Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is an anxiety disorder related to body image. If you have BDD, you experience concerns about your appearance that cause you significant anxiety and have a disruptive effect on your life.
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“You may also develop routines and habits, such as excessive use of mirrors or picking your skin, to deal with the worries you have about the way you look. These habits usually have a significant impact on your ability to carry on with your day-to-day life.” (Mind) This course aims to break down the misconceptions related to BDD by exploring the nature of the condition, how it can develop, and the impact it has on people’s lives. We will also explore the different treatment options you can access and look at the ways friends, family and professionals can support someone living with BDD. By the end of the course, you will: • Be able to define BDD and explore common misconceptions of the disorder • Understand some of the beliefs and behaviours associated with the disorder • Discuss the biological and psychological theories behind the development of BDD • Consider how culture, society and media can influence and exacerbate BDD
• Understand the progression and longterm effects of BDD and the effect it has on individuals and their families • Consider a range of treatment options that can be helpful to people living with BDD • Look at how we can best support people living with this condition.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know more about BDD, particularly anyone who has BDD, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with BDD. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Martin O’Doherty and Carolyn Sellers
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Wonderful course – presenter was really welcoming and open.”
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Living Well with Dementia Lived Experience
Dementia is caused by a number of diseases that affect the brain. The most common is Alzheimer’s but there are many different types of dementia, which affect the brain at different rates and in different ways. The aim of this course is to provide you with facts about dementia, common symptoms, treatments available, and techniques that will help you to cope with the effects of dementia. You will learn a range of skills that will help you handle day-to-day challenges, maximise your independence and live an active, meaningful life. The course will also help carers, family members and professionals understand people’s experiences of living with dementia and find out what support is available. By the end of this course, you will learn about: • The impact of the environment on dementia and what support is available to help you maintain independence e.g. tele-care • Cognitive coping strategies e.g. coping with forgetting
• The importance of maintaining supportive relationships and networks in your local community • Planning for the future • Research around dementia and how to get involved.
• Emotional coping strategies e.g. managing stress and feelings associated with dementia Who should attend? The free course is for people with a recent diagnosis of dementia, their carers, relatives, friends and professionals who support people with dementia. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Gill Drummond, Kerry-Anne Peters and Dr Ruth Watson
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Really enjoyed the programme.” Good tips.” Valuable information.”
Date and Time: 11 January 2017 – 9.30am to 3.30pm
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Living with a Dual Diagnosis If you have mental health and substance misuse problems, doctors sometimes call this ‘dual diagnosis’.
Lived Experience
“A large proportion of people in England with mental health problems have co-occurring problems with drug or alcohol misuse. Likewise poor mental health is commonplace in people who are dependent on or have problems with drugs and alcohol. And, for many people, mental ill health and substance misuse combine with a range of other needs including poor physical health, insecure housing and offending.”1 During this course you will hear what it is like to live with a dual diagnosis and explore the different misconceptions within the wider community. We will also look at how having a dual diagnosis impacts on people’s everyday lives and the benefit of continued support to aid recovery. By the end of the course, you will: • Gain an understanding of the meaning of dual diagnosis and what it is like to live with a dual diagnosis
• Have a better understanding of why people often self- medicate/use alcohol and illicit substances
• Have a greater awareness of the signs, symptoms and possible causes of dual diagnosis
• Gain insight into the recovery process • Know how to support someone with a dual diagnosis and the services available.
• Gain an understanding of the differences between drug induced and drug related psychosis Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn more about dual diagnosis, particularly anyone who has mental health and substance misuse problems. We strongly urge friends, family members and professionals to attend in order to enhance their ability to support others in their recovery journey. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Wayne Edwards, Lyndsey Chadderton and Martin Elder
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I thoroughly enjoyed everything.” Would recommend to others in my team.”
Date and Time: 13 December 2016 – 10am to 4.30pm
Venue: Crabtree Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 28 February 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: blueSCI, Coppice Library & Wellbeing Centre, Coppice Avenue, Sale, Manchester M33 4ND 1
Dual diagnosis: a challenge for the reformed NHS and for Public Health England (2012), A discussion paper from Centre for Mental Health, DrugScope and UK Drug Policy Commission.
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Living with Eating Disorders Lived Experience
“Eating disorders aren’t just about food and eating. They are about difficult problems and painful feelings, which you may be finding hard to express, face or resolve. Focusing on food is a way of disguising these problems, even from yourself.” (Mind) This course will increase your awareness of what it is like to live with an eating disorder, and outline strategies that enable people to cope with long-term eating disorders. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand what is meant by the term Eating Disorder • Be familiar with some of the signs and symptoms of the main eating disorders • Consider the possible causes of anorexia, bulimia and binge eating • Consider how particular eating disorders make the individual experiencing them feel
• Think about what helps and what doesn’t help people living with an eating disorder • Consider the range of different interventions and services available • Appreciate people’s stories and journeys of recovery.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about eating disorders, particularly anyone who has an eating disorder, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with eating disorders. Duration: One full day (5 hours) Lead tutors: Mita Sykes, Dr Magdalene Sampson and Margaret Harper
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Service user input linked very well to course content – really brought it to life.”
Date and Time: 21 November 2016 – 10am to 3pm Venue: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Date and Time: 16 January 2017 – 10am to 3pm Venue: blueSCI, Coppice Library & Wellbeing Centre, Coppice Avenue, Sale, Manchester M33 4ND Page
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Living with Hearing Voices Hearing voices is often thought of as a symptom of a serious mental illness. But research on the experiences of the general population shows that lots of people hear voices, and the majority of them are not mentally unwell. It is a common human experience.
Lived Experience
Hearing a voice when no-one is present, or which other people with you cannot hear, is considered to be a hallucination. This does not make it abnormal – it’s just a word for a perception you may have that is not shared by those around you. You may also see things that others can’t see. You may experience touch, smell or taste sensations which you cannot account for in usual everyday ways. Some people may not realise that many other people do not have such experiences. This course aims to look at the range of sensory perceptions people may have and attempts to normalise these by looking at the range of factors that may contribute to people experiencing them. It will also consider ways to support people to live with these sensory perceptions by considering the range of options and support available to them. By the end of this course, you will: • Consider the range of experiences people may have and directly experience what it might feel like to hear voices or see visions • Understand how common these experiences can be by exploring the range of factors that can contribute to people experiencing sensory perceptions
• Consider the range of interventions available and explore the background to the Hearing Voices movement • Learn coping strategies and different ways to support people • Be able to signpost people to local support services.
• Consider the range of explanations different people may have for experiencing sensory perceptions Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who hears voices, sees visions and experiences other sensory perceptions and would like to consider different coping strategies. We hope it will also be helpful to friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who experience different sensory perceptions. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Ann Richards, Ann Steele, Jasper Palmier-Claus, Natasha Holden and Liz Murphy
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I enjoyed learning from people with lived experience of hearing voices.”
Date and Time: 19 January 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Date and Time: 23 March 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Living with Hoarding Behaviours
Lived Experience
The behaviours which characterise hoarding are the acquiring of too many possessions and difficulty getting rid of them when they are no longer useful or needed. These behaviours can lead to clutter and disorganisation and threaten a person’s health and safety, and lead to significant distress. This course will help you to explore the range of experiences that people who hoard may face, explain why they do it and displace some of the myths surrounding hoarding. It will also show you how to support people who hoard to lessen their anxiety and support their health and sense of wellbeing. By the end of this course, you will: • Have an understanding of what hoarding is
• Understand some of the reasons why people may hoard
• Appreciate the range of different experiences people who hoard will have
• Know what is helpful and unhelpful to people who have experience of hoarding
• Be aware of some of the stigma associated with hoarding
• Look at ways to support someone in their recovery journey and overcome some of the challenges they may face
• Understand how hoarding behaviour can make people feel • Know some of the myths and misconceptions that are associated with hoarding
• Be aware of the support and services available.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn more about hoarding. We hope it will be useful to anyone with lived experience of hoarding, friends and family members, as well as professionals who are supporting people who have difficulties with hoarding. Duration: 5 hours Lead tutors: Dr Joanne Bennett, Eddie Fenn and Jonathan Grieves
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Talking to others in the group, gaining many different views and perspectives on hoarding – there was a real feeling of understanding and empathy.”
Date and Time: 5 December 2016 – 10am to 3pm Venue: blueSCI, Coppice Library & Wellbeing Centre, Coppice Avenue, Sale, Manchester M33 4ND Date and Time: 28 March 2017 – 10am to 3pm Venue: The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page
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Living with OCD
Lived Experience
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is an anxiety disorder characterised by frequent unwanted, uninvited and intrusive thoughts, images, urges, impulses and doubts which cause marked and significant distress. They are accompanied by compulsive and ritualistic behaviours which act to reduce the distress. This course aims to increase your awareness and understanding of this often misunderstood and secretive disorder. We look at common misconceptions and explore the wider context of OCD to help you manage the symptoms of OCD and know how to support people living with the disorder. By the end of this course, you will: • Be able to define OCD and explore common misconceptions of the disorder
• Understand the use of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Know the difference between obsessions and compulsions
• Understand the use of medication
• Have a better understanding of the nature of intrusive thoughts, images, impulses, urges and the obsessive compulsive cycle • Understand the long term effects of OCD on individuals, their families and carers Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about obsessive compulsive disorders, particularly anyone who has OCD, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with OCD. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours)
• Understand how OCD affects people and learn techniques that help reduce anxiety and distress • Understand the role that friends and family play in supporting people in their recovery.
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A fantastic course and would recommend.” I enjoyed meeting others affected by OCD and having others understand your experiences.”
Lead tutors: Martin O’Doherty and Yvonne Slater
Date and Time: 26 January 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: blueSCI, Coppice Library & Wellbeing Centre, Coppice Avenue, Sale, Manchester M33 4ND Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Living with Personality Disorder “People who have a personality disorder, may find that their beliefs and attitudes are different from others. Their patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving are more difficult to change and they will have a more limited range of emotions, attitudes and behaviours with which to cope with everyday life. This can make things difficult for them or for other people.” (Mind)
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This course will help you to understand personality disorder better and provide you with practical advice to help manage the condition and feel more equipped to support yourself and others to achieve greater emotional wellbeing. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the coping mechanisms that people with personality disorder may use
• Know what personality disorder is and the different types of personality disorder • Look at the different thoughts, emotions, and behaviours displayed by people with personality disorder • Discuss the impact these thoughts, emotions, and behaviours have for individuals and their families and friends • Consider some of the life experiences which may affect personality development
• Consider your own emotional responses to people with personality disorder and how these responses may affect others • Consider some of the challenges to accessing support for individuals and families and carers • Explore different ways to wellbeing that can support people through their recovery journey.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about personality disorder, particularly anyone who has personality disorder, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with personality disorder. For professionals and those helping people with personality disorder, who want to gain more skills supporting people with a diagnosis, you may find it helpful to attend the Personality Disorder; National KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Colin Mattinson, Claire Gately and Christine Partlett
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Gave me a better insight into what people suffering with the illness go through, and how I can support someone”.
Date and Time: 9 December 2016 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 30 January 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: blueSCI, Coppice Library & Wellbeing Centre, Coppice Avenue, Sale, Manchester M33 4ND Date and Time: 21 March 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Z-arts, 335 Stretford Rd, Manchester M15 5ZA Page
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Living with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) “If you are involved in or witness a traumatic event, it is common to experience upsetting, distressing or confusing feelings afterwards. The feelings of distress may not emerge straight away – you may just feel emotionally numb at first. After a while you may develop emotional and physical reactions, such as feeling easily upset or not being able to sleep. “This is understandable, and many people find that these symptoms disappear in a relatively short period of time. But if your problems last for longer, or are very extreme, you may be given a diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder. “There’s no time limit on distress, and some people may not develop post-traumatic symptoms until many years after the event.” (Mind) This course looks at how trauma affects us and the way our bodies react (both physically and psychologically) to protect us. PTSD can be very distressing for the individuals experiencing it and their families and can impact on day-to-day life quite significantly. This course will help you to understand certain behaviours and find out what support is available. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand that people interpret and react to events differently and that what is traumatic to one person may not be to another
• Look at interventions for PTSD such as Trauma based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
• Understand a bit about neurological pathways and the way our bodies react to trauma in order to protect ourselves
• Know what support and services are available.
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Lived Experience Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about PTSD, particularly anyone who is experiencing it, or feels like they might be. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with PTSD. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Dr Ruth Watson, Gemma Feeney and David Pirie
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Delivered well, very interesting and well worth attending.”
Date and Time: 11 November 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 13 January 2017 – 10am to 4pm Venue: blueSCI, Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU Date and Time: 21 March 2017 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester M15 5DD Page
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Living with Psychosis “Psychosis is when people perceive or interpret events differently from other people. This could include experiencing hallucinations, delusions or flight of ideas.” (Mind)
Lived Experience
This course will help you to gain an understanding of what it’s like to live with psychosis and its possible causes. Using a variety of group work discussion from lived experience and research, the course will also explore toolkits that support people living with psychosis in their recovery journey. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a better understanding of what psychosis means
• Be able to support people experiencing distressing symptoms
• Know some of the potential causes of psychosis
• Have a better understanding of how to address stigma
• Discuss how psychosis affects daily life and know how to cope with distressing experiences
• Know how to support people in their recovery journey.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about psychosis, particularly anyone who has experienced psychosis, or feels that they might have. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people with psychosis.
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Living with Self-Harm “Self-harm is a way of expressing very deep distress. Often, people don’t know why they self-harm.” (Mind) People who self-harm may injure themselves in a variety of ways.
Lived Experience
This course will help you to understand why people self-harm and what support is available. It also aims to dispel the most common myths surrounding self-harm and addresses the feelings of fear, guilt and shame that self-harm can bring due to the stigma around it. The course includes tips for helping yourself and provides non-judgemental, compassionate advice for friends, family members and professionals when encountering self-harming behaviour. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a greater understanding of selfharm and what can trigger it
• Understand the stigma, shame and taboo of self-harm
• Understand why people harm themselves and the purpose it serves
• Be aware of treatment, interventions, recovery and support
• Understand how self-harming behaviour interacts with other mental health conditions
• Understand how to support someone that engages in self-harm.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about selfharm, particularly anyone who is self-harming, or feels that they might. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who self-harm. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Gary Sidley, Avril Clarke and Colin Mattinson
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I enjoyed the practical elements of the course – they made the course more varied and fun.”
Date and Time: 19 December 2016 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 9 March 2017 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Recovering from Domestic Abuse
Lived Experience
Domestic abuse is any incident or pattern of incidents of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are, or have been, intimate partners or family members regardless of gender or sexuality. This course will help you to understand about domestic abuse and provide you with practical advice to help stay safe as well as equipping you with knowledge about how best to support victims of domestic abuse. By the end of this course, you will: • Be able to define domestic abuse, and the possible indicators • Be aware of the prevalence of domestic abuse, including its links to substance misuse • Understand why people may stay in abusive relationships • Understand survivors’ coping and recovery strategies • Be able to identify ways of supporting victims of domestic abuse
• Be aware of legislation regarding domestic abuse • Know where victims can get help and what support is available.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about domestic abuse, or feels that they might be experiencing it. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing domestic abuse. Duration: One full day (7 hours) Lead tutors: Sheila Wilson and Joanne Wilson
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I really, really enjoyed the course – it was very helpful.”
