1. The Value of Occupational Therapy Quality Programme Manager, RCOT
Mental Health
The Value of Occupational Therapy
20 June 2017
Genevieve Smyth, Professional Advisor, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities, RCOT
Julia Roberts
Quality Programme Manager, RCOT
   

2. This session will cover:
Introductions and background to the project Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy
Update and current status of project
Discussion time – what do you want to do with the new documents?
What support do you need from RCOT to do this?
Feedback and close
   

3. Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy
   
The COT publication “Recovering Ordinary Lives – the strategy for occupational therapy in mental health services ” finishes soon.
It will be replaced in Occupational Therapy Week 2018 with four new documents, one for each of the countries to market and promote the value of occupational therapy in mental health.
This is part of the Occupational Therapy – Improving Lives saving money campaign.

4. The COT campaign Occupational Therapy – Improving Lives Saving Money has four strands to date:
Urgent Care – the value of occupational therapy (Nov 2015)
Reducing the pressure on hospitals
(Nov 2016)
Primary care and communities
(July 2017)
Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy (Nov 2018)

5. Any last examples by 30 June 2017!
Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy
   
The project has an External reference group of occupational therapists to steer the work.
The documents will use completed stories from the mental health DEMO template.
You can find the template here:
Any last examples by 30 June 2017!

6. Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy
   
We have 100
completed templates so far:
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland 8
England 45

7. The four areas where we have examples from across the UK are:
Return to work
Keeping adults living independently
Dementia support
Forensics
The three areas where we nearly have examples from across the UK are:
Community groups improving independence
Addressing physical health
Maternal mental health
   
The two areas where we have nothing:
Supporting children's mental health
Promotion of mental well-being and prevention

8. Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy
   
When we release the documents we would like to provide supporting materials to help you promote the documents and the profession.
In the past we have produced, for example, presentations about the documents for occupational therapists and others, letter templates to MPs, quick reference guides, CPD sessions, leaflets, films .

9. Mental Health – the Value of Occupational Therapy
   
Discussion time…
What do you want to be able to do with the documents?
(function)
What support do you need from RCOT to do this?
(form)
Form should follow function!

10. Your RCOT Professional Advisors - come and talk to us
Karina Dancza
@KarinaDancza
Genevieve Smyth @GenevieveSmyth
Paul Cooper @PaulCooperOT
Anne Keen
@annekeen55
Karin Orman @KarinOrmanOT

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