GMW Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus

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Contents

Welcome and Introduction 6 Core Principles of our Academy

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How to register with us and book on our courses

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The Trust Library and Knowledge Centre

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Courses: Lived experience

• Living with Addiction

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• Living with Self-Harm

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• Living with Bipolar Disorder

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• Living with Eating Disorders

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• Living with Psychosis

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• Living with OCD

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• Dementia, Recovery, Health and Wellbeing

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• Personality Disorder, National KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme

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• Recovering from Domestic Abuse

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Supporting recovery

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• Supporting the Recovery Process

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• Recovery Star

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• Dementia Friends

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• An Introduction to Creative Movement as part of a Therapeutic Wellbeing Toolkit

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• Facilitating Self-Help Groups

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• Recovery 4 U – Positive Input for Group Work

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• A Solution Focused Approach

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• An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills

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• Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation

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• Advocacy in Mental Health

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• Completing an Advance Decision

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• Values into Action – Walking the Walk

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• Caring with Confidence

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Developing knowledge and life skills

• Assertiveness Skills

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• Meeting Skills

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• An Introduction to Mental Health Research

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• Lifestyle Awareness and Health Promotion

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• Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship

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• Read to Lead

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Getting involved with the Academy

• Creative Confidence Building

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• Creative Facilitation Skills

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• Train the Trainer

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Meet the Trainers

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Student Charter 57 Recovery Health and Wellbeing Academy Student Registration Form 58 How to find us

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Welcome and introduction Welcome to GMW’s Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy, where we provide a range of educational courses and resources for people with lived experience of mental health difficulties, their families, carers, and professionals.

Like our first prospectus, our second offers a range of learning opportunities to equip students with the knowledge, understanding, behaviours, and skills needed to be able to manage and promote recovery, health and wellbeing.

All of our courses are co-produced, and co-facilitated between professionals and people with lived experience. Anyone is welcome to book on the courses. The idea is to learn from one another and recognise with equal importance both professional expertise and lived experience.

All courses focus on supporting people through their recovery journey and promoting health and wellbeing. Some of the courses focus on understanding and behaviours, whilst others teach some basic psychosocial interventions that anyone can use to support change and help people to achieve their aspirations. There are also some opportunities for people to develop skills to fulfil their education, training or employment goals.

It has been a very exciting first nine months since the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy was formed. We now have over 250 people registered as students, from a range of backgrounds including staff, professionals from other organisations, people with lived experience, and their families and carers. We have also recruited 14 people to our Trainer Bank on a Band 3 role. This means that people with lived experience are now employed

by GMW and are being paid fairly for their contribution to this prospectus.

Before you go on to look at the courses on offer, please familiarise yourself with our eight core principles so that you are clear about our remit, where we are now and where we aim to be over the next twelve months.

We are always looking to expand the courses on offer and provide more opportunities for learning. If you have an idea for a course that is not currently provided, please let us know and we will do our best to produce and facilitate something to meet your needs.

In addition, if you would like to be involved in co-producing and co-facilitating a course, please let us know – we would be happy to work with you to produce and facilitate something that you have inspired!

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Core principles of our academy 1.

There will be co-production at every level and every stage. GMW 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 Academy and its prospectuses.

- Actively engaging with people with lived experience and professionals in the development, delivery, and evaluation of education programmes.

- Supporting trainers to gain the confidence and skills they need to be able to truly cofacilitate learning events.

- The setting up of 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.

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There will be a physical base. At the time of writing, the Trust Executive Team is exploring opportunities for an Academy building on the Prestwich site. This building will accommodate our existing Knowledge and Library services. Whilst at this stage we don’t know exactly what this physical base will look like, we are certain that the Academy will provide satellite services in full recognition of the geographical spread of GMW services.

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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.

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The Academy is for everyone. Professionals, service users, families and carers 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 Detailed information about our courses, dates and locations accompanies this prospectus, and is available on our website. If you are interested in attending a course, and would like more information, advice, or support, please contact us on: Tel: 0161 772 3782 Email: recoveryacademy@gmw.nhs.uk The first time you book on one of our courses, you will be asked to complete a registration form which will ask for your name, background, contact details, and any specific requirements in relation to the support you may need. The registration form for our courses is on page 58 of this prospectus. You can post it to us at the following address: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Harrop House Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL Alternatively, an electronic registration form can be downloaded from the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy page on our website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery, and emailed to: recoveryacademy@gmw.nhs.uk.

If you are a member of staff, you will need your manager’s permission to attend a course 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 PDP. After registering, you can book a place on any of our courses by emailing recoveryacademy@gmw.nhs.uk or calling 0161 772 3782.

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.

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.

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The Library and Knowledge Centre The Library and Knowledge Centre is open to all students of the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy. We have resources to support mental health and substance misuse services, as well as resources to support education, and training programmes.

As well as a vast collection of material related to mental health, the Centre holds the biggest collection of books and journals related to substance misuse in the country. It is also developing its resources related to recovery, health and wellbeing. This includes books, CDs, DVDs, and a variety of other resources, including electronic and printed selfhelp materials.

Many of the resources are now available on the internet. The Centre also has a number of electronic resources and resource lists on a variety of subjects including recovery that we can provide for you on request.

You can access electronic books and journals, web based resources, literature searching databases and many other useful resources using the Centre’s computers. Guest access is available for personal laptops, tablets and other similar mobile devices. Please ask the Library staff for help and information about this. Please note that you may need an NHS Athens account to access some of the online resources. The Trust Librarians are administrators for GMW Trust Athens accounts, so if you need more information, please contact a member of the Library staff.

There are also two computers in the Centre designated to our ‘Internet Café’. Anyone can use these computers to research on the internet and to use self-help websites such as CBT online. Printing and photocopying resources are also available.

The Centre is based on the Prestwich Hospital site, address as follows: Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust Library and Knowledge Centre Harrop House Bury New Road Prestwich Manchester M25 3BL Email: professional.library@gmw.nhs.uk Telephone: 0161 772 3618 Fax: 0161 772 3947 Opening Times: Monday 8.30am - 5.00pm Tuesday 8.30am - 5.00pm Wednesday 8.30am - 5.00pm Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

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Lived Experience Page

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Facilitated By

Course Aim

Stephen Maloney and Nick Bell

This interactive day will explore the experiences of people living with addiction and those of people close to them. We will also look at when and how recovery comes about and is sustained.

Duration One full day (7 hours)

Lived experience

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Living with Addiction

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Gain an understanding of what it’s like to live with an addiction or be close to someone who is doing so.

• Consider the range of experiences someone may have.

• Have a better understanding of what recovery is, how recovery comes about and how it’s maintained.

• Explore what helps when someone is living with addiction and recovery.

Date 29 November 2013

Time 9.30am to 4.30pm

10 January 2014

9.30am to 4.30pm

14 March 2014

9.30am to 4.30pm

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Venue J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0LR (you need to press the intercom to enter) Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0LR (you need to press the intercom to enter)

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Lived experience

Living with Self-Harm

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Gemma Trainor, Colin Mattinson and Gary Sidley

This course is aimed at both those who engage in self-harming activities, and those who know someone that engages in self harm. It aims to dispel the myths, uncover the fear and stigma surrounding it, and provide participants with a non-judgemental, compassionate approach when encountering self-harm.

Duration One full day (6 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Have a greater understanding of self-harm.

• Understand the purpose it serves for those that selfharm.

• Understand how it interacts with other mental health conditions.

