Resources Supporting The 10 Key Challenges

1) Changing the nature of day-to-day interactions and the quality of experience

What does excellence in Recovery Orientated Services Look Like? How to set up, run and develop Recovery orientated services. Morgan, P. Lead for Recovery and Social Inclusion, Dorset Healthcare; Co-lead Dorset Wellbeing and Recovery Partnership; ImROC Consultant. 

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2) Coproduced learning and development opportunities are available for staff, people using services and their families to learn together.

Caring for Carers together; Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust’s Carers Strategy. A guide to supporting carers. 

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3) Coproduced, Recovery focused learning opportunities are available for everyone using the service where people with mental health conditions, the staff and families who support them and others in local communities can share expertise and learn together

• Establishing a recovery college in a Scottish university. McCaig, M., McNay, L., Marland, G., Bradstreet, S. & Campbell, J. (2014).. Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 19 (2), 92-97. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/MHSI-04-2014-0013?journalCode=mhsi
• ‘The College is so different from anything I have done’. A study of the characteristics of Nottingham Recovery College, McGregor, J., Repper, J. and Brown, H. (2014), , Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 9(1), 3-15.  http://rfact.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/McGregor-Repper-and-Brown-2014.pdf
• Co-Delivered and Co–Produced: Creating a Recovery College in Partnership. Meddings, S., Byrne, D., Barnicoat, S., Campbell, E. & Locks, L. (2014). Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, 9(1), 16-25. https://www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk/footer-downloads/general/47-co-delivered-and-co-produced-creating-a-recovery-college-in-partnership-2014-1/file
• Student perspectives: Recovery College experience Meddings, S., Guglietti, S., Lambe, H. & Byrne, D. (2014).. Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 18 (3), 142-150. https://www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk/footer-downloads/general/52-student-perspectives-the-experience-of-recovery-college-2014/file
• “Recovery colleges: quality and outcomes”, Meddings,S   McGregor,J  Roeg,W Shepherd,G (2015), Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 19 ( 4), 212 – 221  http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MHSI-08-2015-0035 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/MHSI-08-2015-0035?journalCode=mhsi
• From Service User to Student – The Benefits of Recovery College Meddings, S, Campbell,E., Guglietti, S., Lambe, H., Locks, L., Byrne, D. and Whittington, A. (2015 / in press).. Clinical Psychology Forum. https://www.sussexrecoverycollege.org.uk/useful-information/individualised-mind-site-2/49-from-service-user-to-student-the-benefits-of-recovery-college-2015?path=
• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust’s (CNWL) Recovery College: the story so far,  Zucchelli,F & Skinner,S. (2013) Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust’s (CNWL) Recovery College: the story so far
• Mental Health & Social Inclusion 17 (4) 183-189. http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/MHSI-07-2013-0023?journalCode=mhsi
• “Exploring the impact of the recovery academy: a qualitative study of Recovery College experiences”, Zabel E , Donegan G , Lawrence K, French P (2016), The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice, Vol. 11 Iss 3 pp. 162 – 171 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/JMHTEP-12-2015-0052
• Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust: An introduction to what we do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOMoohO86EE
• South West London & St George’s NHS Trust: What is a recovery college https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSOeQbkMVqc
• Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust: Recovery College https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdXhQvbVoj0

4) Recovery focused leadership at every level and a culture of Recovery.

5) Increasing personalisation and choice

• Recovery, Personalisation and Personal Budgets (Vidhya Alakeson and Rachel Perkins), 2013, City University, London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6iL8BY4k5Y
• Paths to Personalisation in Mental Health,  2013, The National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi – www.ndti.org.uk) and Think Local Act Personal (TLAP – www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk) hosted a joint event on Paths to Personalisation in Mental Health. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXTLxiyg8kM

6) Reducing restrictive practice; changing conceptions of risk as something to be avoided towards working together to improve safety

• A recovery focused approach to risk and safety, Rachel Perkins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNNFOm2xCC8
• Risk assessment: personal experiences, Sue Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mwgUjcDcPE
• Recovery versus risk? From managing risk to the co-production of safety and opportunity Perkins, R. and Repper, J. (2016), Vol. 20 Iss: 2, pp.101 – 109 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/MHSI-08-2015-0029

7) User involvement is replaced by fully resourced coproduction so that the views, experiences and aspirations of people using services and their family members are accorded the same value as the views of staff in the organisation.