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An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Supporting Recovery
Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is a type of talking therapy that can help people manage a wide range of problems across a broad spectrum of mental health issues. It involves analysing thoughts, thinking processes, and current behaviour patterns to help people make changes. The aim of CBT is to reduce the experience of problematic emotions and to increase more life enriching adaptive behaviours. This one day introductory course will introduce you to the principles and underlying core values of CBT. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the basic principles of CBT • Have heard examples of how CBT can be applied in practice and in everyday life
• Have been introduced to specific applications of CBT • Know the evidence base for CBT.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Facilitated by: Sara Whitehead and members of staff from our Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Training Centre. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre was set up by the Trust with the aim of developing and delivering high quality CBT training in the North West. Since then, CBT training courses have been offered to hundreds of mental health practitioners working with a wide range of service user groups across many settings. The Training Centre has gained a reputation for its quality and standards and all our staff are accredited and highly experienced clinicians, supervisors and trainers.
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The trainers were very knowledgeable and made the day interesting and interactive.”
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An Introduction to Compassion Focussed Therapy Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) is a psychological intervention that encourages people to be kind to themselves and reduce their negative thoughts. Research suggests that teaching people to develop self-compassion can reduce shame and self-criticism, as well as lead to improvements in their mental wellbeing. This course will help you to gain an awareness of how we become overly attached to our own self attacking patterns, especially when we are struggling with feelings of great sadness or threat. It will also help to strengthen your ability to be non-judgementally receptive to events and develop your ability to be more compassionate. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a greater understanding of selfattacking, its role, and its consequences • Gain an understanding of what compassion is and what it is not
• Have experienced a number of ways which will help you to strengthen your ability to engage in compassion.
• Think about your own ambivalence to being more compassionate about your struggles Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about compassion to improve their own mental health. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members, as well as professionals who are supporting people who are struggling to see their problems clearly and find a way to work through them. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Ian Lowens, Richard Aubery and Lesley Spencer
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I enjoyed all the programme. I thought it was a very important aid to my recovery.”
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An Introduction to Life Story Work
Supporting Recovery
Life Story Work provides individuals with the opportunity to talk about their life experiences, memories and hopes for the future and records this in a creative way. It is a process that enables someone with dementia to reconnect with the important people and events across their life and can help clinicians to see the person and not the illness. Within this course, a number of different methods for capturing the information are explored – whether this is a DVD, photograph album, collage, life story books, photostory boards or a memory box – so that you can choose whatever method suits you best. This course will help you to share your life experiences and provides you with the opportunity to consider the creation of a Life Story piece of work. Your individuality, identity, mental stimulation and style of communication will be explored in a fun and yet meaningful way. This is an interactive session which will require you to bring an openness to share your positive life experiences in a group setting along with some materials such as valued photographs, or maybe one or two small items that hold meaning for you that you then feel comfortable discussing and sharing. By the end of this course, you will: • Have an understanding of what Life Story is and how this can help you to retain your wishes, values and beliefs • Consider how having a Life Story can stimulate long term and short term memory
• Explore how having a Life Story can improve communication and conversations with those close to you, to further strengthen relationships and support networks that maintain your recovery.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know about Life Story. We hope this will be useful to anyone with lived experience of dementia or anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. This course is also useful for those providing care who want to learn how to collect information about the person they care for to work with them to build up a record of their life. Duration: Half a day (3.5 hours) Lead tutors: Gillian Drummond, Lesley Jones, Amy Lea and Sarah Page
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Opportunity to share and learn from others, thinking about applying life story work in different settings.”
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An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills Supporting Recovery
Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a type of talking therapy that strengthens people’s own motivation and commitment to change by using collaborative conversation to explore people’s own reasons for change. The rationale for this approach is that people are more likely to change if they have been encouraged to make their own decisions to do this. This two day introductory course will introduce you to the principles and underlying spirit of MI. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the basic principles of MI • Become familiar with the fundamental spirit of MI • Know about the effectiveness of MI • Directly experience an MI approach and contrast it with other approaches
• Know the practical guidelines for using MI • Gain direct experience and initial practice of MI • Learn the processes used within MI sessions.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Motivational Interviewing, particularly anyone who has mental health and/ or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: Two full days (7 hours) Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney and Joanne Wilson
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It gave me a whole new approach that I can practice and use every day with staff, service users and outside of work with friends/self.”
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Build a Better You: Exercise for Health and Wellbeing Supporting Recovery
It is well documented that people with mental health problems are more likely to smoke, drink alcohol, have poor diets and do less exercise. Keeping fit and healthy can be a challenge if you are living with a long-term condition, but it will make a big difference to your wellbeing. If you’ve been thinking about making changes to your lifestyle, such as eating healthily and doing more exercise, there’s plenty of help and support available. This course will increase your knowledge of the benefits of exercise, how to make simple and easy healthy living improvements to your lifestyle and empower you to get more active! By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the benefits of exercise • Be aware of the different types of exercise and how to adapt these • Understand when and why you may need to be cautious with your exercise regime Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know more about the benefits of physical exercise to improve their mental health. It is open to people with experience of mental health and/or substance misuse problems, their family members or carers, or any professionals supporting people with mental health and/ or substance misuse problems.
• Have learned some basic versatile exercises • Be motivated to engage in some form of exercise after this course • Have an awareness of healthy eating.
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Duration: One full day (5 hours) Lead tutors: Frances Wilkinson and Martin O’Doherty
I gained knowledge about physical activity and foods that I was not fully aware of.”
Please note: There is some light physical activities during this course so please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. The activities will be suitable for all abilities.
Date and Time: 16 December 2016 – 10am to 3pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 1 March 2017 – 10am to 3pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Creative Writing
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There is growing evidence to suggest that the physical act of writing has a positive effect on our wellbeing. Many people feel drawn to write down their feelings and experiences in diaries, poems and songs especially when they’re feeling strong emotions such as grief, despair, love or joy. This course aims to introduce people to creative writing and explore the effects it can have on mental wellbeing. It is the act of writing itself that is beneficial to us, not the quality, so don’t be put off if you don’t consider yourself to be creative or are exploring creative writing for the first time. We will learn together how to use our experiences and imagination to develop poems and stories. Course facilitators will encourage a safe, respectful environment and there will be no pressure to share any writing you produce if you do not wish to do so. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a greater understanding of what creative writing is and what it can do for you
• Experience performances of poetry and music from people with lived experience of mental health problems
• Consider different formats for creative writing
• Learn about different organisations that can help you if you wish to pursue publishing opportunities
• Practise developing a piece of creative writing • Be familiar with different tools and techniques that can help you write creatively
• Feel inspired and motivated to explore your own creativity.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about creative writing to improve their own mental health. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members, as well as professionals who are working with people who are struggling to see their problems clearly and find a way to work through them. Duration: One full day (5 hours) Lead tutors: Andrew Aldred, Leanne Roberts, Mark Ayling and Beverley Butcher
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Fantastic introduction to creative writing from a service user and professional level.”
Date and Time: 18 January 2017 – 10am to 3pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page
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Dementia Friends
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Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer’s Society initiative to help members of the public understand what it might be like to live with dementia and then turn that understanding into action. Anyone can become a Dementia Friend and make a difference. This information session aims to raise awareness about dementia and how it affects people, as well as the practical actions that Dementia Friends can take that could help someone with dementia living in their community. The session will provide you with information and resources so you feel confident in understanding people’s questions about dementia and where you can direct them to for further information and support. The sessions are run by Dementia Friends Champions and are fully endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Society. By the end of this course, you will: • Learn about dementia and understand its affects • Understand the impact of dementia on the wider community • Become familiar with the Dementia Friends campaign and the Prime Ministers challenge on dementia • Feel more confident in supporting people living with dementia Who should attend? This free information session is for the general public, carers and staff who support people with dementia. Duration: 1.5 hours Lead tutor: Gill Drummond
• Be eligible to register as a National Dementia Friend and be an integral part of the Dementia Friends campaign.
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Good insight into dementia.” Well presented.” Useful practical information.”
Please note that the first part of this session is a Dementia Friends session as endorsed by the Alzheimer’s Society, the second part of the session is more detailed information about dementia based on the trainer’s experience in dementia care.
Date and Time: 22 November 2016 – 11am to 12.30pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR Date and Time: 16 February 2017 – 10am to 11.30am Venue: blueSCI, Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Facilitating Self-Help Groups People often find it helpful to come together to share their experiences and get support in a group setting. The aim of this course is to help you run effective groups. The main emphasis is on developing and practising group work skills that are applicable across a wide range of types of group work. By the end of this course, you will: • Be able to share ideas for preparing and running groups • Know the importance of establishing and maintaining group rules • Consider different group dynamics and ways of encouraging equal participation
• Know a range of facilitator styles and when to use different styles in different situations • Feel confident about running your own group • Be able to reflect on group progress and plan for people moving on.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who is interested in running their own self-help group, whether they are a service user, carer, family member or professional supporting people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: Two full days (7 hours) Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney and Joanne Wilson
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I enjoyed the group work especially the Dragon’s Den exercise.”
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Faith and Recovery Supporting Recovery
There is a considerable body of evidence to show that faith can be a major factor in supporting recovery in mental health. Becoming aware of your own spirituality, whether it is based on a religious tradition or not, offers a new perspective for future living. Recovery and wellbeing are about the whole of life, and spiritual care of ourselves and others addressing our deepest motivations and concerns. This course aims to introduce the concepts of faith and spirituality, their contribution to recovery, and explores some practices, religious and non-religious, which may be used to help you regain and maintain a healthier approach to life. By the end of this course, you will: • Be familiar with the role of faith and spirituality in promoting mental wellbeing
• Learn about and experience some spiritual practices which may aid recovery for you or those you care for
• Look at the evidence to show that faith and spirituality can have a positive effect on mental health
• Know about the role of the chaplains within the Trust and how to access their services.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to know more about the role of faith and spirituality in recovery, whether they are a service user, carer or professional supporting people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Jayne Gosnall, Father David Sutton and Father Jeremy Law
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I learnt the differences between faith and spirituality.” The session was very interesting and informative.”
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Health and Wellbeing for Carers Learning new skills or improving your existing knowledge can make life as a carer much easier. Health and Wellbeing for Carers gives you a better understanding of the problems you may face as a carer and helps you find new ways to tackle them.
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This course has been developed in partnership with a number of the Trust’s carers to make the course specific for people who care for people with dementia, mental health and/or substance misuse problems. By the end of this course, you will: • Discover how caring affects your life and how to balance your commitments better • Understand the emotions you may feel when caring and find practical ways to deal with them • Learn how to relax and take time for yourself. Who should attend? This free course is for carers of someone with dementia, a mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for carer’s friends and family members. We define a carer as: “A person who provides unpaid practical or emotional support to someone with a disability, addiction or illness. The person may be a relative, partner, friend or neighbour. A carer can be of any age and may be a young person providing assistance to a parent or another person. A carer may live with the person they care for or provide support from a distance.” Duration: Half a day (4.5 hours) Lead tutors: Patricia Goodwin, Suzanne Grundy and Yvonne Fernandes
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Learning how different people cope with stress in various ways.”
Date and Time: 26 January 2017 – 10am to 2.30pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR Date and Time: 16 March 2017 -10am to 2.30pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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NEW! Introduction to
Relaxation Skills Supporting Recovery
The goal of all relaxation techniques is to slow down your breathing, lower your blood pressure and create a feeling of calm and wellbeing. Relaxation techniques taught in this course differ from mindfulness techniques taught in our mindfulness course. This course includes a number of practices that have a direct effect on the central nervous system to relax your muscles and encourage deep breathing. It includes guided imagery, which is a stress management technique, where you use your imagination to picture something that makes you feel relaxed and peaceful. This introductory session is aimed at developing an understanding of relaxation and its benefits. Attendees will also experience a variety of relaxation techniques. By the end of the session, you will: • Have an understanding of what relaxation is
• Experience and practice a variety of relaxation techniques
• Understand the benefits of relaxation techniques
• Identify which techniques work for you and/or which techniques may best work for others and how to adapt them to everyday life.
• Understand and experience what “deep breathing” is
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn more about relaxation techniques to manage stress and improve their mental wellbeing. We welcome service users, carers, their families and friends, as well as health and social care professionals. Duration: Half a day (3 hours) Lead tutor: Amanda Hurst Please note, there is a need to feel comfortable during this course in order to relax, so please wear comfortable clothes and shoes. Date and Time: 2 December 2016 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm Venue: Conference Room 6, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 14 March 2017 – 1.30pm to 4.30pm Venue: Conference Room 6, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Spotlight on My Story our new recovery publication
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e are producing a new and exciting publication to support our principles of inspiring hope and challenging the stigma of mental health and alcohol and drug problems. A competition was launched in May inviting service users, carers and people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and/or substance misuse problems to submit short pieces of inspiration that can be included in the book. The criteria for these short pieces was: • A short story, poem or piece of art-work; • No more than one side of A4 paper; and • Be inspirational to others, giving messages of hope and recovery.
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The closing date for entries was the 30 June and a judging panel including, Claire Watson, Recovery Academy Lead, Maria Clifton, Functional Skills Tutor, and Gerry Halpin MBE, President of the Manchester Academy for Fine Art, met on the 12 July to select 20 pieces to be published in the book. The Recovery Book is a way of incorporating recovery stories into mainstream mental health and alcohol and drug services where sharing and hearing others’ experiences challenges attitudes towards mental health as well as alcohol and drug problems. The Recovery Book has been primarily developed to share with people who are new to our services to help alleviate
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anxiety and provide people with messages of hope and recovery. It will be available in all services’ reception areas as well as on communal areas in our inpatient acute mental health wards. The Recovery Book will be printed and launched at GMW’s Annual Members Meeting as part of World Mental Health Day on the 10 October 2016.
It will also be presented online at www.gmw.nhs.co.uk this will be in the form of a downloadable book. There was one overall winner of the competition, a service user from HMP Wymott, where the Trust provide substance misuse services, and we’ve published his poem below.
Today I Choose An ordinary day begins. That old familiar voice, Attempts to hold me hostage, whispering, “You have no choice. Your life is cursed, expect the worst. Best curl up and die!” I shake my head; get out of bed and to that voice I cry; Today I choose to see life’s views as beautiful and bright. Today I choose to skip the news. (I can’t put that right.) Today I choose to bin the booze, throw away that crutch. Today I choose not to use the drugs I craved so much. Today I choose to refuse ‘just one last’ cigarette. Today I choose not to abuse good health that lingers yet. Today I choose to douse the fuse that only ends in hate. Today I choose not to win or lose but to participate. Today I choose to beat the blues by dancing like a fool. Today I choose my blue-suede shoes, not caring if I’m cool. Today I choose to infuse my actions with good grace. Today I choose to pay my dues and join the human race. That voice, which once I thought was mine, I will not confuse, With the person I can be and so today – I choose!
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Mindfulness Mindfulness can help us enjoy the world more and understand ourselves better by changing the way we think, feel and act. Mindfulness is a skill, which we can all acquire. It involves developing an ability to become aware of what is happening in the present, moment-by-moment, rather than being on ‘automatic pilot’.