• Be able to talk about how self-harm affects you.

• Understand the stigma, shame and taboo of selfharm.

• Be aware of treatment, interventions, recovery and support.

• Be able to offer appropriate support to those that engage in self-harm.

• Understand your own emotions when supporting someone that engages in self harm.

Date 27 November 2013 15 January 2014 19 March 2014

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Time Venue 10.00am to 4.00pm Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ 10.00am to 4.00pm Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB 10.00am to 4.00pm Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Facilitated By

Course Aim

Phillip Brawn and Alison Manzi

The aim of this interactive session is to equip participants with a fuller understanding of the range of experiences faced by those diagnosed with a disorder on the bipolar spectrum. The course will also focus on promoting recovery from bipolar disorder by identifying a range of behaviours and skills that can help to manage symptoms and aid a return to health and wellbeing.

Duration One full day (6 hours)

Lived experience

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Living with Bipolar Disorder

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Be familiar with the symptoms associated with experiencing bipolar disorder and difficult 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 Date 13 November 2013 8 January 2014

5 March 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm 10.00am to 4.00pm 10.00am to 4.00pm

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Venue Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Room 2, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Living with Eating Disorders

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Mita Sykes, Charlotte Norrey and Jean Haslam

To increase awareness of what it is like to live with an eating disorder, and consider strategies that will enable a person to cope with a long-term eating disorder.

Lived experience

Duration One full day (5 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants 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 and bulimia.

• 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.

Date 25 November 2013 27 January 2014

24 February 2014

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Time 10.00am to 3.00pm 10.00am to 3.00pm

10.00am to 3.00pm

Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Room 4, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Facilitated By

Course Aim

Penny Hayward, Deb Stefanovic, Garry Lythgoe and representatives from the Bolton Hearing Voices Group.

This course is aimed at service users, carers, and professionals who want to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to live with psychosis.

Using a variety of group work discussion from lived experience and research, the course will explore toolkits to support people living with psychosis in their recovery journey.

Duration One full day (6.5 hours)

Lived experience

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Living with Psychosis

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Gain a greater understanding of what psychosis means.

• Explore potential causes of psychosis.

• Discuss how psychosis affects us in our daily lives and how to cope with distressing experiences.

• Look at ways to support people who are experiencing distressing symptoms.

• Explore ways to address stigma.

• Explore ways to support people in their recovery journey.

Date 5 December 2013 30 January 2014

13 March 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.30pm 10.00am to 4.30pm 10.00am to 4.30pm

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Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter).

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Living with OCD

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Martin O’Doherty and Yvonne Slater

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.

Lived experience

Duration Two full days

OCD has no boundaries. It can affect anyone, no matter what age, gender, religious belief or economic status and can have a devastating impact upon personal relationships, work, education, home and social life.

OCD is so serious that the World Health Organisation ranked it in the top ten of the most debilitating conditions of all, in relation to reduced quality of life and loss of earnings over an individuals’ lifespan.

This two day course aims to increase awareness and understanding of this often misunderstood and secretive disorder through breaking down common misconceptions, exploring the wider context of OCD and the different interventions and approaches available.

Learning Outcomes Day 1 - Awareness and understanding 1. Define OCD and explore common misconceptions of the nature of the disorder.

2. Introduce the difference between obsessions and compulsions.

3. Introduce the nature of intrusive thoughts, images, impulses and urges and the obsessive compulsive cycle.

4. Identify how OCD and obsessive compulsive spectrum disorders can manifest and how they can impact upon functioning in activities of daily living.

5. Analyse common thinking errors in relation to OCD. 6. Identify the long-term effects of OCD on individuals and their families and carers.

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Learning Outcomes Day 2 - Interventions and recovery 1. Describe what CBT is and the role of exposure therapy.

2. Explore the use of medication, and their function and purpose.

3. Understand the role reassurance plays in OCD and steps to take in reducing it.

Lived experience

4. Introduce the hierarchy of fears and explore how to employ a stepped approach to recovery.

5. Introduce goal setting to tackle obsessions and compulsions.

6. Identify how the body reacts to anxiety.

7. Introduce techniques that help to reduce anxiety and explore how they can be useful throughout recovery.

8. Explore the role that friends and family can play in supporting people with OCD in their recovery.

9. Introduce relapse prevention strategies and the wellness toolbox.

Date 27 and 28 November 2013

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm

30 and 31 January 2014

10.00am to 4.00pm

27 and 28 March 2014

10.00am to 4.00pm

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Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter)

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Lived experience

Dementia, Recovery, Health and Wellbeing

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Gill Drummond, Ann Collins, Nathalie Whittle and Sarah Monks

This course is aimed principally at people with a recent diagnosis of dementia, their carers, relatives, friends and staff supporting this patient group.

Duration

The aim of the course is to provide information relevant to dementia and equip the participants with a range of coping skills and strategies based on enablement and living well with dementia.

One full day (6 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will learn about: • The impact of the environment on dementia and support/strategies to maintain independence i.e. telecare and technology.

• Cognitive coping strategies i.e. coping with forgetting.

• Emotional coping strategies i.e. managing stress and feelings associated with dementia.

• The importance of maintaining supportive relationships and networks in your local neighbourhood/community.

• Long-term future planning and decision making i.e. advance care planning.

• Research on dementia and how to get involved.

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Date 29 November 2013

Time 9.30am to 3.30pm

13 February 2014

9.30am to 3.30pm

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Venue Committee Rooms 1 and 2, Broughton Hub, 50 Rigby Street, Salford, Manchester M7 4BQ St. Anthony’s Centre, Eleventh Street, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1JF

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Ben Ottiwell, Mani Mehdikhani, Gemma Parker and various other facilitators from across the Trust

This awareness level programme is the foundation element of the Knowledge and Understanding Framework that has been developed 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).

Duration Three full days

Lived experience

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Personality Disorder; National KUF (Knowledge and Understanding Framework) Programme

It provides learners with the underpinning knowledge and understanding required to work more effectively with service users with a diagnosis of personality disorder. The three day programme is supported by six awareness level e-learning modules.

Learning Outcomes This three day course aims to: • Start with the perspectives of people who are doing this work and using these services • Connect service users past experiences with their current behaviours • Make sense of reactions and responses within different contexts • Develop effective communication skills • Develop sensitivity to service user experience • Understand organisations and the importance of teamwork • Develop self-awareness and critical reflection skills • Use experiential learning as an important tool to support people to engage in the learning process and develop self-awareness and a capacity for reflection Module one will explore: • What is personality disorder?

• What are the debates and disputes about personality disorder?

• How prevalent is personality disorder?

• Why do workers need to understand personality disorder?

• What are the factors that might lead to personality difficulties?

• How can we develop a shared understanding of personality disorder?

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Learning Outcomes (continued)

Lived experience

Module two will explore: • The diagnosis of personality disorder and commonly used labels • The impact of labelling and when labels can be helpful and unhelpful • Misconceptions about personality disorder and the impact of these on service users • The impact of stigma on service users, workers and the wider public • The important role of values and beliefs in working with service users • How staff can engage with their own experience of personality disorder • How you might feel in everyday situations when working with personality disorder and how this may be different from how others can feel in the same situation • The importance of acknowledging personal reactions to situations and responding appropriately • How does working with personality disorder impact on the worker?