• Navigating Rocky Waters: Recovery Journeys in Mental Health, Promise and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbIXQSUeEDlisJIV1H08lGg
• The parable of the Blobs and the squares, No more throw away people. FairShares TimeBanks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egav5xjb-lg
• Coproduction in a recovery college, Central and North West London. Syena Skinner, Recovery College Manager. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgt2ylE69_8
• Who benefits most from co-produced and co-delivered training? Waldo Roeg, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19wLyK2_3FQ

8) Transforming the Workforce

• Lived Experience Leading the Way.  Peer Support in Mental Health. Perkins, R. (2010) Foreword in Basset, T., Faulkner, A., Repper, J. & Stanou, E. (2010) London: Together http://www.together-uk.org/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2011/11/livedexperiencereport.pdf
• A review of the literature on peer support in mental health services. Repper J, Carter T. Journal of Mental Health. 2011 Aug;20(4):392-411. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21770786
• Recovering a life with mental health challenges. The central role of lived experience, 2015,  Mental Health Australia, Canberra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msMlYIVE0TA
• What does the future hold: the importance of peer support in mental health, 2010, Together for Mental Wellbeing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EsA1SO6Yf0
• How Many Mental Health Professionals do you Need to Run a Mental Health Service? 2010, NSUN  https://vimeo.com/12630677
• Real lives: promoting recovery through personalisation and peer support. Perkins, R., Atkins, J., Hunter, N., Repper, P., Robertson, P.D., Thornton, P. and Thornton, S. (2015) Vol. 19 Iss: 1, pp.22 – 29 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MHSI-11-2014-0037
• Peer Support in Mental Health Services. Power point presentation given in Italy and Copenhagen September 2016, Repper, J. 

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• What is the role of Peer Support? Kat Turner, Peer Worker, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, describes in ‘Power of Words’ poem the hope, security and safety peer workers can offer. This was filmed at the ImROC National Conference: Peer Worker Critical Debate, June 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da55ss5HsL0

9) Supporting staff to cope effectively with the stressors that are inevitable in working in mental health services

• Walking wounded or wounded healer?” Does personal experience of mental health problems help or hinder mental health practice? A review of the literature, Conchar, C. and Repper, J. (2014) Vol. 18 Iss: 1, pp.35 – 44 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MHSI-02-2014-0003
• Creating a recovery focused workforce: supporting staff well-being and valuing the expertise of lived experience Walker, L., Perkins, R. and Repper, J. (2014), Vol. 18 Iss: 3, pp.133 – 141 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/MHSI-07-2014-0022
• Challenging discrimination within mental health services: the importance of using lived experience in the work place Perkins, R. and Repper, J.  (2014), Vol. 18 Iss: 3 http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/MHSI-07-2014-0023

10) Prioritisation of life goals (full citizenship and community integration) in all care planning processes.

• The right to contribute: employment and recovery Perkins, R. (2012), Chapter 12 in G. McManus & J. Carson (eds) From Communism to Schizophrenia and Beyond, London: Whiting & Birch
• Increasing the employment rate for people with longer –term mental health problems, Rinaldi, M., Montibeller, T. & Perkins, R. (2011) The Psychiatrist, 35, 339-343 http://pb.rcpsych.org/content/35/9/339
• Implementing the individual placement and support (IPS) approach for people with mental health conditions in England Rinaldi, M., Miller, L. & Perkins, R. (2010), International Review of Psychiatry, 22(2), 163-172 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/09540261003720456?journalCode=iirp20
• Changing the terms of the debate: mental health and employment Perkins, R. & Rinaldi, M. (2010) IN P. Gregg & G. Cooke Ed “People are the principle agents of change in their lives …” Liberation Welfare, London: Demos, Open Left Project http://www.demos.co.uk/files/Liberation_welfare_-_web_final.pdf?1271779162
• Making a reality of Employment for persons with both Mental Health and Addiction Problems, 2013, Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste ROP, Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3nOJA1VFRA
• Implementing Evidence Based Supported Employment for People with Mental Health and Addiction Problems, 2013, Nasjonal kompetansetjeneste ROP, Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Xv_n7IbZgg
• Mental Health and Employment (Part 1) 2011, NAPHA, Oslo Plaza Hotel, Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qe42h2uQfM
• Mental Health and Employment (Part 1) 2011, NAPHA, Oslo Plaza Hotel, Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGLSFjFRMZw
• Making a Reality of Employment for People with Mental Health Problems, 2014, Psykisk ohalsa och arbete Dr Rachel Perkins GRAF projektet, Oslo, Norway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwle8SR6UBw 
• Rachel Perkins response to Bob Drake: IPS evidence based supported employment, 2011, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9EiDPOeSXA
• Rachel Perkins talks about her experiences of working with mental health problems 2010, NHS Confederation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_IalIoj1Hs