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Being mindful involves adopting a kind, open attitude, stepping outside the mind’s tendency to worry about and judge everything. Being mindful provides us with the opportunity to respond to difficult events and situations in new ways, rather than just following old patterns. Getting caught up in worry and distressing thoughts is common for people experiencing mental health problems, staff working in mental health services and the friends and family of people living with mental health and/or substance misuse problems. This course will help you to learn mindfulness techniques that can improve your mental wellbeing. By the end of this course, you will: • Have an understanding of what mindfulness is and how it helps
• Improve your response to distress by developing skills in mindfulness
• Better understand the factors, common to us all, that cause and maintain distress
• Be able to lead your own mindful practices including a body scan and mindful eating
• Have begun to clarify what you value in life and how to connect with those values to improve your wellbeing
• Have resources that you can use.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about mindfulness to improve their own mental wellbeing. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members, carers as well as professionals. Duration: This programme involves mindfulness training over six weeks, with one class per week lasting 75 minutes (cohort one) and 1 hour 30 minutes (cohort two). In addition to this, attendees will be invited to perform a daily practice at home, using CDs for guidance. Lead tutors: Salford venue: Matthew Riley and Ziggi Yates-Rodgers, Trafford Venue: Dr. Rory Allott
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I have found that I am more observant of things and when I feel I am not in control of certain situations, I am able to take time, practice breathing exercises and regain focus.”
Cohort One: Dates and Time: 10 January, 17 January, 24 January, 31 January, 7 February and 14 February 2017 all from 5.15pm to 6.30pm
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NEW! Music and Recovery
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Music is used by people every day throughout the world to support their mental health and wellbeing. It has the capacity to help us experience ourselves, our abilities, our relationships and our lives differently. For example, it can help us to be more organised, more expressive, more communicative or more motivated. It is also important in many people’s sense of who they are, and it can help us to feel connected with others around us. Experience and research in many mental health care settings is now showing more precisely how music can be used strategically and therapeutically to maximise its potential benefits in supporting recovery. This course will explore how music can support recovery from mental illness and promote health and wellbeing. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a greater understanding of the role of music in promoting mental health and wellbeing
• Learn about Music Therapy and see examples of this therapeutic intervention in mental health settings
• Discuss the supportive role of different forms of music based on your own experience
• Take part in group music-making • Explore ways of accessing new musical opportunities that support mental health.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to explore the role of music in supporting good mental health. It is open to service users, ex service users, their friends and family members, as well as professionals. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Facilitated by: Nordoff Robbins Nordoff Robbins is the largest independent music therapy charity in the UK, dedicated to changing the lives of vulnerable and isolated people. The charity supports thousands of people every year through their centres and by working in partnership with a wide range of organisations including care homes, schools and hospitals. Nordoff Robbins is also developing a range of other music and health projects aimed at bringing the benefits of music to an ever-increasing number of people in local communities.
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Nature to Nurture There is a huge amount of evidence that proves the effects nature can have on our health and wellbeing. Over this one day course, the Lancashire Wildlife Trust will give you practical experiences that demonstrate the effects that the outdoor environment can have on our health.
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In line with the well-researched Five Ways to Wellbeing, you will: Connect and Take Notice: by exploring a nature reserve to look at the wonderful wildlife that can be found by using your five senses to take a closer look. Be active: working as a team you will be asked to carry out a practical task (e.g. den building). This is a fun, physical task that builds up team spirit and provides a sense of achievement. Learn a new skill: we will plant wildflower seeds that you can look after and plant outside in your own garden or inside on your windowsill. We’ll also help you to understand why wildflower meadows are important. Give to others: learn ways to create gifts that you can give to others, using natural materials. By the end of this course, you will • Understand the power of living in nature, not with it but in it • Consider different ways in which we can improve our wellbeing through nature • Experience first-hand the effect of doing something positive with nature
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to explore nature to improve their own sense of wellbeing. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Facilitated by: Lancashire Wildlife Trust
• Have a better understanding of how nature can improve mood and sense of wellbeing • Understand how to re connect yourself to nature using all five senses • Feel inspired and motivated to explore nature more for improved wellbeing.
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Actually getting out in a natural environment to experience the benefits therapeutically and exploring the five areas of engagement.”
Please note that due to the nature of activities described things can get a little bit messy. If you secure a place on this course, please wear practical clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty and bring a bottle of water and a waterproof jacket with you if you can.
The Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LancsWT) has been protecting the wonderful diversity in our region for more than 50 years. LancsWT was established to promote the conservation of nature for the purpose of study and research and to educate the public in the understanding and appreciation of nature, the awareness of its value and the need for its conservation. Their nature reserve portfolio has 38 sites covering more than 1,300 hectares. Date and Time: 14 March 2017 – 10am to 4.30pm Venue: Bolton Environmental Resource Centre, 499-511 Bury Road, Bolton, Lancs BL2 6DH Page
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Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation Supporting Recovery
Node-Link Mapping is a visual communication tool for clarifying shared information between people. It helps people to look at the causes and effects of their behaviour and helps them to problem solve. As the information is presented in the form of a diagram it also helps people to monitor their progress. Behavioural Activation is a brief talking therapy that uses mapping to encourage people to approach activities that they are avoiding and is particularly helpful for people experiencing anxiety and depression. This course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to be able to use node-link mapping on yourself and with others. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand and be able to use node-link mapping • Understand and be able to use the ‘Working towards change’ package developed for this course • Explore how this approach may be used for different mental health and/or substance misuse problems
• Be able to use different maps to specifically promote recovery and be able to support people in overcoming barriers to recovery • Be familiar with Behavioural Activation and its effectiveness for working with people experiencing depression and anxiety • Develop skills, confidence and experience in using node-link mapping and behavioural activation.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the basics of Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: Two full days (7 hours) Lead tutor: Stephen Maloney
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I liked the concept, the course, the excellent trainer and the way the course was delivered.”
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Personality Disorder; National KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme “People who have a personality disorder, may find that their beliefs and attitudes are different from others. Their patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving are more difficult to change and they will have a more limited range of emotions, attitudes and behaviours with which to cope with everyday life. This can make things difficult for them or for other people.” (Mind) This awareness level programme is the foundation element of the Knowledge and Understanding Framework that has been developed for professionals and agreed in partnership with the Department of Health, The National Offender Management Service, and the KUF Central Team (The Institute of Mental Health and Emergence). It provides you with the underpinning knowledge and understanding required to support people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. The three day programme is supported by six awareness level e-learning modules, which must be completed in your own time during the programme. This programme builds on the ‘Living with Personality Disorder’ course by exploring in more depth how professionals can support people with personality disorder and what skills are required to do this effectively.
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By the end of this course, you will: • Know what personality disorder is, the different types and how many people are affected • Be aware of the debates and disputes surrounding personality disorder • Have considered the factors that might lead to personality disorder • Know how personality disorder is diagnosed and the impact of labelling and stigma • Be aware of the misconceptions of personality disorder and the impact this has on individuals • Be able to understand your own values, beliefs and needs and use this
knowledge to find better ways of responding to and engaging with people who have personality disorder • Know how supporting someone with personality disorder is different from supporting someone with other mental health difficulties and understand how it will affect you and the help you may need • Know how to respond effectively to people who have emotional distress and know how to manage anger and hostility • Have looked at different perspectives around recovery.
Who should attend? This free course is predominately for professionals working with people with personality disorder or those supporting people with a diagnosis. If anyone who has personality disorder would like to become a trainer for this programme they are also welcome to attend. Those with a personality disorder or the friends and family members of those with a disorder may find it more helpful to attend our ‘Living with Personality Disorder’ course. Duration: Three full days (6 hours) Lead tutors: Cohort 1 – Mani Mehdikhani & Colin Mattinson, Cohort 2 – Ben Ottiwell and Martin O’Doherty and Cohort 3 – Teresa Grogan and Colin Mattinson. Cohort One:
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Date and Time: 17 November (Room 1, The Curve and Dickens Suite), 1 December (Room 1, The Curve), and 15 December 2016 (Room 3, The Curve) – all from 10am to 4pm. Venue: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Cohort Two: Date and Time: 20 January (Room 2, The Curve and Dickens Suite), 3 February (Room 2, The Curve) and 17 February 2017 (Room 3, The Curve) – all from 10am to 4pm Venue: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Cohort Three: Date and Time: 27 February (Room 1, The Curve and Dickens Suite), 13 March (Room 2, The Curve) and 27 March 2017 (Room 2, The Curve) – all from 10am to 4pm Venue: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing Art and creativity releases feel good chemicals, such as endorphins, into the brain. These chemicals help with stress, positive mood, relaxation and concentration. They also have physical effects, they slow down pulse and breathing, reduce blood pressure and boost the immune system. Art can also help us think about and understand the world around us, which can help us express ourselves more clearly. Creating art can improve problem solving as it tends to use both sides of the brain both left, logical side, and right, emotional side. This builds connections across the brain which research suggests strengthens our mental agility. This course will look at using creative techniques to help reduce mental health distress. It is not an art therapy course, rather a way for people to use creativity in a positive way to support recovery. By the end of this course, you will: • Identify some of the issues creativity can help with • Know some of the evidence to show how creativity can help reduce mental health distress • Identify personal strengths and creative techniques that you already use • Take part in lots of different arts workshops to create pieces of art that help you to express yourself and how you feel
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• Consider different creative ways to help distract / stimulate / soothe / calm / challenge yourself • Create your own passport to recovery using your own positive images, phrases and colours that will help you along your journey • Think about how you can use the tools and techniques from this course to support you in the future.
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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn creative techniques to improve their own mental health. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members, as well as professionals who are working with people who are struggling to see their problems clearly to find a way to work through them. Duration: Three 3 hour sessions over three weeks Lead tutors: Avril Clarke, Natalie Kheirkhah and Stephanie Mouillaud
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The hands on activities, weaving and collage, very creative with plenty of material to work with.” It’s the last day and I finally am starting to feel the therapeutic effects.”
Dates and Time: 9 November (Room 4), 16 November (Room 4), 23 November (Room 1) and 30 November 2016 (Room 4) – all from 1.30pm to 4.30pm
Venue for all the above: The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Dates and Time: 25 January (Room 3), 1 February (Room 3), 8 February (Room 3) and 15 February 2017 (Room 3) – all from 1.30pm to 4.30pm Venue for all the above: The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Spotlight on Accreditations and Partnerships
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e pride ourselves on offering courses that are accredited by professional organisations, so that our students have the opportunity to gain nationally recognised qualifications. Professional bodies accrediting our courses include EdExcel, Open Awards and the BSL Centre of Excellence. We are committed to raising awareness and increasing understanding of mental health and alcohol and drug problems and work with a number of like-minded organisations who share this same passion. Working with such high-profile partners ensures that you benefit from the latest insights in the courses you choose to take with us. Some of our partnerships include coproducing fantastic workshops with The Reader, Bolton Employment & Support Team (B.E.S.T) (see page 72), which is a joint initiative between Bolton Council and GMW, and Mind in Salford (see page 57). United Response Consultants, who have learning disabilities and/or autism, coproduce and co-facilitate our bespoke Living with Autism course, which aims to provide an insight, from both personal and professional perspectives, into autism spectrum conditions.
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With the emphasis on outdoor learning, we’ve teamed up with the established charity the Lancashire Wildlife Trust to develop our Nature to Nurture course, which we deliver from Seven Acres Local Nature Reserve in Bolton. We were keen to champion the Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme and have run Dementia Friends information sessions since 2013 to help change people’s perceptions of dementia. New for this term, we’ve teamed up with the largest music therapy charity in the UK dedicated to changing the lives of vulnerable and isolated people. Nordoff Robbins have worked with us to develop our new and engaging Music and Recovery course, which explores the role of music in supporting good mental health and wellbeing and the value of music therapy as a therapeutic intervention in mental health settings. This year, we’ve also partnered up with MaD Theatre Company, a charity that provides quality and affordable drama workshops for disadvantaged young people and
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adults in the Greater Manchester area. MaD has collaborated with us on our new Understanding Anger and Aggression course, which will use drama role plays to help people improve their life skills. Our strong relationship with the African Caribbean Mental Health Services has meant that they have signposted and referred people to almost every course and workshop! Our partnerships also extend to running our workshops and courses in external venues, such as Start in Salford, blueSCI in Trafford and the Octagon Theatre in Bolton.
By working in partnership with our community and external organisations we can: • Improve student choice by extending the range of courses which support recovery offered in the prospectus. • Work with mainstream organisations assists the broader agenda of reducing stigma associated with mental health issues. • We can collaboratively promote “community participation”. • The expertise and knowledge other organisations bring to working in partnership with us increases the capacity and capability of GMW’s Recovery Academy. This knowledge and expertise can help us bring even wider opportunities to our students and help bring our work to the mainstream.
By working in partnership with GMW’s Recovery Academy organisations have: • Access to resources for improving wellbeing support to their workforce and community. • Association with a leading and innovative NHS organisation. The Health Service Journal (HSJ) and Nursing Times, in partnership with NHS Employers, have awarded GMW as one of the best NHS organisations to work in for the second year running. • Access to excellent publicity using jointly branded materials. We will actively advertise your organisation through GMW’s website and prospectus, for free.
Would you be interested in working in partnership with GMW’s Recovery Academy? If you would like to discuss the benefits of sharing your expertise and working with us, we would love to hear from you. Please do get in touch with Claire Watson, GMW’s Recovery Academy Lead, on claire.watson@gmw.nhs.uk
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Taking Back Control Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Advocacy in Mental Health Independent Mental Health Advocates support people with mental health problems and their families to exercise their basic human rights, and to assist public services in avoiding breaches of human rights. This course looks at what our basic human rights are and how advocates can assist people with mental health problems and their families to take control of the decisions that affect their care. Any person who, without reasonable cause, obstructs the rights of people to see an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), or obstructs an advocate in their duties is guilty of an offence. This course covers everything service users, their families, and professionals need to know about advocacy, demonstrates how staff and volunteers can support people to have a ‘voice’ and lets you know how to access advocacy services in your local area. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the values and principles underpinning the Human Rights Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Have an awareness of circumstances where advocates must be involved and where they may be involved to protect service users’ rights
• Consider the roles and responsibilities of professionals, carers, families and service users themselves in relation to this legislation
• Consider how advocates may help in situations where people face losing or have lost their liberty
• Understand the ethos and principles of advocacy, and the varied roles and responsibilities of mental health advocates
• Be aware of advocacy services and how they may be accessed across all Trust services.
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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about mental health advocacy, particularly anyone who has mental health and/ or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/ or substance misuse problems. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Robin Jamil, from Mind in Salford, and Lynn Agnew
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Clear, informative and good to have a mix of experiences in views.” Inspired me to look at the material in more detail.”
Date and Time: 9 January 2017 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR Date and Time: 14 March 2017 – 10am to 4pm Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Completing an Advance Decision Advance decisions enable you to make choices and decisions about future care to ensure your wishes are taken into account in the future, in case there is a time when these decisions cannot be made. This course is specifically aimed at demonstrating how people with mental health problems (like depression or psychosis) can make advance decisions. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand what is meant by the term “loss of capacity” • Be aware of the range of ways by which service-users with mental health problems can influence future clinical decision-making should they lose capacity • Be able to complete a valid advance decision to refuse treatment • Understand the circumstances under which an advance decision might be disregarded
• Be aware of ways of increasing the chances that an advance decision will shape future service responses.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about advance decisions. In particular, the course is tailored towards people with mental health problems (like depression or psychosis) who may temporarily lose the ability to make their own decisions. Less emphasis is given to situations where decision- making is permanently impaired, such as ‘end-of-life’ or where someone is suffering from dementia. We strongly encourage service users to attend, as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users. Duration: Half a day (3 hours) Lead tutors: Gary Sidley and Wendy Broderick
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I knew very little about advanced decisions and so feel much more confident at supporting others to make one now.”