Module three will explore: • Different perspectives about how we recognise personality disorder • Different types of personality disorder; for example: Antisocial personality disorder, Borderline personality disorder, Narcissistic personality disorder, Dependent personality disorder • How we can develop an understanding of our core emotional needs • The effect of past experiences on services users and how this can influence their current behaviour • The impact of trauma and loss on personality development Module four will explore: • What are the factors that help the functioning of all workplaces?

• What is different about workplaces when they are working with personality disorder?

• The importance of workers being able to use the structures and systems of the work setting, as well as their own skills and abilities, to engage with service users • What does good practice mean when working with personality disorder?

• What can go wrong in the workplace?

• The importance of learning from problems or difficulties and using this learning to influence future work • How can workplaces learn to understand and manage feelings and experiences when working with personality disorder?

• The importance of the workplace in creating a container for the work Module five will explore: • Perceptions ad perspectives about personality disorder • Common opinions and professional perspectives regarding personality disorder • The impact of the environment • Factors that influence perspectives • The effect of different roles, contexts and tasks on working with personality disorder • Developing your own perspective about personality disorder • Perspectives around recovery and recovery journeys • Individual reflections on different perspectives and how these can be developed and shaped

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Learning Outcomes (continued)

Date 8 November, 21 November and 9 December 2013

Time 10.00am to 4.30pm

8 January, 22 January and 5 February 2014

10.00am to 4.30pm

12 February, 4 March and 19 March 2014

10.00am to 4.30pm

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Module six will explore: • The impact of different reactions and responses and how we can learn from and make sense of them • How to work effectively with service users who self-harm • How to respond effectively to emotional distress • Managing anger and hostility effectively • The ability of workers to make sense of their own experiences when interacting with others, combined with a capacity to empathise and take the perspective of the other person into account • The importance of managing our own responses and being able to ‘take a step back’

Venue Various rooms on the Prestwich site, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Various rooms in Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Various rooms in Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Recovering from Domestic Abuse

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Sheila Wilson and Joanne Wilson

To provide participants with knowledge and understanding regarding domestic abuse and explore ways to enable individuals to recover from this.

Lived experience

Duration One full day (7 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants 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.

• Be aware of service provision in relation to domestic abuse.

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Date 7 November 2013

Time 9.30am to 4.30pm

5 December 2013

9.30am to 4.30pm

13 February 2014

9.30am to 4.30pm

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Venue Conference Room, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ

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Supporting recovery

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Supporting the Recovery Process

Facilitated By:

Course Aim

Jane Aldred

To raise awareness of issues affecting the recovery process.

Duration

Supporting recovery

Five 2.5 hour sessions on a weekly basis.

Participants should aim to attend all five sessions to get the most out of this programme.

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Be aware of the positive and negative effects of labelling.

• Consider the medical and social model for mental health provision and how these fit with today’s recovery agenda.

• Understand the importance of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs in order to achieve recovery, health and wellbeing.

• Identify and understand what recovery means to us as individuals.

• Explore themes to do with the mind and the importance of understanding self to achieve mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing.

Date

Time 10.00am to 12.30pm

Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB

Cohort 2: 10 January, 17 January, 24 January, 31 January, 7 February 2014

10.00am to 12.30pm

Room 4, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Cohort 3: 28 February, 7 March, 14 March, 21 March, 28 March 2014

10.00am to 12.30pm

Room 4, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Cohort 1: 22 November, 29 November, 6 December, 13 December, 20 December 2013

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Facilitated By:

Course Aim

Teresa Grogan and Wendy Broderick

To introduce the Recovery Star as an aid to identifying people’s strengths and goals so that they gain a sense of purpose and hope to achieve their short-term and long-term ambitions.

Duration Half a day (3.5 hours)

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Recovery Star

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Be familiar with the Recovery Star as an aid to encouraging recovery-orientated conversations with service users.

• 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 evidence both individual and service outcomes.

• Practise using the tool and think about how they are going to implement it in their everyday practice.

Date 27 November 2013

Time 1.00pm - 4.30pm

7 February 2014

9.30am - 1.00pm

7 March 2014

1.00pm - 4.30pm

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Venue Conference Room, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY Classroom Two, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Supporting recovery

Dementia Friends

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Tracy Collard and Gill Drummond

People with dementia sometimes need a helping hand within their daily lives to help them feel included in their community.

Duration

The Dementia Friend’s initiative aims to give participants an understanding of dementia and the small things they can do that can make a real difference to people living with dementia. The aim of Dementia Friends is to create a network of a million dementia friends across England by 2015.

1.5 hours

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand about dementia and how this can impact on the lives of people with dementia.

• Understand the impact of dementia on social inclusion in the wider community.

• Become familiar with the concept of the Dementia Friends campaign and the Prime Ministers challenge on dementia.

• Feel more confident in supporting people living with dementia within their own communities.

• Be eligible to register as a National Dementia Friend and be an integral part of the Dementia Friend campaign.

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Date 12 November 2013

Time 10.00am to 11.30pm

3 December 2013

2.00pm to 3.30pm

15 January 2014

10.00am to 11.30pm

5 February 2014

2.00pm to 3.30pm

5 March 2014

2.00pm to 3.30pm

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Venue J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter) Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Conference Room, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Mike Wilson

To understand the principles of creative movement and how it can help people in their recovery journey.

Duration Half a day (3 hours)

Learning Outcomes

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An Introduction to Creative Movement as part of a Therapeutic Wellbeing Toolkit

By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand how creative movement can support recovery by stimulating a positive outlook and enhancing personal achievement.

• Understand the core principles for facilitating creative movement with other people ensuring that integration, socialisation, activation, motivation, relaxation, participation, imagination, delegation, and exploration are promoted.

• Practise creative movement as part of a group.

• Share their interpretation with the group.

• Find ways of developing skills and experience to go on to lead sessions.

Date 24 October 2013

Time 10.00am to 1.00pm

9 January 2014

10.00am to 1.00pm

20 March 2014

10.00am to 1.00pm

Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus 2014

Venue Patient’s Activity Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Patient’s Activity Room, Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter)

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Facilitating Self-Help Groups

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Stephen Maloney, Chris McGowan and Mike Wilson

This training focuses on process skills and implementation to help facilitators in running effective groups.

Duration Two full days

The main emphasis is on developing group work skills that are applicable across a wide range of types of group work with the main aims being: to share and promote skills for group work; to provide ideas and practical suggestions for preparing for and running groups; to enhance confidence and enthusiasm for group work; to provide opportunity for reflecting on practice; and to increase competence and confidence in handling difficult situations arising in groups.

Learning Outcomes This course covers: • Good ways of getting started • Establishing and maintaining group rules • Group processes/dynamics • Facilitator styles – do’s and don’ts • Difficult situations that can arise • Facilitator styles for handling difficult situations • Planning future groups • Ways of enabling service user choice • Group closure and moving on

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Time 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue St. Anthony’s Centre, Eleventh Street, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1JF

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Mike Wilson

The aim of this one day course is to introduce Group Work Facilitators to the content of a recovery focussed group programme to be run with service users.

Duration One full day (6 hours)

This course follows on nicely from the two day Facilitating Self-Help Groups programme which focusses on the structure of groups. Recovery 4 U focusses on the content of a recovery group work programme.

Supporting recovery

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Recovery 4 U – Positive Input for Group Work

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Be familiar with the six principles of recovery.

• Be familiar with the outline of the ten sessions.

• Consider where they themselves are in terms of the six principles.

• Understand the importance of developing group member’s confidence and giving them some responsibility.

• Be able to set milestones with group members.

• Be familiar with the concept of ‘First Aid to Recovery’ and what they can do as group facilitators to support individuals.

• Consider a range of creative activities to use in a group setting.

• Be familiar with WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Planning) as a way of getting group members to reflect and define their goals.

• Think about how they are going to put what they have learnt into practice.

Date 11 November 2013 17 March 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm 10.00am to 4.00pm

Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus 2014

Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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A Solution Focused Approach

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Chris McGowan and Paul Johnston

To contribute to the PSI (psychosocial interventions) agenda by introducing the fundamentals of the solution-focused approach to working with people with mental health difficulties.

Supporting recovery

Duration One full day (7 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand the principles and underpinning assumptions of the approach.

• Have the opportunity to see the approach in action.

• Know the value of the questioning style of the approach, and reflect on its suitability to their particular field.

• Become familiar with the “Miracle Question”, its value and application.

• Learn the spirit of using the approach with respect to the following key themes: o Viewing the person as more than just their difficulties o Exploring strengths and resources, rather than deficits and difficulties o Exploring possible and preferred futures (solution building, talking and seeking) o Exploring and amplifying what may already be contributing to those futures o Assuming people are the experts in their own lives and efforts o Assuming a parsimonious therapeutic position (i.e. being as brief, non-intrusive, and as simple as necessary)

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Time 9.30am to 4.30pm

21 January 2014

9.30am to 4.30pm

19 March 2014

9.30am to 4.30pm

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Venue Conference Room, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Stephen Maloney and Nick Bell

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an evidence-based psychosocial intervention for helping people change.

It utilises psychological methods to help increase motivation for change, resolve ambivalence, strengthen commitment, and take behaviour change forward.

Duration Two full days

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An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills

This two day introductory course will introduce participants to the principles and underlying spirit of MI.

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Be able to understand the basic principles of MI. • Become familiar with the fundamental spirit of MI. • Be able to learn about the evidence of efficacy of MI. • Be able to directly experience an MI approach and contrast it with other approaches.

• Be introduced to specific applications of MI. • Be able to learn practical guidelines for specific applications of MI. • Gain direct experience and initial practice of particular applications of MI. • Learn about the strategic processes within MI sessions.

Date 31 October and 1 November 2013 12 and 13 December 2013 6 and 7 March 2014

Time 9.30am to 4.30pm 9.30am to 4.30pm 9.30am to 4.30pm

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Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Conference Room, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

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Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation

Facilitated By

Course aim:

Stephen Maloney and Nick Bell

To equip participants with the knowledge and skills to be able to deliver node-link mapping which is designed to improve service effectiveness and the treatment of service users by way of an evaluated psychosocial intervention to support health and wellbeing.

Supporting recovery

Duration Two full days

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand and be able to use node-link mapping.

• Understand and be able to use the working towards change package.

• Gain experience through practise in this package.

• Explore how this approach may be applied in one’s own setting.

• Be able to implement appropriate guide maps for use in building recovery networks.

• Be able to support people in overcoming barriers to recovery.

• Be familiar with Behavioural Activation as evidencebased low intensity psychosocial intervention for service users experiencing depression and anxiety.

• Feel more confident to work with mental health and substance misuse difficulties within their own setting and collaboratively with other agencies.

Date 14 and 15 November 2013 19 and 20 December 2013 20 and 21 March 2014

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Time 9.30am to 4.30pm 9.30am to 4.30pm 9.30am to 4.30pm

Venue Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Octagon Theatre, Howell Street South, Bolton BL1 1SB St. Anthony’s Centre, Eleventh Street, Trafford Park, Manchester M17 1JF

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Advocacy in Mental Health

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Zoey Wright and Lynn Agnew

To increase awareness and understanding of the rights people have under the Mental Health Act and the Mental Capacity Act, and how advocacy can help them to exercise those rights.

Two full days

Supporting recovery

Duration: Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Increase their understanding of the values and principles underpinning the Human Rights Act, Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. • Consider the roles and responsibilities of professionals, carers, family and service users themselves in relation to this legislation.

• Increase their understanding of the ethos and principles of advocacy, and the varied roles and responsibilities of mental health advocates.

• Increase their awareness of circumstances where advocates must be involved and where they may be involved to protect service users’ rights.

• Consider how advocates may help in situations where people face losing or have lost their liberty.

• Improve their knowledge of advocacy services and how they may be accessed across all Trust services.

Date 14 and 15 November 2013 23 and 24 January 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm 10.00am to 4.00pm

20 and 21 March 2014

10.00am to 4.00pm

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Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Conference Room, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY

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Completing an Advance Decision

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Gary Sidley and Wendy Broderick

To increase awareness of the potential benefits of completing an advance decision for people with mental health difficulties.

Supporting recovery

Duration Half a day (3 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants 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 difficulties 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.

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Time 9.30am to 12.30pm 9.30am to 12.30pm 9.30am to 12.30pm

Venue Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY Room 1, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Conference Room, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Nicky Littler, Joanne Wilson and Mike Wilson

The overall aim of this short interactive session is to reflect on the Trust’s values and behaviours, and to share experiences that impact on people’s lives, recovery, health and wellbeing.

Duration 2 hours

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Values into Action – Walking the Walk

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Have a greater understanding of the Trust’s values and behaviours.

• Have reflected on their own practise and/or lived experience of these values and behaviours.

• Hear some examples of lived experiences from service users, carers, and staff, and the effect that these experiences have on people’s lives.

• Reflect on what we all can do to ensure our Trust’s values and behaviours are upheld.

Date 21 November 2013

Time 10.00am to 12noon

12 December 2013

10.00am to 12noon

23 January 2014

2.00pm to 4.00pm

6 March 2014

10.00am to 12noon

Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus 2014

Venue Conference Room, the Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter) Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY

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Caring with Confidence

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Tracy Collard

Caring with Confidence gives you a better understanding of the difficulties you may face as a carer and helps you find new ways to tackle them.

Duration

Supporting recovery

Half a day (3 hours)

The sessions will run for six weeks and you can either attend all sessions or just specific sessions that are of particular interest.

Learning Outcomes The six sessions focus on: • Finding Your Way • Caring and Me • Caring and Communicating • Caring Day to Day • Caring and Life • Caring and Resources

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Time 1.00pm to 4.00pm

14 November 2013

1.00pm to 4.00pm

21 November 2013

1.00pm to 4.00pm

28 November 2013

1.00pm to 4.00pm

5 December 2013

1.00pm to 4.00pm

12 December 2013

1.00pm to 4.00pm

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Venue Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Assertiveness Skills

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Bethany Darbyshire and Joanne Wilson

For participants to gain an understanding of what assertiveness is and to explore different techniques for feeling more assertive in different situations.

Developing knowledge and life skills

Duration One full day (6 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand what assertiveness means to them.

• Identify barriers to assertiveness and explore ways to overcome them.

• Recognise the different communication styles we and others use.

• Understand why they use the communication styles they do.

• Explore different self-management techniques which promote assertiveness.

• Explore the best way to communicate with others to achieve common goals.

• Share their own experiences to promote shared learning within the group.

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Date 22 January 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm

10 February 2014

10.00am to 4.00pm

12 March 2014

10.00am to 4.00pm

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Venue Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter) Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Bethany Darbyshire and Wendy Broderick

To understand how to effectively chair a meeting.

Duration Half a day (3 hours)

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will:

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Meeting Skills

• Understand what the role of a chairperson is.

• Identify characteristics of an effective chairperson.

• Understand the purpose of Terms of Reference.

