Hard edges event: 28 October 2019

Venue: St Andrews Church, Arbroath

Contents


Theme 4: mental health

Questions:

  • There can be missed opportunities and difficulty in accessing holistic services.  How do we identify what will make a difference?
  • How can we promote prevention and self management and support/encourage service user, family, friends and 3rd sector collaboration?
  • How do we bring in a trauma informed focus?
  • What do we need to stop doing?
  • What can we do differently?
  1. Assessment Process: Sign posting to the most appropriate service
    Training: Identifying what training is available. What are local needs
    Central referral point for mental health
     
  2. Culture – Moving away from medical model
    Partnership Pathway – Improved communication of services available & co –location
    Resources – ie Action IS and pooled
    Funding: Mental health peer workers
     
  3. Considering Trauma at first contact
    Trauma Impact on Staff – Self care
    Learning from peers and workers
    Going back to basics – respect, kindness
     
  4. Inclusion Criteria rather than exclusion criteria
    Services available to suit users
    Delivery of services – Locations, providers
     
  5. Put the individual at the centre of everything we do
    Visionary Leadership & Supporting this approach ie Yoga in America
    Community focused – including third sector / carers service users at early stage