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Making Sense of Experiences through Psychological Assessment and ‘formulation’ Taking Back Control
“Assessment” and “formulation” are words that are frequently used in mental health services. These can mean different things to different people and may cause confusion for staff, people experiencing mental health or substance misuse problems and their carers. During psychological assessments people can be asked a number of questions about their life experiences. Psychological formulation is a way of generating collaboratively, a meaningful story about a person in a way that helps them to understand their experiences. However, many people are unclear as to how or why assessments and formulations are conducted. This course aims to help people understand more about psychological assessment and formulation and the reasons for their use. It aims to provide people with information about what they can expect from participating in an assessment and formulation and how these can be experienced by staff members, carers and people with experience of mental health or substance misuse problems. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand what is meant by “psychological assessment” and “formulation” • Become aware of the value of assessment and formulation • Have the opportunity to approach and be part of constructing basic psychological formulations
• Discover the essential ingredients of a helpful assessment and formulation, including: o The content (what they include) o The process (how they are conducted) • Consider the experience of being assessed and ‘formulated’.
Who should attend? This free course is useful for staff, people experiencing mental health and substance misuse problems and carers, who are interested in learning more about psychological assessment and formulation and how they can make sense of people’s experiences. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutors: Lee Mulligan, Rebecca Sutton, Margaret Harper and Dr. Caroline Logan
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Enjoyed the interactive approach to learning, it gave me the opportunity to learn and listen to others opinions.”
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Overcoming Stigma
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Mental health stigma is a prejudice mostly caused by fear of the unknown, which can lead to discrimination. The fear of stigma can stop people from accessing the help they need, but can also prevent them doing everyday things like seeing friends or joining groups, leaving the house or going to work, school and university. “In a recent Time to Change survey, 9 in 10 young people reported experiencing stigma from others as a result of their mental health problem. They described stigma as feeling: isolated, shamed, misunderstood, criticised as a person... and demeaned. “In fact, many said the stigma they received from friends, family, boyfriends or girlfriends, teachers and even doctors was worse than the illness itself!” (Time to Change) We have created a course for people with mental health and substance misuse problems to help them learn more and be able to practice ways to overcome stigma in their lives. The aim of this one day course is to raise awareness of the impact of stigma on mental health and explore ways of overcoming it so that people don’t feel isolated. By the end of this course, you will: • Have a greater understanding of what stigma is and recognise your own and others prejudices • Be aware of the impact of stigma on mental health, service users, and their families and carers
• Feel empowered to challenge myths and misconceptions about mental health • Consider ways to overcome stigma in your everyday life.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who has faced stigma in their life as a result of their own or someone else’s mental health or substance misuse problem. The course is also for professionals and members of the public who want to learn more about the impact of stigma and how they can challenge myths and misconceptions about mental health and substance misuse. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Jayne Gosnall and Claire Watson
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Listening to other people’s experiences and learning ways to challenge stigma.”
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Recovery Star The Recovery Star is a tool for people using mental health services to chart their own recovery progress with the help of mental health workers, their families, friends and carers.
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The ‘star’ contains ten areas covering the main aspects of people’s lives, including relationships, work, living skills, self-esteem and hope. This course will introduce the Recovery Star as an aid to identifying people’s strengths and goals. It will also show you how it can be used as a tool to help you gain a sense of purpose and hope to achieve your short and long term ambitions. By the end of this course, you will: • Be familiar with the Recovery Star as an aid to encouraging recovery-orientated conversations • Understand how the Recovery Star can promote hope, active engagement, positive self-view, forward planning, and behaviour change
• Understand how the Recovery Star can measure, support, and demonstrate both individual and service progress • Gain practice using the tool and think about how you can use it to chart recovery progress.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn about the Recovery Star, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: Half a day (3.5 hours) Lead tutors: Teresa Grogan and Wendy Broderick
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Well delivered, practical and concise.” New to Recovery Star – good insight.”
Date and Time: 7 December 2016 – 9.30am to 1pm
Venue: Room 3, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Date and Time: 24 February 2017 – 12.30pm to 4pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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NEW! Understanding Anger and Aggression
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“Feeling angry is part of being human. It is a natural response to being attacked, insulted, deceived or frustrated. Anger can be useful, but it can also be frightening. When something makes you angry, adrenalin causes your body to prepare for ‘fight or flight’, giving you energy and making you feel tense. Releasing this energy and tension is good for you, but it can be difficult to do so in ways that are constructive. In most situations, fighting back or running away (‘fight or flight’) isn’t helpful and anger can often lead to responses that make things worse rather than better.” (Mind) This course will help you to understand your own triggers for getting angry and help you to explore different ways to manage your emotions, so that you stay well and develop and maintain healthy relationships. By the end of the course, you will: • Know your own triggers for getting angry and recognise your own early warning signs • Recognise your own thinking distortions which can make situations worse • Know the difference between internalised and externalised anger • Know the difference between direct and indirect aggression • Understand the impact of verbal and non-verbal aggression on yourself and other people
• Consider when anger can be a positive emotion to have • Look at different ways to be able to manage anger better and consider appropriate ways to respond to other people’s anger • Consider a range of scenario’s and reflect on how you may have reacted in the past and how you could react in the future to get a better outcome.
Who should attend? This course is for anyone who wants to learn more about anger and aggression and how to manage their emotions in a more healthy and constructive way. It is also relevant to people who may be struggling to understand the anger and aggression in others and want to develop empathy whilst exploring a range of ways to respond to them and support them. It is open to service users, their families and carers as well as health and social care and health and justice professionals. Duration: Three two and a half hour sessions delivered once a week over three weeks Lead tutors: Matthew Burke, Roy Holt, Kevin Scallon and staff from MaD Theatre Company. MaD Theatre is a community theatre company based in North Manchester. Their aim is to produce drama for people who would not traditionally take part in such activities due to social and economic reasons. MaD has worked with a variety of partners including the NHS and Greater Manchester Police on a number of projects in order to raise awareness about issues such as domestic abuse, knife crime and mental health. They have also written over 50 comedies involving life in inner city Manchester and performed in professional theatres across the region. Dates and Time: 12 January, 19 January and 26 January 2017 – all from 10am to 12.30pm Venue: Elliot Room, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Understanding Medication used to treat Mental Health Problems The feedback we receive from our service users and carers who use our clinical services tells us that they would like more information about the medication used to treat mental health, the side effects and ways to manage those side effects. This feedback also tells us that sometimes our service users and carers don’t have a proper understanding of the terminology used when diagnosing and treating mental health conditions and that therefore they don’t have a proper understanding of the options available to them. This course has been developed to empower our service users and carers so that they have a better understanding of their treatment options and most importantly feel able to talk to healthcare professionals about their queries and concerns. By the end of this course, you will: • Know the way that medicines work in our bodies
depressants, mood stabilisers and antipsychotics
• Understand the effects of antidepressants, mood stabilisers and antipsychotics
• Be aware of the interactions between mental health medication, smoking, diet, drinking and illicit drug use
• Consider the range of side effects experienced by people taking medication to treat mental health
• Consider strategies for managing side effects of medication
• Understand the range of medication available to treat the side effects of anti-
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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to understand more about medication used to treat mental health conditions, particularly anyone who has a mental health problem and is prescribed medication to treat their condition. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as nonmedical professionals who want to understand more about medication. Duration: 3.5 hours Lead tutors: Anne Flear and Deb Stefanovic
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Good overview of medication and how it interacts with the body.” Simply explained and interesting.”
Date and Time: 18 November 2016 – 1pm to 4.30pm Venue: blueSCI, Broomwood Community Wellbeing Centre, Mainwood Road, Timperley, Altrincham, Cheshire WA15 7JU Date and Time: 22 February 2017 – 1pm to 4.30pm Venue: Hall Lane Resource Centre, 157 Hall Lane, Wythenshawe, Manchester M23 1WD Date and Time: 30 March 2017 – 1pm to 4.30pm Venue: Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR J Block has changed its name to ‘General Outpatients’, which is next to H Block. Meeting Room 1 is located on the second floor of General Outpatients at the top of a flight of stairs, but we can arrange for you to have access to a lift, and ensure the facilitator escorts you to the venue. If you require disabled access, please let us know. Please use the outside entrance and press the buzzer for entry.
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Assertiveness Skills Developing Knowledge and Life Skills
We all can benefit from learning to get the most from working with others whilst ensuring that our own views are considered. Assertiveness is about having self-confidence without being aggressive. Being assertive is an important communication skill which could help you to reduce stress and anxiety, control anger as well as improve your self-esteem. This course will help you to gain assertiveness skills and will provide you with practical techniques to feel more confident in different situations. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand what assertiveness means • Identify barriers to assertiveness and explore ways to overcome them • Recognise the different communication styles we and others use • Understand why we use the communication styles we do
• Explore different self-management techniques which promote assertiveness • Explore the best way to communicate with others to achieve common goals • Share your experiences to promote shared learning within the group.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn assertiveness skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Lead tutors: Claire Watson and Wendy Broderick
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Met my needs around assertiveness.” Gave me tools to use in the future.”
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Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills Whatever the current level of your English skills, this free course will develop your confidence and skills in a vast range of everyday and workplace situations. Improving your English skills (reading, writing, speaking and listening) can also lead to a better job or to further study like apprenticeships or QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) awards. Our ‘basic skills’ qualifications (Level 1 and Level 2) are based on national standards recognised by employers and colleges. If you would like to take a national qualification in Functional English you should attend all six sessions, or depending on what you would like to learn, you can pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend (everyone attends session 1).
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How do I spell ………? and where do I put a *!”?
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Description A fun introduction to learning and using English through practical activities in reading, writing, speaking and listening. How English is used differently on TV, in music, cinema, newspapers, books, leaflets, timetables, the internet, advertisements, newspapers, brochures and reference books. Using dictionaries, apps, the internet and reading books to improve spelling, punctuation and grammar. Writing creatively and imaginatively – stories, poems, blogs and diaries. What type of written and spoken language do we use in different situations? Friendly, formal, texting, letter writing, emails, social media... Practical written communication skills for job applications, form filling (benefits, passports, utilities etc.) and the skills needed for English qualifications.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn basic English skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users as well as professionals. Duration: This course runs once a week for three hours over a six week period. Lead tutor: Maria Clifton
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Learning, understanding words and meeting people.”
Dates and Time: 16 February, 23 February, 2 March, 9 March, 16 March, 23 March and 30 March 2017 – all from 9.30am to 12.30pm Venue for all the training: Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Please note participants MUST attend all 6 days to receive accreditation
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Basic Information Technology (IT) Skills This course will help you to develop transferable IT skills and will stimulate your interest and enjoyment in IT.
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Improving your IT skills can also lead to a better job or to further study like apprenticeships or QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) awards. Our ‘basic skills’ qualifications (Level 1 and Level 2) are based on national standards recognised by employers and colleges. If you would like to take a national qualification in Functional IT you should attend all seven sessions, or depending on what you would like to learn, you can pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend (everyone attends session 1). The sessions are: Session Topic 1
Get switched on!
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Organise stuff easily and electronically
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Preparing for your qualification
Description A fun introduction to computers to build your confidence – from the ‘on button’ to ‘surfing the net.’ Use the internet to apply for a job, buy goods online, pay for a holiday and learn how to protect yourself and your computer from viruses. Create a professional and artistic look for your online documents by using Word or Publisher for leaflets, invitations, letters etc. Use PowerPoint to create successful presentations. Learn how to manage finances, bills, timetables and household expenses with easy spreadsheets, timetables and schedules using Excel. Revise and prepare for a national qualification at Level 1 or 2 in Functional IT.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn basic information technology skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users as well as professionals.
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I enjoyed the course – tutor was kind and supportive.”
Dates and Time: 8 November (Shaw IT Suite), 15 November (Dickens IT Suite), 22 November (Dickens IT Suite), 29 November (Dickens IT Suite), 6 December (Dickens IT Suite), 13 December (Dickens IT Suite) and 20 December 2016 (Dickens IT Suite) – all from 1.30pm to 4.30pm Venue for all the above: Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Please note participants MUST attend all 7 days to receive accreditation
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Basic Maths Skills This course will help you to develop the maths skills you need to use in everyday situations whether at home or at work. You will gain confidence in your maths skills by using familiar situations to learn and build on prior knowledge. Improving your maths skills can also lead to a better job or to further study like apprenticeships or QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) awards.
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Our ‘basic skills’ qualifications (Level 1 and Level 2) are based on national standards recognised by employers and colleges. If you would like to take a national qualification in Functional Maths you should attend all seven sessions, or depending on what you would like to learn, you can pick and choose which sessions you would like to attend (everyone attends session 1). The sessions are: Session Topic 1 2 3
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Description A fun introduction to learning and using Discover your maths skills maths in everyday situations through practical activities. Equip yourself! Calculators, Use maths resources and tools to solve rulers everyday problems. Making sums and calculations easy; using One potato, two potato, three numbers to add, subtract, multiply and potato, four divide. How big is a football pitch? How much All shapes and sizes wallpaper do I need to decorate my bedroom and other important questions. Using weights and measures and comparing How many, how much? metric and imperial units in real life situations. Work out budgets for home, spends, savings Money, money, money and holidays. Using real life information to create and Maths is everywhere interpret graphs and charts.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn basic maths skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for the friends and family members of our service users as well as professionals. Duration: This course runs once a week for three hours over a seven week period. Lead tutor: Maria Clifton
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Finding out how easy it is to work out sums when you know how.”
Dates and Time: 17 January (Room 1), 24 January (Room 3), 31 January (Room 1), 7 February (Room 3), 14 February (Room 3), 21 February (Room 3) and 28 February 2017 (Room 1) – all from 9.30am to 12.30pm Venue for all the above: The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Please note participants MUST attend all 7 days to receive accreditation
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Job Application Skills Some people in recovery from mental health and/ or substance misuse problems may have been out of education, training or employment for some time.
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Many of our Recovery Academy students have been asking for a course that will give them the knowledge and skills they need to be able to apply for education and training courses, and employment. This course will help you to identify the qualities you already have to apply for education, training or employment, and how to present these qualities along with any education and experience you may have in order to succeed. It will look at CV writing, how to complete an application form so that yours stands out, and interviewing skills. By the end of this course, you will: • Identify the skills and qualities you already have to be able to succeed in education and employment • Learn about different formats for CV writing so that your strengths are highlighted • Know how to present information about yourself on an application form so that you demonstrate how you meet the requirements for the course or job you are applying for
• Know how to prepare for an interview • Know how to present yourself at an interview • Understand the equal opportunities process involved in recruitment and selection, so that you can be one step ahead and increase your chances of success.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who needs to develop or refresh their knowledge and skills in applying for education, training or employment. We welcome service users, carers and professionals to this course. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Facilitated by: Bolton Employment Support Team (BEST) Bolton Employment Support Team (BEST) support people with severe and enduring mental health problems in their recovery process by opening up the world of work through preparation and placement experience. BEST is a joint initiative between Bolton Council and GMW. The aim is to make paid work accessible in the longer term so as to increase independence and quality of life.