• Recognise the value and format of an agenda.

• Identify some methods for dealing with difficult situations.

• Identify some methods for dealing with nerves.

Date 11 November 2013

Time 1.30pm to 4.30pm

20 November 2013

1.30pm to 4.30pm

6 December 2013

9.30am to 12.30pm

Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus 2014

Venue J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter) Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Road, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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An Introduction to Mental Health Research

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Rory Byrne, Paul French and Stephen Pilling

To raise awareness of research in mental health and how it impacts on the services people receive.

Duration

Learning Outcomes

Half a day (3 hours)

By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand why we carry out research.

• Understand some of the language associated with research.

• Understand how research is translated from initial idea through to clinical intervention.

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Date 15 November 2013

Time 1.30pm to 4.30pm

14 January 2014

1.30pm to 4.30pm

20 February 2014

1.30pm to 4.30pm

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Venue Octagon Theatre, Howell Croft South, Bolton BL1 1SB Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Multi-Purpose Room 3, The Moorside Unit, Trafford General Hospital, Moorside Room, Davyhulme, Manchester M41 5SL

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Gary Bickerstaffe, Rebecca Dawber, Marion Nulty, and Rita Ashton

To increase knowledge about lifestyle health issues, and to provide factual information on the threats to health from lifestyle, and some of the options and advice to help reduce/prevent ill health.

Duration

People who suffer from mental health issues usually have more physical and mental health difficulties relating to lifestyle than the population at large and as a result lose a significant amount of life expectancy.

One full day (6 hours)

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Lifestyle Awareness and Health Promotion

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Have a greater awareness of the impact lifestyle can have on physical and mental health.

• Be more familiar with recommendations which are aimed at improving physical health, for example physical activity and alcohol consumption.

• Be more aware of options to seek support or advice to improve lifestyle.

• Be more aware of the impact a specific living or working environment can have on health.

• Be aware of simple solutions which encourage hope and inspire individuals to find a way to change.

Date 19 November 2013 27 January 2014

12 March 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm 10.00am to 4.00pm 10.00am to 4.00pm

Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Prospectus 2014

Venue Gloucester House, Back Duncan Street, Salford, Manchester M7 2EY J2 Training Room, Aspen Day Unit, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR (you need to press the intercom to enter) Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Stephen Maloney and Paul Johnston

To equip participants with the knowledge, understanding, and skills to be able to volunteer within services as a Peer Mentor/Navigator in order to support service users in their recovery journey.

Developing knowledge and life skills

Duration Five full days

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Understand the role of Peer Mentor/Navigator, 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.

• Become familiar with Motivational Interviewing skills and their application as a psychosocial intervention 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.

Date Thursday 16 January 2014 Friday 24 January 2014 Friday 31 January 2014 Friday 7 February 2014 Friday 14 February 2014

Time Venue 9.30am to 4.30pm Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL. 9.30am to 4.30pm Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL 9.30am to 4.30pm Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL 9.30am to 4.30pm Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL 9.30am to 4.30pm Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

The Reader Organisation

Led by The Reader Organisation’s inspirational trainers, this course offers skills-based training in running readaloud ‘shared reading’ groups.

Duration Three full days

The Reader Organisation exists to bring the shared reading experience to life: they believe that reading is not a luxury for few, but an essential part of life for us all.

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Read to Lead

Read to Lead training gives you direct access to their extensive experience of putting this belief into practice, passing on practical skills and the ethos that is driving an international Reading Revolution. Their experiential, ‘learning by doing’, approach makes Read to Lead a powerful experience in its own right, and a real investment in yourself, personally and professionally.

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will have: • A practical appreciation of literature and its social value • Greater confidence in reading aloud • Group facilitation skills • Improved communication skills • Improved social awareness • Access to a wide and growing network of trained facilitators • Twelve months access to The Reader Organisation’s national programme of continuing professional development Date 16, 23, and 30 January 2014

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm

Venue Junction 17 Building, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

This is the only course in this prospectus where lunch IS provided.

Please note this is the only course in this prospectus where the booking arrangements are different. To book, contact Sophie Johnson at The Reader Organisation on 0151 207 7221.

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Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Jean Hesketh and Mike Wilson

To develop self-esteem and confidence in a group setting using discussion, self-reflection, and expressive arts.

Duration

Depending on participants long term goals, this course can be seen as a springboard to attending the Creative Facilitation Skills and Train the Trainer course for those wanting to go on and become co-producers and cofacilitators of training for the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy.

One full day (6 hours)

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Creative Confidence Building

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Develop an understanding of self-esteem and confidence.

• Explore blocks to confidence.

• Facilitate a way forward towards becoming confident using expressive arts.

Date 14 November 2013

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm

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Venue Room 4, Trust HQ, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Creative Facilitation Skills

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Headspace

To develop leadership and facilitation skills in order to effectively facilitate both small and larger groups in the future.

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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.

Duration One full day (6 hours)

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This course builds on the Creative Confidence Building learning outcomes to allow participants to feel more confident about managing group situations.

For those who want to go on to co-facilitate training as part of the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy, it is recommended that they attend the Train the Trainers course following this programme.

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Practically explore the leadership/facilitation qualities they already have.

• Be allowed to develop in the areas they feel they would like to work on.

• Discuss different situations that they may encounter when working with other people.

• Find strategies to overcome difficult moments.

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm

Venue Classroom 2, Ivy House, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Facilitated By

Course Aim

Claire Watson

To equip participants with the necessary knowledge and planning skills to be able to develop, deliver and evaluate training/learning activities.

Duration One full day (6 hours)

This programme also aims to develop participants’ confidence in the delivery of training, although further training/shadowing/coaching is recommended.

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Train the Trainer

Learning Outcomes By the end of this course, participants will: • Explore the importance of planning.

• Look at different delivery methods to encourage participation and learning.

• Consider a range of assessment techniques to assess whether learning is taking place.

• Practise and further develop confidence in delivering training.

• Look at best practice in terms of evaluating training.

Date 26 November 2013

Time 10.00am to 4.00pm

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Venue Meeting Room 2, Chapman Barker Unit, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL

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Meet the trainers (in alphabetical order):

Lynn Agnew - Lynn Agnew is the Trust’s Assistant Director for integrated governance.

Don’t let the title put you off, it just means that she works to make sure that staff have the policy, guidance and training they need to meet some important requirements of modern mental health care. These include taking the right steps to safeguard people, using the framework of the Mental Capacity Act to make sure people’s rights are protected when they are at their most vulnerable, and making sure that care plans always have the person at their centre.

Since qualifying as a social worker (more than thirty years ago - time flies) she has been a practitioner, trainer and manager in mental health services. She is delighted to have the opportunity to share her knowledge and experience directly with people in recovery, through the new college. On a personal note, Lynn has been involved in caring for her mother who has severe dementia, for some years now, and this has given her a great insight into mental health services from the carer’s side of the fence.

Jane Aldred - Jane has a BA (Hon) Degree in Philosophy and is currently undertaking a PGDE at the University of Bolton. She has worked extensively promoting the ethics of recovery to service users over the past few years as part of her job as Day Service Champion for Move Forward Bolton. Jane believes that the Recovery Model can not only benefit service users by providing a model by which they can become more active in their treatment but also revolutionise the way mental health services are provided in the future.

Rita Ashton - Rita is a current service user of Salford mental health services, and has a degree in politics and contemporary history. She qualified as a nurse and has a Masters degree in professional practice. She also has a background in teaching in general hospitals for staff and service users to promote nutrition, and healthy lifestyles. She is passionate about supporting service users on their road to recovery, particularly people with mental health difficulties.

