1. User Involvement in the Mental Health Service

2. How to get involved Scrutiny Panels PPI’s CMHT’s NGO’s Conferences and events

3. Involvement History 1980’s 1990 onwards

4. Involvement Protocol Time Support Papers Speaking up

5. 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

6. Bad Involvement Having no desire for change Access issues Lack of appropriate reward Paying lip service to involvement Lack of training Passive, tokenistic involvement

7. Involvement achievements Direct payments SCIE (Social Care Institute for Excellence) Self Directed Support SCG’s and LiT’s

8. Useful reading Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft Citizen Involvement – A practical guide for change (1993) Barton and Evans (2001)‘Involving Black disabled people.

9. Involvement and the Future Best practice Support

10. Five aspects of Support Personal development Develop skills Practical support Equal opportunities Working in groups

11. 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 (2001-2003) Children’s Society