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It included the whole progress of job seeking starting from the interpersonal qualities up to really practical, useful skills.”
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Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship Peer mentoring has traditionally been defined as a one to one non-judgmental relationship between people of a similar age or with similar shared experience. Peer mentors offer support from a position of real understanding. Developing their own skills, knowledge, understanding and practice, those involved in peer mentoring make an important contribution to the continuous improvement of learning and have a significant impact on achievement. This accredited course will help you learn the transferrable skills you need to become a peer mentor and how this role can provide valuable support to others. It will equip you with knowledge and skills to be able to mentor others or volunteer in services to support people with mental health and/or substance misuse problems. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the role of Peer Mentors, and the importance of professional boundaries • Understand the importance of policies and protocols for volunteering in mental health and substance misuse services • Understand the nature of mental health and addiction
Interviewing skills and their use as a talking therapy for working with service users • Be able to use node-link mapping • Understand the use of group facilitation skills • Know how to empower individuals in moving on to wider recovery networks.
• Become familiar with Motivational
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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who is volunteering in mental health and/or substance misuse services and wants to learn about peer mentoring to develop their role. This is an accredited course so as a bare minimum participants should have basic written and spoken communication skills as well as an established volunteering role to apply and develop the skills learnt in the course. Duration: Participants must attend all five full days (7 hours) to receive accreditation. Lead tutors: Stephen Maloney and Deb Stefanovic
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Really great.” Very informative and found the presentation very accessible and clear.”
Dates and Time: 20 January (Conference Room 6), 27 January (Conference Room 6), 3 February (Conference Room 6), 10 February (Room 1) and 17 February 2017 (Conference Room 6) – all from 9.30am to 4.30pm Venue for all the above: The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Please note participants MUST attend all 5 days to receive accreditation
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Shared Reading Group There is growing evidence to suggest shared reading can have a positive impact on mental health and wellbeing and it’s a fantastic way to share great literature.
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Shared Reading takes place in a small group and is a great way to share a short story or poem in a supportive environment. The group facilitator starts the session by reading aloud a short story or poem, with breaks in the reading to allow group members to discuss and share any thoughts and feelings they may have about the story. Throughout the session, there will be opportunities for group members to read parts of the story aloud. However, the idea of the group is to create a space where people feel relaxed and comfortable, and are able to contribute to the session without feeling any pressure to read aloud or to contribute to the discussion. Sometimes just sitting and listening to the story can be as rewarding for some group members as contributing to the reading and discussion. Who should attend? Shared Reading Groups are open to everyone, regardless of age, background or ability. It’s a really great way to share a short story or a piece of poetry in a supportive environment! Duration: 1 hour (participants can choose to attend for six weeks or just one session) Lead tutor: Caroline Collinge
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I haven’t read out loud since I was at school, I hated it then. I was really nervous I would get the words wrong but everyone was nice and said they enjoyed listening to me!” I feel really emotional after reading the story, I’m really surprised. I can see me in parts of it, my recovery. It’s made me think about things, but in a good way.”
Dates and Time: 10 January, 17 January, 24 January, 31 January, 7 February and 14 February 2017 – all from 10.15am to 11.30am Venue for all of the above: Break out Room A, The Curve, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Page
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NEW!
Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships A good relationship with yourself, family, friends and your wider communities promotes a sense of belonging and is important for your wellbeing. These connections can be mutually supportive providing an opportunity to share experiences and learn from each other which increases self-worth and reduces isolation. However, sometimes important relationships can be challenging, complex, or unhealthy and at times it can be difficult to manage the thoughts and feelings these generate. Finding new ways to understand and relate to yourself and others can improve the quality of your relationships. This course will start by considering the relationship you have with yourself and what you can do to help improve and sustain healthy relations with others. It will look at boundary setting and assertiveness, so that you are better equipped to manage those relationships you find difficult, as well as considering how you manage change, endings and loss in your relationships. By the end of this course, you will: • Be able to reflect on the relationship you have with yourself
• Understand and improve your emotional intelligence and emotional resilience
• Explore the different relationships you have and the different emotions these generate and why
• Consider boundary setting in your relationships with others in order to maintain an assertive healthy relationship that is neither passive or aggressive
• Know the purpose of your emotions and how they make you feel physically and psychologically • Recognise how you cope with your emotions and the effect this can have on yourself and other people
• Consider how damaged relationships can be repaired • Consider change, transitions and endings in relationships.
• Recognise how relationships can become destructive
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Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who is interested in understanding, developing and sustaining relationships whether they be personal relationships, family relationships, friendships or work relationships. It is open to people with lived experience of mental health and/or substance misuse problems as well as their family members and carers. Health and social care professionals are also welcome to attend. Duration: Three 3 hour sessions once a week over 3 weeks Facilitated by: Sinead Wolfe, and members of Trafford Service User Network (SUN) Trafford SUN has been formally established since 2014 and is a group of current and ex-service users who became involved in using their lived experiences of the difficulties associated with personality disorder and using mental health services. They are involved in training and consultation, the planning and delivery of services for people with personality based difficulties and supporting the development of real and meaningful service user participation. Their way of working is underpinned by the Therapeutic Community principles of support, participation and responsibility. Their knowledge and skills related to what helps and what doesn’t help for people with personality disorder comes from working collaboratively with professionals to develop a shared understanding of peoples experiences.
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Creative Facilitation Skills A facilitator is a person who skilfully assists a group of people to understand their common objectives and to help them learn from one another.
Getting Involved with the Academy
This course will help you to develop facilitation and leadership skills so that you can effectively guide both small and large groups in the future. The course will explore a variety of art forms designed to develop your confidence and will show you a range of interactive techniques to effectively engage with others and manage different group dynamics. For those who want to go on to co-facilitate training as part of the Recovery Academy, it is recommended you attend the Train the Trainer course following this programme. By the end of this course, you will: • Have explored the leadership/ facilitation qualities you already have • Have developed in the areas you wanted to work on • Discussed different situations that you may encounter when working with other people • Developed strategies to overcome difficult moments. Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to develop their creative facilitation skills, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: One full day (6 hours) Facilitated by: Ginny AllendeCullen and Headspace
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It was a fun way of learning more about group facilitation and how to get groups involved.”
Headspace is a service user run organisation from the Octagon Theatre Bolton. By using artistic interventions, they aim to provide a holistic approach to the recovery process. As part of the project, Headspace offers a practical leadership course that enables anyone to learn the skills required to communicate with a group of people in a leadership role.
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To Tell or not to Tell - Sharing your Story Getting Involved with the Academy
When you have experienced a mental health and/or substance misuse problem it can be difficult to decide who, what and how to tell the people you work with. For people involved in the Recovery Academy, peer mentors, volunteers and staff members with lived experience of mental health problems and/or substance misuse (directly as a service user or indirectly as a carer or family member), decisions about self-disclosure can create personal dilemmas. Indeed, often in training, peer mentor and volunteer roles, it is expected that disclosure of mental health and substance misuse recovery will benefit others. Other volunteers and staff members may also have concerns about what personal information to share with service users. This course aims to provide participants with the opportunity to reflect on the purpose, benefits and risks associated with disclosure as well as developing some skills that may be useful in working out when it may be appropriate to disclose; to who; in what circumstances; and how much information to share. By the end of this course, you will: • Understand the purpose of disclosure and how to get the most out of this intervention • Understand how to set a personal disclosure ‘ceiling’ in order to maintain appropriate boundaries and feel more confident and safe when disclosing personal information
• Understand the importance of reflecting on disclosure, e.g. reviewing past disclosure decisions and goals, weighing up the pros/cons of disclosure, and exploring professional/personal boundaries • Understand the importance of sharing post-treatment recovery journeys so that disclosure can enable people with lived experience to act as inspirational role models.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who has lived experience of mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for their friends and family, as well as professionals working in health and social care. Duration: Half a day (3.5 hours) Lead tutors: Sheila Wilson and Anthony Louden
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Enjoyed all of the programme, insightful and helped me in my volunteering role.”
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Train the Trainer Would you like to become a course tutor at GMW’s Recovery Academy?
Getting Involved with the Academy
This course aims to teach participants the skills required to effectively deliver courses as part of the Recovery Academy. This course will equip you with the necessary knowledge and planning skills to be able to develop, deliver and evaluate training and learning activities. This course also aims to develop your presentation skills, although further training/shadowing/ coaching is recommended. By the end of this course, you will: • Know the importance of planning • Have looked at different delivery methods to encourage participation and learning • Have considered a range of assessment techniques to assess whether learning is taking place
• Practised and further developed confidence in delivering training • Looked at best practice in terms of evaluating training.
Who should attend? This free course is for anyone who wants to learn the skills to become a course facilitator, particularly anyone who has mental health and/or substance misuse problems. We hope it will also be helpful for friends and family members as well as professionals supporting people who may be experiencing mental health and/or substance misuse problems. Duration: One full day (6.5 hours) Lead tutor: Claire Watson and Brad Adams
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I liked that we walked through the journey of preparing and planning a training session from start to finish.”
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The Library and Knowledge Centre
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he Library and Knowledge Centre is open to all students of the Recovery Academy. We have resources to support mental health and substance misuse services, as well as resources to support education and training programmes. You can access electronic books and journals, web based resources, literature searching databases and many other useful resources using our computers. Guest access is available for personal laptops, tablets and other similar mobile devices. There are two computers designated to our ‘Internet Café’. Anyone can use these computers to research on the internet and to use self-help websites. Printing and photocopying resources are also available.
Library and Knowledge Centre, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The Curve, Bury New Road, Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL Email: library@gmw.nhs.uk Tel: 0161-358-1772 Opening Times Monday - Friday: 8.30am – 5pm
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When a new patient was admitted with a syndrome we knew little about, the library sent us an update which made the whole team feel better informed and more confident.”
Sign up to the Academy newsletter The Recovery Academy produces a regular bulletin to keep you updated about what’s going on and ways you can get involved. You can download our Branching Out bulletin from our website as an interactive eMag PDF file or read it online using Issuu – a publishing site that attempts to stimulate the experience of reading a print Branching Out publication online. Summer 2016
NEWSLETTER OF THE RECOVERY ACADEMY
Subscribe to our bulletin here: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery-news
New recovery publication GMW’s Recovery Academy is looking to produce a new and exciting publication to support our principles of inspiring hope and challenging stigma. A competition was launched in May inviting service users, carers and people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and/or substance misuse problems to submit short pieces of inspiration that can be included in the book. The criteria for these short pieces was: • A short story, poem or piece of art-work; • No more than one side of A4 paper; and
• Be inspirational to others, giving messages of hope and recovery. The closing date for entries was the 30 June and a judging panel including, Claire Watson, Recovery Academy Lead, Maria Clifton, Functional Skills Tutor, and Gerry Halpin MBE, President of the Manchester Academy for Fine Art, met on the 12 July to select 20 pieces to be published in the book. The final publication will be launched as part of World Mental Health Day on the 10 October 2016, which is also the date of our Annual Members Meeting.
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Inside: this issue Mayor of Bury praises staff, ............. service users & volunteers
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Young people with psychosis .......... urged to get physical
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Our work with HMP Hindley ...........
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Early onset dementia dining club ..... Launch of service user ...................... engagement strategy
If you’d like to sign up to become a member of our Trust, please visit www.gmw.nhs.uk/members and register online. World Mental Health Day, hosted by the World Federation of Mental Health, is on 10 October each year. The theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day is psychological first aid, which covers both psychological and social support. Page
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Course calendar with venues NOVEMBER 2016 8
Basic IT Skills - Day 1
Shaw IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
9
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 1
Room 4, The Curve, Prestwich site
11
Living with PTSD
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
15
Basic IT Skills - Day 2
Dickens IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
16
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 2
Room 4, The Curve, Prestwich site
17
PD National KUF - Cohort 1 - Day 1
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
18
Understanding Medication used to Treat Mental Health Problems
blueSCI, Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley
21
Living with Eating Disorders
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
21
Recovering From Domestic Abuse
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
22
Basic IT Skills - Day 3
Dickens IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
22
Dementia Friends
Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
23
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 3
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
28
Living with Psychosis
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
28
An Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
29
Basic IT Skills - Day 4
Dickens IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
30
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 4
Room 4, The Curve, Prestwich site
24 & 25
DECEMBER 2016 1
Living with Addiction
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
1
An Introduction to Life Story Work
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
1
PD National KUF - Cohort 1 - Day 2
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
1&2
Living with Anxiety & Depression
blueSCI, Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley
2
Introduction to Relaxation Skills
Conference Room 6, The Curve, Prestwich site
2
Assertiveness Skills
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
5
Living with Hoarding Behaviours
6
Living with Autistic Spectrum Condition
6
Basic IT Skills - Day 5
Dickens IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
7
Recovery Star
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
8
How Culture Affects Mental Health
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
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Living with Personality Disorder
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
13
Basic IT Skills - Day 6
Dickens IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
13
Living with Bipolar Disorder
13
Living with Dual Diagnosis
15
PD National KUF - Cohort 1 - Day 3
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
16
Build a Better You
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
19
Living with Self Harm
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
20
Basic IT Skills - Day 7
Dickens IT Suite, Ivy House, Prestwich site
Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital Crabtree Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site
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British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 1
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
5&6
Facilitating Self Help Groups
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Advocacy in Mental Health
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
10
Shared Reading Group - Day 1
Break Out Room A, The Curve, Prestwich site
10
Faith & Recovery
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
10
Mindfulness - Day 1
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
11
Living with Psychosis
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
11
Living Well with Dementia
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
11
Mindfulness - Day 1
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
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Understanding Anger and Aggression - Day 1
Elliott Room, Ivy House, Prestwich site
12
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 2
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
13
Living with Body Dysmorphic Disorder
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
13
Living with PTSD
blueSCI, Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley
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Mindfulness - Day 2
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
16
To Tell or Not To Tell
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
16
Living with Eating Disorders
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
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Shared Reading Group - Day 2
Break Out Room A, The Curve, Prestwich site
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Basic Maths Skills - Day 1
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
18
Creative Writing
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
18
Mindfulness - Day 2
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
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Understanding Anger and Aggression - Day 2
Elliott Room, Ivy House, Prestwich site
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British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 3
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
19
Living with Hearing Voices
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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PD National KUF - Cohort 2 - Day 1
Room 2, The Curve, Prestwich site
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Level 2 Peer Mentorship - Day 1
Conference Room 6, The Curve, Prestwich site
23
Deaf Awareness
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
24
Mindfulness - Day 3
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Shared Reading Group - Day 3
Break Out Room A, The Curve, Prestwich site
24
Basic Maths Skills - Day 2
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
25
Mindfulness - Day 3
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
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Overcoming Stigma
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 1
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
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Understanding Anger and Aggression - Day 3
Elliott Room, Ivy House, Prestwich site
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British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 4
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
26
Health & Wellbeing for Carers
26
Living with OCD
27
An Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy
27
Level 2 Peer Mentorship - Day 2
Conference Room 6, The Curve, Prestwich site
30
Living with Personality Disorder
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
Living with Anxiety & Depression
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Basic Maths Skills - Day 3
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
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Mindfulness - Day 4
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Shared Reading Group - Day 4
Break Out Room A, The Curve, Prestwich site
30 & 31
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester
FEBRUARY 2017 1
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 2
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
1
Mindfulness - Day 4
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
2
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 5
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
3
Level 2 Peer Mentorship - Day 3
Conference Room 6, The Curve, Prestwich site
3
PD National KUF - Cohort 2 - Day 2
Room 2, The Curve, Prestwich site
7
Mindfulness - Day 5
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Living with Autistic Spectrum Condition
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
7
Shared Reading Group - Day 5
Break Out Room A, The Curve, Prestwich site
7
Basic Maths Skills - Day 4
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
7
Making Sense of Experiences through Psychological Assessment
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
8
Mindfulness - Day 5
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
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Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 3
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
8
Living Well with Dementia
Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site
9
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 6
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
10
Living with Bipolar Disorder
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
10
Level 2 Peer Mentorship - Day 4
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
13
Living with Addiction
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
14
Mindfulness - Day 6
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
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Shared Reading Group - Day 6
Break Out Room A, The Curve, Prestwich site
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Basic Maths Skills - Day 5
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
14 - pm
Completing an Advance Decision
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
15
Mindfulness - Day 6
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
15
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing - Day 4
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
16
Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Day 1
Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site
16
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 7
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
16
Dementia Friends
blueSCI, Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley
17
Level 2 Peer Mentorship - Day 5
Conference Room 6, The Curve, Prestwich site
17
PD National KUF - Cohort 2 - Day 3
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing
Conference Room 7, The Curve, Prestwich site
21
Basic Maths Skills - Day 6
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
22
Understanding Medication used to Treat Mental Health Problems
23
Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Day 2
23
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 8
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
24
Recovery Star
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
24
Job Application Skills
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
27
PD National KUF - Cohort 3 - Day 1
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
28
How Culture Affects Mental Health
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
28
Basic Maths Skills - Day 7
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
28
Living with Dual Diagnosis
blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale
20 & 21
Hall Lane Resource Centre, Wythenshawe, Manchester Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site
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Build a Better You
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
Node Link Mapping & Behavioural Activation
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 9
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site Conference Room 6 & 7, The Curve, Prestwich site Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester
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Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Day 3
3
Music & Recovery
6
Living with Psychosis
7
Creative Facilitation Skills
8
Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships - Day 1
8
An Introduction to Life Story Work
9
Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Day 4
9
British Sign Language - Level 1 - Day 10
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
9
Living with Self Harm
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
13
PD National KUF - Cohort 3 - Day 2
Room 2, The Curve, Prestwich site
14
Introduction to Relaxation Skills
Conference Room 6, The Curve, Prestwich site
14
Nature to Nurture
Bolton Environmental Resource Centre, Bury Road, Bolton
14
Advocacy in Mental Health
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
15
Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships - Day 2
blueSCI, Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley
15
An Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
Living with Anxiety & Depression
Z-arts, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester
16
Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Day 5
Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site
16
Assertiveness Skills
Start in Salford, Brunswick House, Salford
16
Health & Wellbeing for Carers
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
17
An Introduction to CBT
Room 1, The Curve, Prestwich site
21
Faith & Recovery
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
21
Lviing with PTSD
Kath Locke Centre, 123 Moss Lane East, Hulme, Manchester
21
Living with Personality Disorder
Z-arts, 335 Stretford Road, Manchester
22
Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships - Day 3
23
Living with Hearing Voices
23
Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - Day 6
24
Train the Trainer
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
27
PD National KUF - Cohort 3 - Day 3
Room 2, The Curve, Prestwich site
28
Living with Hoarding Behaviours
Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site
30
Understanding Medication used to Treat Mental Health Problems
J2 Training Room, General Outpatients (next to H Block), Royal Bolton Hospital
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Room 3, The Curve, Prestwich site blueSCI, Broomwood Community Centre, Timperley blueSCI, Coppice Library, Coppice Avenue, Sale Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, Prestwich site
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Meet the tutors (in alphabetical order): Brad Adams - Brad has worked in the mental health profession for over 30 years, working in the community in numerous positions, including working as an assertive outreach worker. He describes himself as a ‘typical London lad’ born in the heart of the East End! His most recent role was with BAND in Bolton liaising with local authorities, mental health organisations and commissioners on behalf of service users to develop appropriate consultation methods aimed at ensuring the service users’ voice is heard whilst raising awareness of current, local, regional and national issues affecting the provision of mental health services. Lynn Agnew - Lynn worked for the Trust as its Assistant Director for Governance until her retirement in September 2014. She has over thirty years’ experience in mental health services as a social worker, trainer and manager. In her time at the Trust, she developed policy, guidance and training to help staff meet key requirements for modern mental health care. These include safeguarding people from harm, using the Mental Capacity Act to protect people’s rights, and making sure that care plans always have the person at their centre. She currently works as an independent trainer and consultant focusing on these areas of practice. Andrew Aldred - Andy has been a service user for almost thirty years. He became unwell in the Army in 1985 after a Falklands tour. He spent six years at the Trust’s Edenfield Centre in Prestwich. He passed a Higher National Diploma in Computer Studies in 1992, and has a teaching certificate. He worked for Bolton Steps promoting day services for people with mental health problems and also teaching Information Technology on a voluntary basis. He has recently taken additional qualifications in teaching and I.T. at Bolton College. Dr Rory Allott - Dr Rory Allott is a Clinical Psychologist working for the Trust’s Early Intervention in Psychosis service in Trafford. He was introduced to Mindfulness in 2002 during his participation in a service user and staff mindfulness group in Sheffield, where he was working. Since then, he has continued to practice mindfulness and has trained in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a mindfulness-based cognitive behavioural therapy. He supports his entire team to use mindfulness in their work, both to manage their own wellbeing and sharing those skills with interested service users. He has presented alongside Early Interventions service users at local and national conferences on the effectiveness of mindfulness-based approaches. Richard Aubery - Richard is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist working for the Trust in a primary care team. He has previously worked for the Trust and other NHS and Social Services teams as a mental health social worker and team leader for more than 30 years. Richard has an enthusiasm for Compassion Focussed Therapy (CFT) which he is currently able to use in individual work and in a group. His commitment to CFT has been enhanced by his own experience of finding this approach helpful in dealing with difficult times and situations in his own life.
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Mark Ayling - Mark is a community psychiatric nurse for the Trust’s Home Based Treatment Team in Trafford. He has worked there for six years and prior to this worked on Irwell Ward at the Moorside Unit. He studied English Literature and French prior to commencing his nurse training in 2004. He has an ongoing interest in creative writing and has previously had a number of stories published in a variety of online magazines and anthologies and is presently supporting the creative writing module for the Recovery Academy. Rosie Beck - Rosie completed her doctorate in 2013 where her research focused on paranoia. She has worked on the ‘Recovery’ programme of research investigating recovery in the area of psychosis. Rosie is passionate about providing recovery orientated services and the practice of professionals and those with lived experience working together as colleagues (co-production). She has special interests in psychosis and difficulties often described as personality disorder. In her current role in a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) for the Trust, she enjoys working with members of the multi-disciplinary team and service users in reaching a psychological understanding of target problems, and support psychologicallyinformed care planning. Dr Joanne Bennett - Joanne is a Clinical Psychologist for the Trust who has worked in mental health services for 15 years, primarily in adult mental health. During her doctorate she completed a thesis on men’s understanding and experiences of Fibromyalgia. Having initially worked in the inpatient service, Joanne now works in an adult community mental health team. Within her role she aims to develop shared understandings of, and support for mental health difficulties through individual and group work as well as consultation to other members of the team. Joanne has a particular interest in working with people who have been given a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, working with them through a recovery-orientated team approach. Alex Brocklehurst - Alex is an Employment Officer who has worked at Bolton Employment Support Team since 2003. Prior to that he worked at St George’s Day Centre in Bolton for nine years as a ‘moving on’ worker. Alex is a specialist in theories of contemporary society, having completed his MA at the University of Hull in 2000. His interests are in employment as recovery exploration and the roles of creativity in sustainable career development. He has particular interest in the stories we create that sustain our lives and harness our imagination, on the journey to wholeness; of which ‘a job’ is a significant part. Wendy Broderick - Wendy has a passion for “real-world” recovery in mental health services. Wendy started her career as a driver in the army at 17 years of age. She left the army at 19 and returned to Salford getting a job with Salford Council for “Care on Call” which involved dealing with emergencies for people in their own homes. Wendy continued with them until she was 43. Following a series of stresses, Wendy’s self-esteem lowered which impacted on her work, relationships and other key aspects of her life, which culminated in Wendy using mental health services. She was an inpatient for a year and is more recently a user of community mental health services. Beverley Butcher - Beverley is a mental health liaison nurse with the Trust’s Trafford RAID team, she completed her degree in English Language and Literature in 1988 at Liverpool University. Beverley has a special interest in creative writing, and is a member of a creative writing group in South Manchester and has had short stories published.
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Helen Bucke - Helen wanted to be a train driver from a young age but actually ended up qualifying as an Occupational Therapist in 1992! Since then, she has worked for the NHS and as a private consultant, working in mental health services and now for the Autism Spectrum Conditions Support Team in Bolton. Helen is also a Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist, and is passionate about enabling people to find and maintain appropriate employment. Lyndsey Chadderton - Lyndsey qualified as a Social Worker in 2005 focusing on working with adults within mental health services. Upon qualifying, she started working in substance misuse services and since then has worked within community and inpatient settings. She continues to have an interest in working within dual diagnosis. Avril Clarke - Avril started her career as a general nurse in Salford and then completed a degree in visual arts. After becoming unwell with mental health issues, Avril developed her art background and ran service user art groups to help them in their recovery. She has firsthand experience of self-harm and how depression and personality disorder impacts on life and has used this to run workshops educating junior doctors and nurses about self-harm. She comes to the Recovery Academy as a volunteer using art and creative skills to aid service users, staff, carers and herself towards recovery. Maria Clifton - Maria is the Functional Skills Teacher for the Trust and teaches English, Maths and Information & Communication Technology (ICT). She is extremely enthusiastic about developing the potential of each person through building on prior skills and life experience. Maria gained a PGDE qualification in order to promote learning in the fundamental areas of everyday life and work – those which enable you to feel proud and motivated in your achievements. Maria’s teaching uses her knowledge to draw on everyday experience to help learners understand the subjects. Caroline Collinge - Caroline is a senior member of The Trust’s Library Team delivering a range of library services and training to staff, carers, volunteers and service users from The Curve in Prestwich. Caroline completed her Read to Lead Training in 2015 and has recently completed a Read to Lead Masterclass with The Reader. Caroline facilitates a weekly shared reading group for inpatients at the Trust’s Chapman Barker Unit – a 26 bed regional detox unit in Prestwich for men and women with substance misuse problems. Jessica Deol - Jessica is an Assistant Psychologist working at the Trust’s Bramley Street Rehabilitation Unit in Salford. She is involved in providing psychological support, through supervision with a Clinical Psychologist to help people who experience a range of mental health difficulties. She works with families and within a team in order to maintain person centred care. She is interested in the role of culture and stigma in terms of their accessibility to services and psychological support. Dr Anna Dodd - Anna is a Clinical Psychologist who has been working with children and adults with Autism Spectrum Conditions (both with and without learning disabilities) for the last 18 years. She currently works as the Clinical Lead for Autism Spectrum Conditions within the Trust. Her clinical role is within Trafford Extended Service, where she provides diagnostic assessments for adults (without learning disabilities), psychological input into the team, individual work with people who the team support and consultation and training to partner agencies.
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Gillian Drummond - Gill is the Dementia and Older Peoples Quality Lead for the Trust and manages the Trust’s carer work-streams. Gill’s role is to support clinical teams in the development and delivery of services to ensure they support carers and that we meet national priorities across the whole dementia spectrum. She has been a Mental Health Nurse since 1985. Gill has a BSc (Hons) in psychosocial treatments and has a keen interest in the delivery of training completing a P.G.C.E. (Practice Educator) qualification in 2006. Stuart Eaton - Stuart is a Community Psychiatric Nurse who has worked for the Trust for seven years. Stuart’s journey began as a service user, then as a volunteer, a support worker and most recently a qualified nurse. Stuart has a diagnosis of bipolar disorder stretching back almost 20 years and has lived through a number of challenging episodes, which he believes gives him a real “lived” empathic affinity with those who live with mental health issues. Stuart is passionate about life-long learning and is hoping to embark on a Master’s research project in the future. He enjoys reading, writing and creating music in his spare time. Wayne Edwards - Wayne has been a mental health service user since June 1989. He currently volunteers with CERT (Community Engagement & Recovery Team) in Salford where he is the Treasurer. Wayne has been struggling with alcohol dependency since the turn of the century and is currently accessing services via Achieve, Salford Drug & Alcohol Services. Wayne has become a Peer Mentor with Achieve and co-facilitates a pre-detox course. Due to Wayne’s alcohol dependency he attends AA weekly. He was introduced to the Recovery Academy by a Practical Recovery group and co-facilitates the Living with Psychosis session. Wayne likes to keep occupied, and his involvement with the Recovery Academy is certainly helping him. Martin Elder - Martin is a Substance Misuse Practitioner who has been working in the Trust’s community mental health services for 10 years. Martin is a trained integrative counsellor and supervisor of counsellors. Martin has previously been involved in the Talking Therapies Network within the Trust’s Alcohol & Drugs Directorate. During that time he was part of a team developing and delivering training to practitioners and other professionals. Whilst working as a practitioner, he has developed a keen interest in the link between mental health and substance misuse. Gemma Feeney - Gemma has been living with post-traumatic stress and psychosis for a number of years and has learned, with the help of her therapist, to develop coping mechanisms to overcome these unique challenges. Gemma is actively involved in an arts programme, enjoys Sci-Fi and is an avid Lego enthusiast. Eddie Fenn - Eddie is an Occupational Therapist (OT) currently working within the Trust’s Community Mental Health Team in Salford. He has worked for the Trust as a support worker for eight years and an OT for two. Eddie has worked with hoarders for the last two years and has gained an understanding of the problems and complexities of hoarding and its effects on the individual, families, friends and the wider community. Eddie’s longterm aim is to set-up a support group for hoarders within the Trust. He enjoys music and gardening and is currently undertaking Mindfulness training.
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Yvonne Fernandes - Yvonne is a Carer Support Worker for the Trust’s mental health services in Bolton. She works closely with carers offering emotional and practical support. Yvonne is also a Dementia Champion. This role enables her to raise awareness and train others to become Dementia Friends. Yvonne is a carer so fully understands how rewarding it can be, but also appreciates the worries, anxieties and stresses that this role can also bring. Anne Flear - Anne has been working as a pharmacist within mental health services for many years and seen changes in the way we use medicines in that time. She is keen to share how medicines affect the way our bodies work and where use of medicines fits alongside other therapies. Anne is part of our Medicines Management team which leads on training of our nursing, medical and other staff within the Trust, and also attends carers groups and patient groups to answer questions about medication. Judith Funnell - Judith is an assessor and tutor for British Sign Language (BSL) Centre of Excellence. She was born profoundly Deaf and educated in Wales, using both oral and signed communication. Judith maintains an active membership within the UK and international Deaf Community. One of her areas of expertise is regional sign variation. As a senior tutor, Judith has over 30 years’ experience of teaching all levels of BSL and Deaf studies at various colleges throughout the North West and beyond. Judith also works for Signature, the examining body, as an external assessor. She is passionate about BSL and is now embracing new technologies to provide BSL videos for all to access. Claire Gately - Claire is a Clinical Psychologist currently working within the Adult Forensic Service for the Trust and also in a specialist personality disorder unit at HMP Manchester. She has a long standing interest in psychosis and personality disorder. She works with service users using a range of approaches, especially Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) and Schema Focused Therapy. Patricia Goodwin - Trish is a carer support worker based with the Bolton Memory Assessment Service. A qualified Complementary Therapist and Mindfulness practitioner, she has worked with carers across the Trust and set-up and ran a Carers Complementary Therapy Service for alcohol and drug services. Trish has also worked in Domestic Abuse Services supporting not only the victims but also the close family and friends. Trish is a carer so can empathise with the worries and anxieties that this role can bring. Jayne Gosnall - Jayne lives in Salford and has been treated for depression, anxiety and addiction. The Recovery Academy has been a huge part of her personal recovery journey, and so she’s excited to be involved as a co-facilitator and always looks forward to attending new courses and expanding her own learning. She also volunteers for the Trust’s Achieve Salford Drug & Alcohol Services. Jayne is active in the Visible Recovery Movement, challenges stigma and believes that we all have something very special to offer. She is developing arts and crafts for people in recovery and the wider community and is involved with two choirs, Salford City Singers and Shameless Singers, all based on the five ways to wellbeing and the simple joy of creating together.
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Dr. Joanne Green - Joanne is a Clinical Psychologist working for the Trust’s Early Psychosis services in Bolton. She chose to work in this field some time ago, owing to her interest in mental health promotion, normalisation, prevention and recovery. The importance of preventing the development of mental health difficulties where possible, as well as preventing stigma, improving wellbeing and instilling hope is Joanne’s main goal. Her therapeutic work mainly involves cognitive therapies with individuals and behavioural family interventions. Jonathan Grieves - Jonathan is 48 years old and lives in Eccles, Salford. He began his career in the catering industry. He then worked for MENCAP for over 10 years supporting adults move into independent living working with them to find ways to deal with the challenges of living an independent life. His community work now keeps him busy and he runs a Junior Youth Club and is involved in residents groups around Eccles. He is part of a group looking to save, restore, and rebuild a Grade II Victorian theatre and hopes to bring it back into public use as a multi-purpose auditorium and community complex. Robert Griffiths - Robert works as a Psychological Therapist with the Trust’s Salford Early Intervention Team, a specialist service supporting people who have experienced a first episode of psychosis. He recently worked as a therapist on the TEAMS trial (Think Effectively About Mood Swings), a research study investigating the use of cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for people experiencing distressing mood swings and bipolar disorder. He is committed to working collaboratively with service users to develop recovery-oriented mental health services. Teresa Grogan - Teresa is the Unit Manager for Bramley Street, which is part of the Trust’s Salford Mental Health Services. Teresa has a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Psychology, which she gained midway through her nursing career. She has been a Registered Mental Health Nurse for 32 years, having initially started working with young people on probation and with homeless people in London. Members of Teresa’s family have experienced mental health difficulties, one to the extent of requiring inpatient services giving her a personal insight into services. Suzanne Grundy - Suzanne is a Senior Carer Support Coordinator for the Trust’s mental health directorate in Bolton. She is a qualified trainer and works closely with carers offering emotional support on an individual basis tailored to each carer’s circumstances. Suzanne leads the Bolton Carer Champions and Carer Support workers, supporting them to be proactive in their roles, and to thoroughly understand the stress and worries experienced by carers on a daily basis. She has worked with carers for over five years and is empathic to their needs and supportive in helping them maintain good health and wellbeing. Margaret Harper - Margaret is someone with lived experience of mental health and substance misuse problems and has had depression and anxiety since she was nine years old. She is now 59. Her mum had depression and anxiety all her life as did her twin. She has a passion for learning as much as she can about the subject to help herself and others. Her mental health problems led her to becoming addicted to codeine phosphate for ten years and she successfully completed a detox in 2012 with the Trust’s Salford Drug and Alcohol Service. Since then, she has become a Peer Mentor for this service and a volunteer at the Trust’s Moorside mental health unit in Trafford.
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Suzanne Heffernan - Suzanne completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at Lancaster University. Her doctoral research focused on the role of religion and spirituality in recovery from psychosis, in addition to exploration of how to integrate these into inpatient services. Before training, Suzanne worked on the “Recovery Programme” of research, exploring subjective judgements of recovery in psychosis. Since qualifying in 2013, Suzanne has worked in forensic services with individuals whose difficulties relate to personality or autism. She has a special interest in inpatient services and is passionate about promoting recoveryoriented and psychologically-informed approaches. Suzanne has recently joined the Mental Health Liaison Team at Salford Royal. Dr Natasha Holden - Natasha is a Clinical Psychologist currently working in the Trust’s Psychosis Research Unit. Natasha’s main role is to deliver structured interventions (CBT) to clients with psychosis and young people with emerging mental health difficulties. Natasha graduated with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The University of Liverpool in 2014. Prior to training, Natasha worked as a support worker in an adult forensic setting and then as an assistant psychologist in an inpatient setting. Natasha also worked on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded ‘Recovery Programme’ of research, investigating recovery from psychosis and bipolar disorder. Roy Holt - Roy has worked for the Trust for thirty-two years. He spent twenty years working on the wards as a Qualified Mental Health Nurse. He is also a Qualified Teacher and has a Diploma in violence and aggression from Salford University. He enjoys working with service users to help them develop self-awareness and management techniques for dealing with feelings of frustration and anger and has delivered anger awareness sessions on our forensic service wards. He is currently the Trust’s Promoting the Management of Violence and Aggression Practitioner and has a key role in the implementation and monitoring of the Positive and Safe Wards agenda. Amanda Hurst - Amanda works for the Trust as an Occupational Therapist. She currently works in the older adults community mental health team in Bolton but has moved around in various teams over the years in Bolton and Salford. She has been a yoga practitioner for over 20 years and has been teaching yoga for 5 years after gaining a teaching diploma from the British Wheel of Yoga. Robin Jamil - Robin is an Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) working mainly in medium secure mental health settings. He has been providing advocacy for 13 years and for some of this time has also supervised and managed other staff. He is currently employed by Mind in Salford and is the Training Lead for this organisation. As well as the Advocacy in Mental Health course which he delivers for the Recovery Academy, he also co-delivers training for the Academy’s campus within the Trust’s Adult Forensic Services. Robin’s focus and main interest in mental health is the service user’s experience and that this should be at the centre of all care and treatment. Lesley Jones (RMN, NMP, MSc, MA) - Lesley qualified as a mental health nurse in the 1980s. Most of her nursing career has been spent working with people who have dementia and older people with other mental health problems. Lesley has had a number of positions including staff nurse, sister, clinical leader and practice development nurse. Currently she is an Advanced Practitioner in Dementia Care, a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Fellow and is in her last year of PhD study. Lesley’s interests are life story work, working with people with dementia who have other co-morbidities and high levels of need.
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Natalie Kheirkhah - Natalie is a support worker and teaching assistant for people with special needs and behavioural difficulties. She struggled in education and with her own mental health and found art to be therapeutic for her mind. Natalie runs Rainbow Pathways, a community art group, in volunteer centres, probation services, youth clubs and schools. She is a champion for charities in mental health like Time to Change and tries to engage young people and adults who struggle with mental health problems in art, self-expression and creativity. Feedback from her art group shows that creative arts really inspires and builds confidence in learners who struggle with mainstream education and mental health. Reverend Jeremy Law - Jeremy is an Anglican priest who has worked as a mental health chaplain for the Trust since January 2013. He works from Ramsgate House in Lower Broughton as a community chaplain and on the inpatient wards at the Rivington Unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital. Alongside his responsibilities with GMW, Jeremy works as a hospital chaplain at Central Manchester hospitals where his main responsibility is with St Mary’s hospital for women and babies. Prior to hospital chaplaincy, Jeremy worked as a parish priest in Wythenshawe and prior to ordination Jeremy qualified and worked as a psychiatric nurse in Salford and central Manchester respectively. Amy Lea - Amy is the Occupational Therapy Lead for the Trust’s Woodlands Hospital in Salford and for Older Adult Services in Bolton. She works with Occupational Therapists to help improve the daily reality of service users and carers within the Trust. She has worked in the NHS since 2003 and been with the Trust for nine years. Amy’s career began in Newcastle, working in both physical and mental health settings. She later went to work at South London and Maudsley Hospital specialising in Older Adult Mental Health, before returning to her North West roots. Dr. Caroline Logan - Caroline is the Lead Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist for the Trust’s Specialist Services Network. She is also Honorary Research Fellow in the Institute of Brain Behaviour and Mental Health at the University of Manchester. She has worked in forensic settings for almost 20 years. Caroline has research interests in the areas of personality, formulation and risk, and she has a special interest in gender issues in offending. Anthony Louden - Anthony has lived and work experience of Weight Management with ABL. He also has experience in the field of addiction and mental health. He has been volunteering on the Trust’s Prestwich site for the past three years. He is also currently a Bank Support Worker at the Trust’s Chapman Barker Unit (Drug and Alcohol Detoxification Unit). Anthony also has an interest in Anxiety Management and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. Ian Lowens - Ian is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working within primary and secondary care for the Trust. He has a long standing interest in cognitive behavioural approaches to working with distress, especially ‘third wave’ approaches such as Mindfulness, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT). Ian has lived experience of depression. Stephen Maloney - Stephen is a Psychosocial Interventions (PSI) Trainer, and has been involved in substance misuse services as a service user, volunteer, and paid worker since 1987. He has a degree in Philosophy and a diploma in counselling (CBT Model). He is a registered Motivational Interviewing trainer and is passionate about supporting service users to deliver effective services. Stephen is married with three sons and is a very keen golfer and rugby league fan. Page Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus: October 2016
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Catherine Marsh - Catherine has worked for the Trust for six years. She worked in drug and alcohol services initially, something in which she has always had a personal interest, and then transferred across to assist in developing the Autism Spectrum Conditions Support Team in Bolton. She continues to work in her role as Support Worker with the Bolton team. She is committed to improving awareness of autism and helping to affect positive changes in services locally, so that people with autism are truly understood and catered for. Colin Mattinson - Colin is an avid ukulele player and loves sci-fi tv shows and movies. He enjoys walking the dog, yoga and artistic pursuits. He sees himself as a work in progress and firmly believes in awareness of self and others as the catalyst for positive change. His own experiences of mental health issues have been the driving force in joining the Recovery Academy and his desire to raise awareness and educate others. Colin enjoys the challenge of examining health issues that people often find difficult to talk about. Mani Mehdikhani - Mani is a Clinical Psychologist for the Trust’s alcohol and drugs service. He has worked in the field of substance misuse since qualifying in 2007. In addition to his clinical experience, he has also had over four years pre-qualification experience working as a researcher in the field of addiction. Mani has obtained Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is a member of the Divisional of Clinical Psychology and the Faculty of Addiction. He is also registered with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). He has an interest in evolutionary psychology, and he completed his Schema Therapy training in 2015 and has obtained a Postgraduate Diploma in Personality Disorders at the University of Central Lancashire. Mani also regularly teaches on Clinical Psychology doctorate training courses at Liverpool and Lancaster universities on the subject of addiction. Stephanie Mouillaud - Stephanie is a trained teacher who currently facilitates art and crafts workshops in a variety of settings. She has also been volunteering for the Trust’s Moorside Unit in Trafford for over a year providing art workshops to service users. Lee Mulligan - Lee is a trainee clinical psychologist in the final year of his clinical training at the University of Manchester. He has a keen interest in mental health recovery and previously worked on the NIHR-funded (National Institute for Health Research) “Recovery Programme” with individuals experiencing bipolar disorder and psychosis. Lee aims to qualify as a clinical psychologist and hopes to conduct further research in order to understand how recovery can be enhanced through the delivery of psychological interventions. Elizabeth Murphy - Liz is a research clinical psychologist at the Trust’s Psychosis Research Unit (PRU) where her role is to provide cognitive therapy to people who are participating in research trials. As well as her role as a trial therapist, she also contributes to teaching, training and research. Liz’s main interests are cognitive therapy for psychosis, collaborative working and interpersonal processes in therapy. Prior to working at PRU, Liz worked in primary care psychology services at the Trust.
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Dr. Sandra Neil - Sandra is a Clinical Psychologist who currently works in the Trust’s Community Mental Health Team in Salford. Sandra has a special interest in the areas of psychosis, anxiety and depression. She is passionate about working collaboratively with service users and developing recovery orientated services. She worked with the Trust’s service users to develop a measure of recovery. She also worked on the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded ‘Recovery Programme’ of research investigating recovery from psychosis and bipolar disorder. Sandra has provided workshops and training on recovery to a range of audiences both in the UK and internationally. Martin O’Doherty - Martin is an Occupational Therapist with lived experience of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He has used his experience of living with OCD to assist in the training of student Cognitive Behavioural Therapists and uses his time at the Recovery Academy to educate others on this misunderstood disorder. He also runs a support group at the Mental Health Independent Support Team (MhIST) in Bolton to help and support others who live with OCD. Martin is passionate about the link between physical health and mental wellbeing, and is currently undertaking a diploma in Personal Training with the aim of empowering others with mental health problems to live healthier lives physically, mentally and nutritionally. Ben Ottiwell - Ben is a Senior Practitioner based at the Trust’s Community Mental Health Team in Salford. He has worked for the Trust in various settings including substance misuse, adult acute admissions and for the past eleven years in community mental health settings. He has developed a special interest in the subject of personality disorder over years of working as a CPN and has co-authored a paper based on effective case management for Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. He has spoken at the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder. He is currently employed as a Senior Practitioner for Personality Disorder and has contributed to the development of a Personality Disorder Pathway in Salford. Sarah Page - Sarah is a Specialist Occupational Therapist for the Trust’s Memory Assessment Service in Bolton. She is part way through a Master’s degree in Dementia at the University of Manchester. Sarah has teaching and training experience including being the editor of an e-newsletter for the College of Occupational Therapy. She has presented at a variety of conferences on the subject of dementia. Sarah has been working with patients and carers for a number of years and is passionate about Life Story work and the benefits this can bring. She enjoys gardening and reading. Dr Jasper Palmier-Claus - Jasper is a clinical psychologist based at the Trust’s Psychosis Research Unit in Prestwich. He currently works as a trial therapist on the COMPARE, PRODIGY and BART trials. His interests include cognitive behavioural therapy, psychosis, and bipolar disorder. He previously worked as a researcher at the University of Manchester, where he explored the psychological mechanisms involved in the development of early psychosis.
