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Welcome to the Meriden West Midlands Family Programme Website. This site has been developed for use by service users, carers, family members and staff working in mental health services. News The International Society for the Psychological Treatments of the Schizophrenias and Other Psychoses (ISPS) Series The ISPS has issued a range of books that cover contemporary topics in a range of important aspects connected with the psychology and therapy of psychosis. There is a book specifically on family and multi-family groups and all the books cover some aspect of the family and psychosis. More details on this flyer (PDF, 107KB) Scoping Exercise To Inform The Development Of A National Mental Health Carer Support Curriculum This report outlines the results of a scoping exercise funded by the Department of Health to inform the development of a national curriculum and training modules for mental health professionals to improve the support provided to mental health carers. A literature review, focus groups with various stakeholders and a national survey of health and social care educators were employed. A comprehensive education and training programme is required in order to enable mental health staff to inform, involve and support families and carers of people with mental health problems. Education on the importance of working in partnership with families should be provided to all mental health students and trainees throughout their pre-registration professional education, supplemented with visits to and placements with families, carer support workers and carers’ centres and organisations. Continuing professional development should then be utilised to ensure that the mental health workforce is able and motivated to ensure that all mental health services are family-friendly and sensitive to the needs of families and carers, and able to provide intensive family work and interventions to those that require it. This requires three different but interlinked levels of training. In order for such a programme of education and training to be effective, the findings in this report strongly indicate that any training programme needs to form part of a comprehensive organisational structure and strategy that includes explicit support throughout all levels of health and social care organisations. Consequently, we have drawn on the experiences and recommendations of successful programmes to identify key factors that help establish, develop and maintain family-focused services and greater support for carers. Download the full report here (PDF file, 708KB) Keeping the Family in Mind The Keeping The Family In Mind Resource Pack is back by popular demand. This second edition contains updated and improved contents. The pack is aimed at anyone who works with parents with mental health difficulties, their children and their families, and is designed to raise awareness of the issues they face. Please visit the Current Issues section for more information on how to obtain a copy. Parents in Hospital: how mental health services can best promote family contact when a patient is in hospital Following a review of contact arrangements between parents in mental health settings and their children, a need to improve support systems and visiting facilities has been identified. For more information please see report and supporting letter in the Current Issues section.
Several new courses are now forthcoming - for more details, please see the Learning Opportunities page.
More information on the above courses can be found on the Learning Opportunities page.
We want to thank everyone involved in making our conference such a great success. The feedback and comments we have received are extremely positive - apparently not only was the conference informative, stimulating and thought provoking - it was enjoyable too! Presentations are now available on the conference page. If you have any query at all, or wish to add comments, please contact our Programme Administrator, Sam Farooq, on 0121 678 2896, or email sam.farooq@bsmht.nhs.uk Training in Psychosocial Interventions within Early Intervention Teams This is a national survey carried out by Alison Brabban (Tees, Esk & Wear Valleys NHS Trust) and Mike Kelly (Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust) for NIMHE / CSIP National PSI Implementation Group. PDF files Comment on the site Meriden West Midlands Family Programme Telephone: 0121 678 2896 Fax: 0121 678 2891.
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The December 2007 Newsletter is now available. More>> A concise glossary of terms that you may be unfamiliar with. More>> |
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