User Involvement in the Mental Health Service
How to get involved Scrutiny Panels PPI’s CMHT’s NGO’s Conferences and events
Involvement History 1980’s 1990 onwards
Involvement Protocol Time Support Papers Speaking up
Good Involvement Value service user involvement Good support Opportunity for service users to evaluate process Make people feel comfortable and confident Learning from services users Be disability aware
Bad Involvement Having no desire for change Access issues Lack of appropriate reward Paying lip service to involvement Lack of training Passive, tokenistic involvement
Involvement achievements Direct payments SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) Self Directed Support SCG’s and LiT’s
Useful reading Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft Citizen Involvement – A practical guide for change (1993) Barton and Evans (2001)‘Involving Black disabled people.
Involvement and the Future Best practice Support
Five aspects of Support Personal development Develop skills Practical support Equal opportunities Working in groups
Recommended reading The outcomes we want and how we can achieve them – (2000) Shaping Our Lives Resources is a concern- (1999) Lindow and Balloch etal Black disabled and still waiting– (2002) Nase Begum Community Care 17 th Oct Ask Us – involvement of disabled children ( ) Children’s Society