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Jacqueline Parker Fu - Jacqueline is a Communications Facilitator at the Trust’s John Denmark Unit. Her role is to facilitate all communications in any format to a high standard that matches the communication needs of all members of staff and patients. She also provides support and guidance to all staff with regards to communication, deaf awareness issues and British Sign Language. Jacqueline was born deaf, into a Deaf family. She had an oral schooling but her first language is British Sign Language. Growing up, she has been an active member of the Deaf community getting involved in many activities including representing Great Britain in the Deaf Olympics in 1993. Jacqueline has a strong Deaf identity and has visited many countries all over the world meeting other Deaf people and as such has developed skills in International sign from her travelling experiences. Jacqueline has been involved in a project researching Deaf people with Dementia from University of Manchester, and has her own story published in a research journal called ‘My Mum’s Story’. This highlighted the barriers her mum faced accessing services as a deaf lady with dementia. Christine Partlett - Christine is a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), currently working as a senior nurse for the Trust’s Personality Disorder assessment and Liaison Team. Christine has worked in several different areas of nursing including, adolescent, adult acute, forensic, deaf services, and low secure. Christine has worked in both the NHS and private sector during her career. Her role includes undertaking clinical assessments, providing clinical guidance, education and training, supervision and leadership. She has been involved in developments in nursing and mental health care practice throughout her career and has a special interest in personality disorder, hence being a Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) trainer. The KUF is a national framework to support people to work more effectively with personality disorder. Heather Peel - Heather is a 30 year old service user volunteer and nursing assistant with a degree in English and a background in teaching English abroad. She started using services following a particularly severe episode. Now in recovery, Heather is currently working in a rehabilitation unit, aiding others in their own recovery. Heather enjoys knitting in her free time and has campaign marketing experience as a representative of a young members marketing team. She feels strongly about supporting mental health service users on their path to recovery. Kerry-Anne Peters - Kerry-Anne has been a Recovery Academy student for the last 12 months. She has been in recovery from gambling addiction since April 2013 after 21 years of progressive active addiction. Kerry-Anne enjoys practicing Tai Chi, finding that this helps develop her spirituality and grounding in life. David Pirie - David is an Australian social worker employed by Combat Stress who works as the Veterans Substance Misuse Practitioner embedded in the Trust’s Achieve Salford Recovery Service. David has an extensive background working with individuals who have substance misuse problems and/or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. David has also worked in inpatient and outpatient mental health services. Dr Katie Pownell - Katie is a Clinical Psychologist who currently works, in a rehabilitation unit for the Trust, with people experiencing complex mental health problems. Katie previously worked for the Psychosis Research Unit (PRU), investigating recovery from psychosis and bipolar disorder. She has a particular interest in working in the area of psychosis, and aims to work collaboratively with service users and the multi-disciplinary team to provide recovery-orientated services.
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Ann Richards - Ann is a service user with a particular interest in peer-to-peer support groups as a means of aiding recovery. She has benefited from the Recovery Academy and BlueSCI’s services in Trafford and is volunteering with both organisations as a way to sustain her own recovery. Although some progress is being made, Ann believes more needs to be done to help service users return to meaningful employment based on their full range of skills and experience to allow them to reach their full potential. Matthew Riley - Matthew has been a Mental Health Nurse for five years, having worked for the Trust for eleven years in a variety of roles. He has completed his MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy in 2015. Matthew has completed a variety of mindfulness courses including a module at Salford University and the MBSR programme. Matthew is about to embark on his Level 1 Teacher Training in Mindfulness provided by Bangor University/GMW. He practices mindfulness himself due to lived experience of anxiety/ depression and uses it with his clients. He currently works at the Trust’s Salford Early Detection and Intervention (EDIT) as a Psychological Therapist. Leanne Roberts - Leanne is 36 years old and has 20 years lived and work experience of addiction and mental health problems. She is a Mental Health Support Worker and has a range of experience with youths, adults in secure settings and the community. Creative writing is a tool she has used with positive results. Dr Magdalene Sampson - Magdalene is a Clinical Psychologist and has worked with service users in the Trust’s Eating Disorder Service for the past 14 years. She completed her post graduate doctorate in clinical psychology in 2001 and completed a Diploma in Cognitive Therapy in 2004. In recent years, she has developed expertise in Compassion Focused Therapy and the application within eating disorders, both with service users and carers. She teaches on postgraduate courses at Manchester University and is currently Acting Service Manager for the Eating Disorder Service. Kevin Scallon - is the lead for the Trust’s Edenfield Centre Recovery Academy campus. Kevin has over 30 year’s professional experience in both mental health and learning & development. He is passionate about learning and the way people, individually and collectively, can develop, transform and make the most of their lives and inspire others to do likewise. Carolyn Sellers - Carolyn is the operational lead for the Certificate in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) and the Enhanced Evidence Based Practice Course at the Trust’s Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre. She is involved in teaching and supervising students on this course, as well as for the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapies. She has a background in general and mental health nursing and trained as a behavioural psychotherapist with Sheffield University in 1997. Carolyn has worked as a CBT therapist in an occupational health setting as well as a primary care setting. She currently combines her teaching and supervisory role with her clinical practice in Yorkshire. Dr Gary Sidley - Gary is a freelance writer and trainer who, in 2013, opted for early retirement from his post of Professional Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist. He writes on a range of topics, including: alternatives to biological psychiatry, general interest articles and humour. His NHS career began in 1980 as a psychiatric nurse, and he qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1989. Throughout his career, Gary has presented numerous workshops on a range of topics including cognitive behaviour therapy, recoveryorientated services, living with self-harm, advance decisions and reducing stigma.
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Yvonne Slater - Yvonne is the Operational Lead for the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (CBT Pathways) at the Trust’s Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Training Centre, and has been involved with the Centre since its inception in 2000. She has a background in mental health nursing and trained as a behaviour psychotherapist in 1995 before going on to complete her postgraduate diploma in cognitive therapy in Newcastle. Yvonne’s primary responsibility is that of leading the High Intensity Diploma training programme, she also teaches and supervises on other programmes at the Centre. She combines her teaching and supervisory role with a clinical role. She has a particular interest in working with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Lesley Spencer - Lesley is a former service user of the Trust. The Recovery Academy and the blueSCI Arts, Cultural and Well-Being Service in Trafford have featured heavily in her recovery. Lesley is enthusiastic about her own recovery and enjoys helping others to gain and maintain their recovery. Lesley now works on the Trust’s nurse bank. She believes recovery is a process and is looking forward to the next step – whatever that might be. Ann Steele - Ann is a Clinical Psychologist working for the Trust’s Psychosis Research Unit (PRU). PRU conducts research exploring effective treatments - particularly Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) - for psychosis and other mental health problems. In her role as a Trial Therapist at PRU, Ann delivers CBT with people participating in the different research trials. In addition, Ann delivers training on psychosis, bipolar disorder and early warning signs, to local mental health services and charities who are interested in and support the research at PRU. Deb Stefanovic - Deb is currently an outpatient and lead for the Trust’s women’s services where she hopes to use her skills to support others in their journey to recovery. Prior to this, she worked in a variety of jobs including youth work, and education with young people excluded from school. During her involvement with the Recovery Academy, she has completed courses on confidence building, leadership skills, and using Microsoft Power Point. This has enabled her to be involved in the co-production and co-facilitation of courses. Father David Sutton - David is an Anglican priest with 36 years’ experience in parish ministry, for 16 of them working as a part-time mental health chaplain. In 2008, he was invited to become the full-time Chaplaincy/Spiritual Care Co-ordinator for the Trust. In 2015, David was awarded his Master’s degree in Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, focussing on the links between healing ministries and healthcare. He has presented workshops on mental health issues to church and chaplaincy groups, and is involved in spiritual direction and retreat giving. He is also a governor of Calderstones Partnership NHS Trust. Rebecca Sutton - Rebecca is an Assistant Clinical Psychologist who currently works for the Trust’s Psychosis Research Unit. Rebecca is working on the Recovery Academy research project which aims to explore the effects of the Recovery Academy. She is also working on a cross-media project called ‘HOAX Our Right to Hope’. This study aims to raise awareness and reduce stigma surrounding psychosis by promoting hope and beliefs that recovery is possible for those with lived experience of mental health difficulties. Rebecca hopes to one day contribute further by completing a doctorate in Clinical Psychology and further understand how recovery can be enhanced through psychological interventions.
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Mita Sykes - Mita has been involved with mental health and eating disorders in particular for over 30 years. Having suffered from anorexia for over 12 years, she became chair of Anorexic Aid for several years and subsequently became a trustee of the Eating Disorders Association (forerunner of current BEAT). Professionally, her early career was in institutional management before retraining in mental health and later as a teacher of adults with learning difficulties (P.G.C.E.). She managed Patients Council for Mental Health (for the involvement of service users in the monitoring and development of services) for 12 years before taking early retirement for a family business venture. Mita has continued to have recurrent episodes of eating disorders throughout her life. Sue Thomasson – Sue has three adult children and has had a varied career. She considers one facet of herself to be a high-functioning woman with bipolar and absolutely believes in recovery. She is involved in mental health services as a service user and as a worker, currently at BAND and previously at Bolton STEPS and BEST. She enjoys walking, dancing, yoga and music - though not all at the same time! Claire Watson – Claire is the Trust lead for the Recovery Academy, Service User Engagement and Volunteering. She has a degree in psychology and is qualified to teach adults. She has worked as a practitioner and teacher for mental health and substance misuse services since 1998. She believes in the power of learning, particularly from people with lived experience of mental health and/or substance misuse problems in order to shape services. Claire has her own lived experience as a family member of someone with mental health problems and is passionate about supporting carers to understand mental health and addiction and get the support they need to help themselves and their loved ones. Dr Ruth Watson - Ruth qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 2004, and currently works within the Trust’s Later Life services in Bolton. Her clinical work involves consultation, assessment and therapy with older people, who present with complex mental health difficulties and/or dementia. She has an interest in trauma and her doctoral thesis explored Posttraumatic Growth amongst Intensive Care Unit patients. Ruth recently completed training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and is currently undertaking skills training in using Cognitive Analytic Therapy within complex mental health settings. Sara Whitehead - Sara is a former service user who has battled with mental health issues for years and has become an avid learner and supporter of recovery and wellbeing. Having a management background, Sara has refocused her career to mental health and now works as a support worker on one of the Trust’s adolescent mental health wards as well as delivering courses as part of the Academy’s Trainer Bank. Her own recovery has aided her to be able to help and support others on their journey. She is currently studying social work and psychology to further her knowledge in this field. Frances Wilkinson - Frances is a dietitian who has recently started working for the Trust. She has worked as a dietitian in the NHS for over 10 years in a broad range of clinical areas including: working with Learning Disability Services; in Weight Management and in Diabetes services. She has a keen interest in the link between mental health and nutrition.
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Joanne Wilson - Joanne is a former service user of the Trust’s alcohol and drug services and has experienced first-hand the issues and concerns that arise from that lifestyle. She is now a Governor for the Trust representing alcohol and drug service users and sits on many Trust committees. Joanne is passionate about recovery and the service user and carer ‘voice’ being heard and acted upon. She has delivered courses, sat on various assessment panels, shortlisted and interviewed staff and led the service user aspect of recent Patient-Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE). Sheila Wilson - Sheila is a Therapy Team Leader for the Trust’s Chapman-Barker Unit - an inpatient drug and alcohol detoxification unit. She has recently completed some research into how former service users make the transition to become paid workers in the substance misuse field. Sheila was employed as a Training Coordinator by the Trust from May 2003 to August 2015. Prior to joining the Trust, she worked in supported housing; volunteered and worked in a range of drug and HIV services, and latterly managed a Structured Day Programme for substance users. Sinéad Wolfe-McConnon - Sinéad works part time for the Trust in the Community Engagement Recovery Team (CERT) in Salford and has been involved in community mental health since 2004. Outside of her NHS role, Sinead has nearly two decades experience in psycho-spiritual development and holistic health and is a qualified clinical/creative hypnotherapist and energy practitioner. She incorporated these skills into her work with CERT, to deliver ‘A Practical Guide to Achieving Wellbeing’ course in the community, on physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health, offering knowledge, tools and experiences to promote inner and outer health and wellbeing. Sinéad is passionate about empowering people on their journey to wholeness, encouraging a greater connection, understanding and compassionate relationship internally with our selves, which in turn can then help to create healthier, happier and more meaningful relationships and life experiences with others and the world around us. Ziggi Yates-Rodgers - Ziggi first joined the Trust in 2014, working in the Achieve Holding Families Service before joining the Primary Care Psychology Service in July 2015. Ziggi now works as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist, having achieved a PgDip in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in 2014. Prior to joining Primary Care, Ziggi volunteered for 12 months at the Mental Health Independent Support Team (MhIST) in Bolton as a therapist. Ziggi has a keen interest in mindfulness and has been developing her personal and professional practice for the past two years. Ziggi has completed the MBSR programme, a Teacher Training for Mindfulness for Wellbeing course and is currently attending the MBCT programme.
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Recovery Academy Student Charter
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he Recovery Academy seeks to provide a caring learning environment for all students where ‘professional expertise’ and ‘lived experience’ are recognised with equal importance. This Charter is designed to help students to understand their entitlements and obligations.
The Academy aims to provide every student with: • A variety of learning opportunities to either manage your own recovery, health and wellbeing, or support others in their recovery journey. • Clear information about the courses on offer via an Academy Prospectus. • Well designed, well taught courses which are informed by up-to-date research, and both professional and lived experience. • Support to identify and address your learning needs. • Opportunities for regular review, planning, target setting and recording of progress and achievement. • Suitably trained teaching and support staff/volunteers who are committed to the quality of your experience and to their own professional development. • Encouragement to take responsibility for your own learning and development. • Links to your local colleges, education and employment services so that you can access further opportunities and fulfil your long term ambitions. • A healthy and safe learning environment which focuses on reinforcing and developing people’s strengths and inspiring hope so that people can feel empowered to achieve their aspirations. • Access to appropriate facilities and equipment, including the Library and Knowledge Centre. • Opportunities to comment on and review the courses and facilities on offer. • A friendly, supportive, efficient, and confidential service. However, all students need to be aware that if they disclose a wish to harm self/others that this will be disclosed to an appropriate member of Trust staff. • Equality of opportunity, free of harassment and discrimination. • The chance to celebrate success.
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The Academy expects every student to: • Be polite and respectful to others. • Avoid the use of language and terminology that might offend others. • Take responsibility for your own learning and actively participate in course activities. • Be punctual and inform the Academy staff if you have to cancel your place on a course, or are going to be late/need to leave early for any reason. • Familiarise yourself with all of the pre-course information given so that you are fully prepared. • Ensure that mobile phones are switched off before entering any teaching or learning space. • Where courses are accredited, to hand in any assessment activities on time. • Respect the Academy environment and equipment. • Seek early advice and support whenever you need clarification, or if you have a problem. • Keep us informed of any change of circumstances so that we can keep our records upto-date and keep you informed of course information and Academy developments. • Keep us informed of any special needs or requirements you have so we can support you in the best way possible. • Give constructive feedback so that we can continually improve provision. • Accept any reasonable action taken by the Academy which results from your nonfulfilment of these expectations.
Student Name: Signature: Date: Please return this form to Recovery Academy, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The Curve, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL.
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A Recovery Academy student who attended our Mindfulness courses (cohort one, October 2015 – March 2016 term) provided us with the following feedback: Please tell us what you enjoyed most about the programme:
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I enjoyed learning all about mindfulness, but most of all to learn to take time out for myself and use the CD to relax and put it into practice when I become stressed.
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“I found myself using it more as the weeks went on with the course – thank you.
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