ARISE Project Accessible Research Involvement for Service Evaluation

Philosophy Ignacio Martin-Baro Jesuit Priest and Social Psychologist “If our aim is to serve the liberation needs of the people, we need to ally ourselves with poor and oppressed groups in their struggle for justice and dignity.” “We need to develop a progressive psychology that helps people find the road to their personal and collective historical fulfilment. In our case more than anyone else’s, the principal holds…the concern of the social scientist should be not so much to explain the world, as to change it.” Ignacio Martin-Baro Jesuit Priest and Social Psychologist “If our aim is to serve the liberation needs of the people, we need to ally ourselves with poor and oppressed groups in their struggle for justice and dignity.” “We need to develop a progressive psychology that helps people find the road to their personal and collective historical fulfilment. In our case more than anyone else’s, the principal holds…the concern of the social scientist should be not so much to explain the world, as to change it.”

Philosophy contd Paulo Freire Brazilian Educational Psychologist Conceptual Framework Knowledge is not neutral – there are hidden agendas contained within it. Oppressed peoples experience life as objects – they are acted upon, as opposed to acting for themselves. Lack of critical skills essential for influencing the institutions that have control over their lives Paulo Freire Brazilian Educational Psychologist Conceptual Framework Knowledge is not neutral – there are hidden agendas contained within it. Oppressed peoples experience life as objects – they are acted upon, as opposed to acting for themselves. Lack of critical skills essential for influencing the institutions that have control over their lives

Conscientization Changes in both the internal and external world of the person Development of the link between knowledge and power through self directed action Allows people to question the nature of their historical and social situation Transforms the object experience of being acted upon into a subject experience of acting upon Changes in both the internal and external world of the person Development of the link between knowledge and power through self directed action Allows people to question the nature of their historical and social situation Transforms the object experience of being acted upon into a subject experience of acting upon

What Does That Look Like? Power Awareness: making and remaking society and history by human action Critical Analysis of Discourse: beyond the surface impressions to an in depth analysis Desocialisation: Challenging the myths, values and behaviours adopted as object Self Organisation and Education:Transformational relationships based on equality and shared power Power Awareness: making and remaking society and history by human action Critical Analysis of Discourse: beyond the surface impressions to an in depth analysis Desocialisation: Challenging the myths, values and behaviours adopted as object Self Organisation and Education:Transformational relationships based on equality and shared power

Course Details User / Carer Led Decided upon curriculum and content Community Based – User Led Organisation Closely Allied to other User and Cared Led Groups Flexible: Length, Time, Needs Identifies Problem’s Raised through Narrative Accounts to set research questions User / Carer Led Decided upon curriculum and content Community Based – User Led Organisation Closely Allied to other User and Cared Led Groups Flexible: Length, Time, Needs Identifies Problem’s Raised through Narrative Accounts to set research questions

Problem Posing Experiential: Learn by doing Participatory: At a level that suits the individual Situated: In the lived experience of the individual Democratic: Mutually constructed by the individual and the group Dialogic: raises awareness and facilitates the process of conscientization / awareness Challenges oppression: active subjects not passive objects Activist: seeks answers through the research process Experiential: Learn by doing Participatory: At a level that suits the individual Situated: In the lived experience of the individual Democratic: Mutually constructed by the individual and the group Dialogic: raises awareness and facilitates the process of conscientization / awareness Challenges oppression: active subjects not passive objects Activist: seeks answers through the research process

Accreditation and Content Tees Region Open College Network Member of NHSU Four modules: Research and Development Personal / Professional Development Counselling Skills Free Module: Domestic Violence, Gender Issues, Human Rights, negotiable choice Tees Region Open College Network Member of NHSU Four modules: Research and Development Personal / Professional Development Counselling Skills Free Module: Domestic Violence, Gender Issues, Human Rights, negotiable choice

Research Governance Criminal Records Bureau Checks Honorary Contracts Peer Review Group Awareness of roles and responsibilities Confidentiality Health and Safety: Mandatory Training Occupational Health Checks Criminal Records Bureau Checks Honorary Contracts Peer Review Group Awareness of roles and responsibilities Confidentiality Health and Safety: Mandatory Training Occupational Health Checks

Research Being Undertaken Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Tees Valley Arts: Phoenix Project Assessment of capacity to parent in mothers with mental health needs Service User experience of Compulsory Detention Domestic Violence provision and experience of access for members of the LGBT Community Older carers lived experience of caring for an older adult with a learning disability Mixed sex wards: choice and preference for people with mental health needs Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Tees Valley Arts: Phoenix Project Assessment of capacity to parent in mothers with mental health needs Service User experience of Compulsory Detention Domestic Violence provision and experience of access for members of the LGBT Community Older carers lived experience of caring for an older adult with a learning disability Mixed sex wards: choice and preference for people with mental health needs