2. Wellness Recovery Action Planning (WRAP)
One of the original NToW pilots
Chosen as a continuation site
Funded by SfC from 2004 – 2008

3. Vision Statement
To develop a New Type of Worker who will train and equip both staff and people who use mental health services to facilitate the universal availability of WRAP as a self-management tool within all localities of Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust.

4. RECOVERY Recovery is a deeply personal,
unique process of changing one’s
attitudes, values, feelings, goals,
skills and roles. It is a way of living a
satisfying, hopeful and contributing
life, even with the limitations caused
by illness. Recovery involves the
development of new meaning
and purpose in one’s life as one
grows beyond the catastrophic
effects of mental illness.
I have taken ownership
of my illness and I take
responsibility for what I
do and do not do …its not
the whole of my life, Its
just a part of my life now
Anthony 1993
Making Recovery a Reality
Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health 2008

5. WRAP IS A self–management tool devised by Mary Ellen Copeland
Widely used in USA
Becoming more recognized in UK
Based on recovery principles

6. WRAP SUPPORTS the well-being agenda outlined in the
White Paper ‘Our Health Our Care Our Say’ and has
been referenced in a number of publications including;
The 10 Essential Shared Capabilities (2004)
Mental Health: New Ways of Working for Everyone (2007)
Learning & Development Toolkit for Mental Health (2007)
Support Time & Recovery Workers Policy Implementation Guide (2008)
A Common Purpose - Recovery in Future Mental Health Services (2008)

8. Sections in a WRAP
WRAP
Briefly explain each section

10. New Types of Worker WRAP Co-ordinator WRAP Facilitator
WRAP Project Support Officer
WRAP Service User Facilitator

11. New Ways of Working In an integrated service
Managed across organisations
In partnership with people who use services
In partnership with the 3rd sector
‘Everyone around the table is equal’

12. Achievements Trained 377 staff and service users
Developed robust service user involvement strategy
Presented WRAP locally and nationally
Developed a website and newsletter
Integrated into Nursing Strategy
Successfully bid for research funding in partnership with Southampton University
Established links with the Focussed Implementation Site
Part of the Health Care Professionals course curriculum

13. Does WRAP save money? Anecdotal evidence is that WRAP is helping
service users to stay well and avoid hospital
admissions. Where admissions do take
place they are for less time and the
experience is less distressing for the service
user.

14. Mental Health an integrated service
PARTNERSHIP WORKING
Mental Health an integrated service
HCC
HPT
Project manager
Steering
Group
Project Co-ordinator
Third
Sector
Project workers
SU facilitators
Service users

15. WRAP TEAM LOCALITY TRAINING STEERING GROUP ONGOING TRAINING
FOR PROFESSIONAL
AND SERVICE USERS
IN THE LOCALITY
CENTRALISED
TRAINING FOR
SPECIFIC GROUPS
STR WORKERS
CARERS SUPPORT
WORKERS
Raise! MENTAL
HEALTH Ltd
GROUPS NOT
COVERED BY SfC
CONTRACT
OTHER
ORGANISATIONS
/GEOGRAPHIES

16. Locality Lead Model WRAP steering group in each locality
Led by local service user organisation
Locality management team represented on the steering group
Training delivered in partnership by local service user and professional
Individuals supported in completing their WRAP by professionals or service users

17. Working in Partnership with People who use Mental Health Services
Service users are members of the project steering group
All training is co-facilitated by a service user
It was an essential criteria for applicants for the project support officer posts that they had used Mental Health services
Links are made in localities with local service user networks

18. Challenges to Partnership Working
Cultural
WRAP is about service users taking control of their own health and care. Allowing service users to have that responsibility is always going to be difficult within mainstream services that have a tendency to be over-protective.
There is insufficient emphasis on wellness, recovery and self-management across national standards. Indeed, self-management raises the biggest challenge to existing standards since the manager of care becomes the service user and not the worker.

19. Challenges to Partnership Working
Practical
Robust service user networks do not exist in all localities
Issues around payment for service users centrally / localities
Staff attitudes
Bureaucracy
It takes time!

20. Benefits of Partnership Working
Service User Facilitators –SU delegate viewpoint
Inspiring
Hope engendering
A reality check
Expert by experience
Someone who understands the feeling of ‘How am I going to get through the rest of my life?’

22. What should the future look like?
WRAP is fully integrated into Trust strategies
Complete awareness – complete opportunity
Everyone has a WRAP plan to take with them on the next part of their journey

23. How to find out more… www.mentalhealthrecovery.com
The website of the original author
Mary Ellen Copeland.
The website of the WRAP in
Hampshire project.
Mental Health Service User Training Organization