Welcome to the
Meriden Family Programme

Working with Families Across Cultures DVD

A new DVD has been developed by the Meriden Programme in collaboration with NIMHE West Midlands highlighting skills for working with families from Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities. The DVD and accompanying booklet breaks down the model of family work into its basic components and gives helpful tips and considerations, along with 10 key messages.

Copies of the DVD can be obtained from your local NIMHE, with a limited number available through the Meriden Programme. 

Working with Parents with Mental Health Problems

The Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE) draft guidance on working with parents with mental health problems and their children is now available for consultation. The guidance, aimed at adult and childrens mental health and social care services is available at http://www.scie.org.uk/pmhcwg/index.asp.

Consultation closes on 15th May 2009.

Nice Guidelines Updated

The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has released the long awaited update “Core interventions in the treatment and management of schizophrenia in primary and secondary care”. This document updates and replaces the previous clinical guideline (2002). The full guideline, together with a quick reference guide and information for service users and families can be found at www.nice.org.uk

Social Pioneers!

 On Wednesday the 18^th March 2009, Dr Grainne Fadden and the Meriden Programme featured in an article published by the Guardian newspaper. In association with the Public Services Innovation Lab, its “Social Pioneers” supplement was published with the aim of drawing attention to “radical ideas that will help transform public services as they face their greatest challenges” and described itself as a “celebration of the possible”. The Programme was featured in the Lessons Learned section on page 7.

www.socialinnovationexchange.org/files/Social%20Pioneers%20-%20the%20Guardian