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Autumn/W inter 2016

NEWSLETTER OF THE RECOVERY ACADEMY

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Launch of ‘My Story’ on World Mental Health Day (10 October) We’re thrilled to announce the publication of a new book providing people experiencing mental health and alcohol and drug problems with valuable information and encouragement on their road to recovery.

A big part of this book focuses on the creative work of existing service users and their relatives,

friends or carers. Here they share their positive and negative experiences, how they turned their life around and what influenced them.

The book will be distributed to all inpatient services and is available to download from our website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/mystory.

Inside: this issue GMW triumphs in Positive Practice awards ....................

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Paid roles for service users and carers .................................

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GMW shortlisted for two HSJ awards ...........................

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Recovery Academy courses still available .......................................

Your Care, Your Choice ....................

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The Curve has won a ‘Patient Experience’ award ................

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Recovery Academy’s new October 2016 - March 2017 term prospectus out now!

The Recovery Academy’s new prospectus is out now with spaces available on courses at a number of locations across Manchester, Bolton, Salford and Trafford.

Over 50 courses are available, designed to help improve and

manage emotional wellbeing, support recovery from substance misuse and mental health problems as well as challenge the stigma and negative attitudes towards people living with mental health and/or drug and alcohol problems.

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The Recovery Academy’s Autumn/ Winter term prospectus is available to download from www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery.

To book a place, either visit www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery or ring the Recovery Academy on 0161 358 1771.

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GMW triumphs with award win at national Positive Practice Awards Our Early Intervention Service is celebrating after becoming an award winner at the national Positive Practice Awards. The awards celebrate positive practice in mental health and are supported by NHS England.

Foundation Trust, Worcestershire Early Intervention Service and Supporting Health and Promoting Exercise (SHAPE) Programme for Young People with Psychosis to the prize.

The Early Intervention Service was announced as the winner of the ‘Early Intervention in Psychosis Award’ at the annual awards ceremony for their approach to improving the life chances of people with psychosis.

The service was commended for their work where staff use a variety of initiatives to engage with people with emerging psychosis to ensure timely assessment and support their recovery

The Early Intervention Service, based in Bolton, Salford and Trafford, triumphed in the national awards beating similar services at East London NHS

The Positive Practice awards are the only national awards which seek to recognise and highlight good work in mental health and mental health services.

Paid roles for service users and carers Is there something you would like to change about GMW? Do you want to do something productive with your time? Have you heard about GMW’s Service User and Carer Involvement Scheme?

We are committed to working and engaging with service users, patients, family, friends, carers and the public in a wide range of ways.

You can do the following paid roles: • Providing your views as a representative at a service improvement meeting or working group.

• Getting involved in the recruitment and selection process of staff.

• Helping inspect our buildings for the purposes of audit or PLACE Inspection (Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment).

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• Co-deliver our training (as part of the Trust induction or as a Course Tutor for our Recovery Academy) • Speaking at an event • Contributing to the development of policies or reviewing information • And many more.

You get paid for your time and the rate of pay is £10 per hour. Payment for mileage will be reimbursed at the same rate as our staff who use their own vehicle for business mileage (currently 56p per mile). You won’t be asked to do more than 7.5 hours per week, so this doesn’t affect any benefits you might be

Seven members of the team were presented with their award at a prestigious ceremony held at HG Wells conference centre in Woking, Surrey on 13 October 2016.

Read the full press release, available on our website, here: www.gmw.nhs.uk/news/gmwtriumphs-with-award-winat-national-positive-practiceawards-1574#.WBi45eRXWM9. claiming or take you over your permitted earnings allowance.

When a vacancy is advertised, we are looking for expressions of interest from lots of people who have used GMW’s services, particularly in the last six months, as well as their carers and families.

There may also be occasions when someone with experience of our services over six months ago, either directly themselves, or indirectly as a family member/ carer, can apply for a role.

Current opportunities are listed on our website and/ or advertised by flyers and on noticeboards in the services where roles are available.

Visit www.gmw.nhs.uk/rolesfor-service-users-and-carers to find out more and see if there is a role for you today!

Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Recovery Academy - limited number of spaces still available on the following courses: GMW shortlisted for two HSJ Awards We’re delighted to confirm we’ve been shortlisted for two Health Service Journal Awards.

The Trust has been shortlisted in the ‘Workforce’ category for Developing a Career Pathway in Mental Health for People with Lived Experience and also in the ‘Provider Trust of the Year’ category.