Nick Bell - Nick is 47 years old, and from the ages of 13 to 45 was dependent on substances, mainly alcohol. He spent a few years in the army before his affair with alcohol and chaos became priority, and was admitted to the Chapman Barker Unit (CBU) on Aprils Fools day 2011 (as he puts it - quite ironic really!). From there he embarked on nine months of rehab and this was the beginning of the rest of his life in recovery. He relocated from Preston to Bury and now volunteers at CBU. Nick is passionate about his recovery as well as the recovery of others.

Gary Bickerstaffe - Gary moved into healthcare after working voluntarily for the citizens advice bureau for approximately two years. Gary joined the then fledgling smoking cessation services that were being created in 1999/2000. After 8 years working in the smoking cessation service Gary moved across to the Public Health Team where he developed hospital based systems that looked at wider lifestyle issues such as alcohol, diet, physical activity as well as smoking. Gary trains hospital based staff in how to approach these lifestyle issues with patients. He also works in setting up systems to help support staff to become healthier and fitter. In his spare time, Gary likes riding his motorbike, going to the gym and watching movies.

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Phillip Brawn - Phil is a Clinical Psychologist working on a research study called TEAMS (Think Effectively About Mood Swings) for GMW and the University of Manchester. He is the lead therapist on TEAMS which means he regularly delivers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to a range of people who experience distressing mood swings and bipolar disorder. He also currently works into Bolton Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. Other work related interests include the use of physical activity in mental health recovery and trans diagnostic approaches to mental health difficulties.

Wendy Broderick - Wendy is a 47 year old “recycled teenager” with a passion for promoting recovery in the real sense in mental health services. Wendy started a career as a driver in the army at 17 ½ years of age, continuing her talent for javelin throwing which she had carried over from throwing for the County and England Juniors. She left the army at 19 ½ years of age 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 being 43 years of age. Following a series of stressors her self-esteem lowered which impacted on work, relationships and other key aspects of her life and this culminated in Wendy using mental health services. Wendy was an in-patient for a year and is more recently a user of community services. Wendy became involved in running the Recovery group at Ramsgate House, doing PEATs and taking part in interviewing staff for in-patient services. Wendy also runs a ‘Speakeasy’ at Meadowbrook weekly. Wendy has a job with ITV studios on the set of Coronation Street.

Rory Byrne - Rory is a postgraduate researcher in the Psychosis Research Unit based at Prestwich. He is involved primarily in user-led research into early detection and intervention for psychosis, and the prevention or treatment of psychosis using psychological therapies.

Tracy Collard - Tracy is the new C.A.R.E (Compassion And Recovery-focussed Everytime) Hub Lead for GMW Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. The C.A.R.E Hub works across the GMW footprint. This involves working across, and in partnership, with all clinical directorates, corporate teams, service users, carers, volunteers, the newly developed Recovery Academy, and external customer based organisations. The Hub has a proactive role in influencing the quality and experience of care given at GMW by developing systems for seeking and acting upon feedback; and by developing robust communication networks internally and externally. Tracy works across the Trust overseeing the carer agenda, and is the lead for the Triangle of Care initiative. She can be contacted on: 0161 772 3935 or Mobile: 07768 773250 or email: tracy.collard@gmw.nhs.uk.

Ann Collins - Ann qualified as an RMN in 1988 and has since dedicated her career to working with older people with mental health needs. She has worked across the continuum of services and having completed her MSc in Dementia Care at the University of Manchester in 2007, has focused her career on working specifically with people with dementia. She has more recently completed a PGD in Advanced Practice to support her current role as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Dementia Care. Ann’s clinical role supports the dementia in-reach team working with care homes to prevent hospital admission and facilitate hospital discharge; she also has strategic and service development roles with an important focus of her work being training and education.

Bethany Darbyshire - Bethany is AYSSD’s (Adult and Youth Specialist Service Directorate) Organisational Development and Learning Lead. As a qualified Teacher, Project Manager, MBTI Practitioner and Fitness Instructor, Bethany brings with her a broad range of experience in education and the NHS having worked as a Head of Drama in a Secondary school, and then for 8 years in various roles in a PCT and an Acute setting too. Bethany has lots of experience delivering Leadership and Management training as well as facilitating service development days to encourage open communication, improved ways of working and continuous service improvement. She is a Mentor Champion for the Northwest Mentoring Scheme and is a believer in the power of a good mentoring/ coaching relationship to help develop people.

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Rebecca Dawber - Rebecca is the Trust’s Assistant Director for Physical Healthcare and Infection Prevention and has been the physical health and wellbeing lead for GMW for a number of years having moved in 2011 from her clinical post as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in the Trusts Alcohol and Drugs Directorate.

Rebecca’s passion for mental health services started over 12 years ago when she was a Staff Nurse at the Royal Bolton Hospital A&E Department. Following this she held a number of nursing posts within GMW’s Alcohol and Drugs Directorate and went on to complete a Masters degree in Advanced Nursing Practice.

In January 2008, she graduated with Distinction from Salford University and moved on to successfully complete the Non-medical Prescribing programme at Bolton University.

As a Registered General Nurse she works closely with both the medical and nursing teams across the 6 clinical directorates of GMW, driving forward the physical health and Infection Prevention agendas whilst also acting in a specialist clinical and advisory capacity.

In 2009, she was the winner of the Nursing Times Award for mental health and was nationally recognised for her work in developing a liver screening pathway for service users with alcoholic liver disease.

More recently in 2012, she was awarded a clinical fellowship with the NHS Leadership Academy and has recently completed a project which will improve access to physical health care for users of mental health and substance misuse services. Rebecca is delighted to share her knowledge and expertise with the academy and is looking forward to hearing the lived experiences of both service users and staff.

Gillian Drummond - Gillian is the Dementia Quality lead for GMW, her role is to support the clinical teams in the development and delivery of services and achieving best practice in line with national priorities across the whole dementia spectrum. She has been a Mental Health Nurse since 1985 and for the majority of her career has worked within dementia services across inpatient, community and day hospital settings. For six years, she worked as the Matron at Woodlands Hospital. Gillian has a BSc (HONS) in psychosocial treatments and she also has a keen interest in the delivery of training and completed a PGCE (Practice Educator) qualification in 2006.

Paul French - Paul is Associate Director of Early Intervention services and the Psychosis Research Unit at GMW and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Manchester. His background is in mental health nursing and he completed his PhD at the University of Manchester in 2007. He was an investigator on the recently published EDIE trial of CBT in At Risk Mental States, and is co-investigator on several grants examining psychosocial treatments for psychosis.

Teresa Grogan - Teresa is the Deputy Matron for Salford services and has a BSc (Hons) degree in Applied Psychology, gained midway through her nursing career. She started a PGCE to teach Science to 7-16 year olds but was unable to continue due to family commitments.

Hence she has been an RMN for 31 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. She has worked with later life adults, adults of working age and even some adolescents whilst working with John Denmark at the Department of Psychiatry for the Deaf, Whittingham Hospital. She has worked in Burnley, Jersey, Manchester Mental Health, Environmental Health as well as those mentioned earlier. At times her philosophy is likened to that of Mr Micawber’s as in “something will turn up” depicts her optimistic outlook on life!

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Jean Haslam - Jean started with anorexia nervosa at the age of 15 in the early 1960s. Her symptoms were at this time thought to have a physical cause and it was not until her early twenties that she received treatment specifically for her eating disorder; at this stage, she was aware that she needed help. The treatment she received included hypnotherapy, which Jean found very beneficial. After a lengthy stay in hospital, Jean went to Tower House in Chester, part of the Richmond Fellowship, for a period of rehabilitation. Jean now considers herself to be a recovered anorexic and has been an active campaigner for the rights of mental health service users for many years, including several years working with Mita Sykes at Bolton Patients’ Council.

Penny Hayward - Penny qualified as a psychiatric nurse in 1993 and since 2007 has also worked as a psychosocial interventions therapist. Penny has worked in a variety of settings from adult acute services and Mother and Baby to PICU and Forensic Services. She is currently working as a Senior Nurse within Low Secure Services. Penny has always been keen to promote service user involvement and welcomes the opportunity to be involved in the Recovery Academy.

Jean Hesketh - Jean has worked in the mental health field for about 24 years, and started up a counselling service at a mental health charity 10 years ago. Mike Wilson and Jean started to run self-help groups, and they ran a joint expressive art course in 2009.

Her hobbies are singing and painting. Seven years ago she helped open up an art studio in Bolton with another friend who has mental health problems, it was a dream come true. The vision was to offer spaces for people with depression to go and use the arts in a welcoming environment. They have regular exhibitions. She believes that the arts are a way to bring “freedom and healing” to any individual.

Paul Johnston - Paul is a service user volunteer who has worked in various voluntary capacities, including the Citizens Advice Bureau, peer mentoring and a nursing assistant working with adolescents who have mental health difficulties. His current role with the Academy involves co facilitating two courses, peer navigation and a solution focused approach. Paul has been involved with the Academy since November 2012 attending all the courses in the last prospectus and various meetings involving the development of the Academy. He believes the Academy will have a significant impact on the lives of the Edenfield residents in particular, and will educate and empower those who follow the courses. In his own words – “I feel lucky to be involved in what I believe is a pioneering approach to mental health education”.

Nicky Littler - Nicky is Deputy Director of HR. She is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and has worked in Human Resources within mental health NHS services since 2003.

Subsequent to this, Nicky worked in the local authority Social Services HR Department supporting the Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Children and Families services so has significant experience within public sector organisations.

Nicky is committed to improving opportunities for education, learning, development and employment for people with mental health problems and has worked with a number of organisations across Local Authority, NHS and third sector to improve recruitment and retention of individuals with personal experience of mental health. Nicky is also passionate about values based approaches to recruitment, development and performance management and how we continue to embed these in our approaches to workforce development.

Garry Lythgoe - In Garry’s own words, “I’ve had a great deal of help and support from services over the years and I’ve made every effort to learn as much as I possibly can to help me live with ‘my psychosis’. I’m really easy going, and I hope I can make you smile.”

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Chris McGowan - Chris is a dual qualified nurse, having achieved his RGN in 1988 and his RMN in 1993; and has worked as a senior nurse in a variety of settings, both ward based and community. He is presently seconded to the Alcohol and Drugs Directorate Training Team for three days a week, while continuing to practice as a Senior Substance Misuse Practitioner for GMW Community Services for two days a week. He has particular experience in brief interventions, dual diagnosis, and community assisted alcohol withdrawal; and has a special interest in the solution focused approach to recovery from substance addiction.

Stephen Maloney - Stephen is a Specialist Psychosocial Interventions (PSI) Trainer, and has been involved in substance misuse services as a service user, volunteer, and paid worker since 1987. He attained a degree in Philosophy in 2000 and then went on to achieve a post-graduate diploma in counselling (CBT Model) in 2004. Since then he has practiced as a CBT Therapist, Shared Care Practitioner, Group Development Worker, Service User Involvement Lead, and Psychosocial Intervention lead. He has a great deal of experience in practicing and training others in both Node-Link Mapping and MI. Alison Manzi - Alison is a former teacher and examiner, and is passionate about learning and development in general. Having suffered a severe period of illness after childbirth, Alison has been in recovery ever since, and is still a service user. With degrees in Psychology, Alison has some insight into various aspects of mental health and recovery, and for all these reasons, is very excited to be involved in the Recovery Academy.

Colin Mattinson - Colin’s interest in mental health began while studying Chinese medicine, which gave him a strong belief in achieving better health through understanding ourselves more. 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 and can usually be heard saying ‘I like messy! Let’s organise it!’

Mani Mehdikhani - Mani is a Principal Clinical Psychologist for GMW’s Alcohol and Drugs Directorate. He has worked in the field of addiction and substance misuse since qualifying as a clinical psychologist 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 starting with the 2nd wave of the Birmingham Untreated Heavy Drinkers Project in 1999 as a research interviewer.

In 2000, he was employed on the UK Pilot Injectable Methadone study as the local research coordinator for the North West sites. He was also later employed on the UK CBT and Methadone Maintenance RCT and the Dexamphetamine Feasibility Study as a research assistant. He has obtained Chartered status with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and he is a member in good standing with the Division of Clinical Psychology and the Faculty of Addiction.

Mani is also registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). In addition to the above, he has an interest in evolutionary psychology, having completed a MPhil on this topic in 2005, and he is currently working towards obtaining a MSc 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.

Some little known facts about Mani include a) he is originally from Iran (but his Persian is rusty) and is perhaps one of the very few, if not the only, male Iranian psychologist working in the UK; b) he once met and performed a ‘gymnastic’ display for the Queen at his boarding school, c) he was once an associate member of the Comic Creators Guild and worked as a cartoonist for William Hill, and d) he lived for 6 years in the USA and studied at the Wichita State University (home of the Shockers). Mani would like to remain anomalous.

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Sarah Monks - Sarah is passionate about Dementia Care. It was this passion that led her to become a Registered Mental Health Nurse going on to work both in community and inpatient settings. Sarah now works in Bolton Memory Assessment Team as a Memory Assessment nurse, taking the lead in Physical Health Care and acting as a Research Champion. Sarah is due to start her Msc in Dementia Care this year and continues to find new opportunities to enrich her knowledge and experience with the aim of benefitting her patients, families and carers. Sarah strives to find new ways of improving practice and improving the lives of those affected by Dementia.

Charlotte Norrey - Charlotte was diagnosed with having anorexia at the age of 16, but began showing signs and traits of an eating disorder when she was 15 years of age. She has been treated by adolescent services, where she was both an inpatient and an outpatient on the McGuiness Unit, Prestwich, and by adult services, where she attended outpatient sessions through the Willows, Salford. She has come through all of the struggles of recovering from an eating disorder and has gone on to complete a Bachelor’s Degree in Special Effects Development at the University of Bolton and now volunteers within the day patient service of the McGuiness Unit, helping other young people who have suffered/suffer with a mental illness.

Marion Nulty - Marion is an Advanced Practitioner based in a busy acute mental health unit at the Royal Bolton Hospital, and incorporates physical health and wellbeing into clinical practice, to support the recovery process in all aspects of care delivery and provision related to maintaining physical health and well-being in the context of co morbid acute mental illness. Her post was a new one, designed to address the gap in the provision of physical health care across the Directorate by offering expert assessment, formulation and planning of care and treatment/signposting to specialist or public health services. Marion aims to inspire and enable individuals in becoming more aware of the help that is available in supporting them to make healthy lifestyle choices. “Help Yourself to Health!”

Martin O’Doherty - Martin trained as an occupational therapist, graduating in 2009.

His goal was to specialise specifically in acute mental health, but in 2010 he became unwell with his own mental health and has been slowly working his way through his own recovery. His goal is to get back into meaningful employment as an occupational therapist and use his personal experiences of mental health to help others, especially those who experience anxiety disorders. He also runs a self-help group at MhIST in Bolton for people living with OCD where he utilises his occupational therapy skills to help others to work through their own recovery.

Ben Ottiwell - Ben is a Community Psychiatric Nurse based at a 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 nine years in the community. 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 which is in the process of being reviewed for publication. He has spoken at the British and Irish Group for the Study of Personality Disorder. He is developing a clinical pathway for people who are newly referred to the Community Mental Health Team with a colleague and hopes to begin the pilot of this by the end of 2013.

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Gemma Parker - Gemma is a clinical psychologist currently working in the Adult Forensic Service and within the probation service. She obtained an undergraduate degree in Experimental Psychology in 2002, followed by a Masters in Forensic Psychology in 2003.

She then worked as a nursing assistant and assistant psychologist within a medium secure service in Lancashire. Following this, she trained to be a clinical psychologist, completing the doctorate in 2008.

She has developed a special interest in working with people who have experienced complex traumas and whose difficulties might have been diagnosed as personality disorders, where there are also concerns about the risks presented by those people towards themselves or others. She enjoys working with staff teams to support them to understand service users and their difficulties more fully, as well as working therapeutically with service users themselves. She also finds working with partners and families of service users rewarding and tries to do this as much as possible in order to promote recovery and independence within a supportive framework.

Stephen Pilling - Stephen has been working /volunteering in GMW and various local charities since he was seventeen. He is one of the founding members of the ‘Headspace’ charity based at the Octagon theatre in Bolton and is still active in providing skill based workshops involving the arts. Currently Stephen is an STR worker and Research Champion in the Bolton area as well as being involved in the Recovery Academy as a Co-Facilitator.

A self-professed ‘jack of all trades, master of none’ he has lead sessions ranging from leadership skills and funding guidance to comic book design and song writing in a freelance role.

Gary Sidley - Gary is Professional Lead/Consultant Clinical Psychologist for GMW’s Salford Directorate. He has worked in mental health services for 33 years, initially as a psychiatric nurse and, since 1989, as a clinical psychologist. In 2000, he obtained his PhD for a thesis exploring the psychological predictors of suicidal behaviour. His area of expertise is in the area of severe and complex mental health problems. Throughout his career Gary has presented workshops on a range of topics including cognitive-behaviour therapy for depression and understanding deliberate self-harm. More recently he has been involved in promoting more recovery-orientated services and has provided training sessions on the Recovery STAR assessment tool and Advance Decisions.

Yvonne Slater RMN, ENB 650, PG Dip CT - Yvonne is the Operational Lead for the Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive and Behaviour Therapies (CBT Pathway) at the GMW’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 behavioural psychotherapist with Brighton University 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 the other programmes at the Centre. She combines her teaching and supervisory role with a clinical role in Primary Care. She has a particular interest in working with OCD. Deb Stefanovic - Deb is currently an outpatient. 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. Through her role as lead for the women’s services at GMW she hopes to use her skills to support others in their journey to recovery. Watch this space!

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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.

Dr Gemma Trainor - Gemma is a Consultant Nurse specialising in young people who self-harm. She has over 30 years’ experience in working with people with complex mental health difficulties and is currently Clinical Lead for a day and outpatient service in a Tier 4 setting in North West England. She has spent the last 18 years actively researching.

In 2001, she completed her PhD in the group treatment and therapy she designed which is referenced in 2004 NICE Guidelines on Self Harm. Since then she was the lead clinician in a large randomised controlled trial and has published in peer reviewed journals. She co-authored a recently published book “Helping Children and Young People Who Self Harm�. Gemma has provided evidence as an expert witness to the National Inquiry and was a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists steering group on self-harm (chaired

by Lord Alderdice) which published a report in 2011.

She was an invited panel member who evaluated and reviewed CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) provision across Northern Ireland and she has presented research findings nationally and internationally and regularly provides training in this subject area. She is currently on the NICE Expert Topic Group which will finalise the NICE Quality Standards on Self-harm.

Claire Watson - Claire is the Trust Lead for the Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy.

After studying Psychology at University, she worked in Hull with HIV and AIDS services and in supported housing for people with mental health difficulties. After becoming involved in an education initiative aimed at widening participation, she was inspired by the hope and opportunities education brings, and completed her teacher training. Since then she has worked with Local Education Authorities to support PSHE and Citizenship Education in schools, Youth and Community groups, and substance misuse services, facilitating training with both service users, and staff.

Claire is passionate about delivering and organising learning activities that help service users, families and carers, and professionals to develop their knowledge, behaviours, and skills to be able to manage and promote health and wellbeing.

Nathalie Whittle - Nathalie is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in mental health services, predominantly with older people, for 13 years. She completed her doctorate in 2006 where she carried out her thesis on the experience of having a parent with earlyonset dementia. She is keen to learn more about how living with dementia affects whole families and so she is currently studying for a post-graduate certificate in systemic practice/ family therapy. Her day to day work involves meeting with older people for assessments and therapy, in the community and on hospital wards, including people with dementia and their families. Nathalie regularly delivers training about dementia to staff to help them understand and know how to support people with this diagnosis.

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Joanne Wilson - Joanne is an ex service user of GMW’s Alcohol and Drug Services.

Experiencing first-hand the issues and concerns that arise from that lifestyle. She is now a Governor of the Trust for the Alcohol and Drug Services and its service users, as well as Chairing UACT and sitting 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 lead the service user aspect of recent PLACE assessments, to give an example of Joanne’s work across the Trust, to promote best practice, quality services and high values for service users, carers and families across all GMW Services and Directorates.

Mike Wilson - Mike is an ex-service user of mental health services. The use of creative dance inspired Mike in his own recovery and enabled him to support others in their recovery journey by facilitating groups on the acute wards in Bolton and other hospitals.

Mike also volunteers at MhIST in Bolton and both facilitates self-help groups, and trains others in how to run groups.

Sheila Wilson - Sheila has been employed as a Training Coordinator by the Trust since May 2003, initially based at Trafford Community Drug Team and then Salford’s Structured Day Programme before moving to the Prestwich site in 2008. Prior to joining the Trust, she worked as a support worker with young people with disabilities; a project worker in supported housing; volunteered in drug services; worked in HIV and sexual health; and latterly managed a Structured Day Programme.

Sheila is also involved in carrying out research into how ex-service users make the transition to become paid workers in the substance misuse field and will shortly be joining the Salford Integration Team to co-facilitate group work – having been involved in training delivery for so long, she is looking forward to regular client contact again!

Zoey Wright - Zoey has been a service user in Bolton over the last 20 years, during that time she has worked as a paid mental health advocate for 11 years, 3 of those years as an IMHA (statutory advocate). Zoey has completed training on facilitating self-help groups and has recently attained a Post graduate diploma in Psychology.

Zoey has experience training advocates for the organisation that she works for. She also has experience in giving presentations and seminars on the topic of advocacy and the mental health act to mental health professionals and other professional bodies and has a strong commitment to promoting the understanding of the rights of service users in the wider community.

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Recovery, Health and Wellbeing Academy Student Charter The Recovery, Health and Wellbeing 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.

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 up-to-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 non-fulfilment of these expectations.

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