The aim of the Career Pathway is to create a workforce representative of the population it serves by providing a route to employment or volunteering for people with lived experience of mental health and/or substance misuse problems. The Career Pathway has been developed by staff from our Recovery Academy, Apprenticeship Team and Substance Misuse Services and is now being established in other services across the Trust to provide more routes to employment for people accessing our services.

The Provider of the Year category is about recognising those provider organisations that are providing excellent, patient-centred care built on strong engagement between clinicians and those organisations with a culture of continuous improvement.

The HSJ awards take place on 23 November 2016 at the InterContinental O2 Hotel, London and we’ll know the result on the night.

Read the full press release, available on our website, here: www.gmw.nhs.uk/news/ gmw-shortlisted-for-two-hsjawards-1517#.WBi4luRXWM9.

Recovery Academy

prospectus Learn

Recovery

Grow

Hope

Believe

Autumn/Winter Term

3,386 Recovery Academy students

Top 100 Trusts to work for status

# love to learn

An Introduction to Life Story Work - 1 December 2016, 9.30am to 1pm, Room 3, The Curve, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL.

in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ.

Build a Better You - 16 December 2016, 10am to 3pm, Room 3, The Curve, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL.

Health and Wellbeing for Carers - 26 January 2017, 10am to 2.30pm, Meeting Room 1, General Outpatients, Royal Bolton Hospital, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR.

Shared Reading Group - 10 January 2017 for six weeks, 10.15am to 11.30am, Break Out Room A, The Curve, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL. Faith and Recovery - 10 January 2017, 10am to 4pm, Start in Salford, Brunswick House, 62 Broad Street, Salford, Manchester M6 5BZ Basic Maths Skills - 17 January 2017 for seven weeks, 9.30am to 12.30pm, The Curve, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL. Overcoming Stigma - 25 January 2017, 10am to 4pm, Start

81% of service users recommend us to family and friends

271 participants recruited to our research study

October 2016 - March 2017

Enrol online at www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery

Completing an Advance Decision - 14 February 2017, 1.30pm to 4.30pm, Room 3, The Curve, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL. Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills - 16 February 2017 for six weeks, 9.30am to 12.30pm, Peel Room, Waterdale Restaurant, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL. Job Application Skills - 24 February 2017, 10am to 4pm, Room 3, The Curve, GMW, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL.

To apply, please visit: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery-getinvolved

Your Care, Your Choice Did you know?

You can choose to be referred by your GP to any provider of mental health services for routine outpatient treatment where it is clinically appropriate.

CHOICE applies to GP referral for routine outpatient based care only.

CHOICE does not apply to inpatient, emergency, urgent care, home based treatment, substance misuse services, health and justice or secure services or where a service user is detained under the mental health act.

There is a dedicated CHOICE webpage available on our website, here: www.gmw.nhs.uk/choice-agenda

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Recovery Academy, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, The Curve, Bury New Road, Prestwich, Manchester M25 3BL Tel: 0161 358 1771 Email: recoveryacademy@gmw.nhs.uk Website: www.gmw.nhs.uk/recovery

The Curve has won a ‘Patient Experience’ award

Designed by the award-winning artist and president of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art, Gerry Halpin MBE.

The Curve, the Trust’s headquarters and a unique, conference, training and meeting venue, has won an award in the ‘Patient Experience’ category at the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) 2016 Awards.

The 2016 IHEEM Awards took place on 4-5 October at Manchester Central.

The Patient Experience category recognises a hospital/Trust that has undertaken an estates investment that significantly improves the experience of patients and staff. The Curve, which opened in October 2015, is a great example of this in action.

to recovery pathways and mental wellbeing.

The £4.5M building houses a library, café, lecture halls, educational spaces, forum areas, meeting rooms and a healthcare room. Its innovating design reflects a philosophy of long term care based around accessible, positive and meaningful community engagement.

Contemporary art pieces, that were created alongside service users, families and staff, are on display throughout the building.

The Curve provides the perfect base for our Recovery Academy along with the excellent resources and technical facilities required to support the delivery of educational courses for people with mental health and substance misuse problems, their families and carers as well as health care professionals. The building also features a library where our Academy host their Shared Reading Group course.

Further information about the award winners can be found here: www.healthcare-estates.com/ awards-shortlist/. Find out how to hire a room at The Curve, here: www.gmw.nhs.uk/the-curve.

The Curve, located in Prestwich, won the award as it represents the changing face of modern mental health services and embodies the ‘holistic’ approach Page

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Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust