Improving Lives Recovery Academy Autumn/Winter Prospectus

102 Pages·2017·2.31 MB·English

Recovery Academy
Autumn/Winter Prospectus
October 2017 -
March 2018
Improving Lives
Recovery Academy Prospectus October 2017 - March 2018
A Recovery Academy Student who attended our Living with
OCD course provided us with the following feedback:
“This is the most interesting Recovery Academy
session that I have attended so far. I have learnt
such a lot from both the presenters and other
participants. It was well led and facilitated with
good resources, and knowledgeable facilitators.
Everyone was treated with respect.”
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A tribute to our friend and well respected colleague
Colin Mattinson
In April 2017, shortly after the launch of our last prospectus, we
received some very sad news that our much loved and well-respected
colleague, Colin Mattinson, had passed away.
Colin was a tutor with the Recovery Colin worked tirelessly to help change the
Academy from the very beginning and way mental health services are delivered
during his four years with us inspired us to focus more on recovery and to tackle
all to create and deliver courses that raised the stigma associated with mental health,
awareness of mental health, tackled the which is often a barrier to getting help
stigma experienced by individuals and and making progress for so many people.
their families, and focused on how to offer The Recovery Academy has thousands of
support to people to aid their journey of comments about Colin on fle from his post
recovery. course evaluations. This one below is from
one of his more recent courses:
He co-produced many courses, which
feature in this prospectus, including Faith
and Spirituality, PTSD, Self-harm and
Personality Disorder. He was recognised “Colin is simply brilliant.
as a national Personality Disorder KUF I could learn from his
trainer and worked within our Trust clinical
experiences every single
services, to offer support to people on
day.”
an individual basis, at our Bramely Street
Service and Bolton inpatient (LC) services.
He also co-facilitated therapeutic groups
at MhIST, a voluntary service in Bolton
set up to offer peer support to people
experiencing mental health diffculties. It only leaves for us to say a massive big
thank you to Colin. He inspired us, he
challenged us, and he supported us to
make the Recovery Academy what it is
today. Your legacy is your work Colin,
which lives on in this prospectus and
beyond, delivered by your friends and
colleagues and the people you helped to
get involved along the way. Rest in peace
our friend. We will miss you.
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Contents
Welcome to the Recovery Academy ..................................................................... 06
Who is the Recovery Academy for? ..................................................................... 08
How to register with us and book on our courses ................................................ 10
Our courses explained ......................................................................................... 12
Lived Experience
Deaf Awareness Training ..................................................................................... 15
How Culture Affects Mental Health ..................................................................... 16
Living with Addiction .......................................................................................... 17
Living with Anxiety and Depression ..................................................................... 18
Living with an Autistic Spectrum Condition ......................................................... 19
Living with Bipolar Disorder ................................................................................. 20
Living Well with Dementia ................................................................................... 21
Living with a Dual Diagnosis ................................................................................ 22
Living with Eating Disorders ................................................................................. 23
Living with Hearing Voices ................................................................................... 24
Living with Hoarding Behaviours .......................................................................... 26
Living with OCD .................................................................................................. 27
Living with Personality Disorder ........................................................................... 28
Living with PTSD ................................................................................................. 29
Living with Psychosis ........................................................................................... 30
Living with Self-Harm .......................................................................................... 31
Military Veterans Awareness - NEW! ................................................................... 32
Recovering from Domestic Abuse ........................................................................ 33
Psychological Therapies and Recovery
An Introduction to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ............................................... 35
An Introduction to Compassion Focussed Therapy ............................................... 36
An Introduction to Motivational Interviewing Skills .............................................. 37
Facilitating Self-Help Groups - Updated .............................................................. 38
Family Interventions for Personality Disorder - NEW! ........................................... 40
Node-Link Mapping and Behavioural Activation .................................................. 41
Spirituality and Recovery
Faith and Recovery .............................................................................................. 43
Introduction to Mindfulness ................................................................................ 44
Introduction to Relaxation Skills ........................................................................... 45
Nature to Nurture ................................................................................................ 46
Creativity and Recovery
An Introduction to Life Story Work ...................................................................... 48
8 Artists, 8 Techniques - Art for Good Health - NEW! .......................................... 49
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LightLeaks Photography ...................................................................................... 50
Using Creativity to Improve Mental Wellbeing ..................................................... 51
Spotlight on Accreditation and Partnerships ........................................................ 52
Taking Back Control
Advocacy in Mental Health .................................................................................. 55
Health and Wellbeing for Carers .......................................................................... 57
Knowledge is Power - Updated .......................................................................... 58
Overcoming Sleep Problems - NEW! ................................................................... 59
Overcoming Stigma ............................................................................................. 60
Planning Ahead: understanding advance decisions .............................................. 61
Recovery Star ...................................................................................................... 62
Understanding Anger and Aggression ................................................................. 63
Understanding Emotions for Healthy Relationships .............................................. 64
Understanding Medication used to treat Mental Health Problems ........................ 66
Developing Knowledge and Life Skills
Assertiveness Skills .............................................................................................. 68
Basic Reading, Writing and Communication Skills ................................................ 69
Basic IT Skills ....................................................................................................... 70
Basic Maths Skills ................................................................................................ 71
Building Self Esteem - NEW! ............................................................................... 72
Dementia Friends ................................................................................................ 73
Job Application Skills ........................................................................................... 74
Level 2 Award in Peer Mentorship - Accredited .................................................. 75
Personality Disorder, National KUF (Knowledge and
Understanding Framework) Programme .............................................................. 76
Shared Reading Group ........................................................................................ 78
Getting Involved with the Academy
Co-Production in Practice - Getting it Right - NEW! ............................................. 80
Creative Facilitation Skills ..................................................................................... 81
To Tell or not to Tell - Sharing your Story .............................................................. 82
Train the Trainer .................................................................................................. 83
The Library and Knowledge Centre ...................................................................... 84
Sign up to the Academy newsletter and e-bulletin ............................................... 86
Course calendar with venues ............................................................................... 88
Student Registration and Course Booking Form ................................................... 95
Student Charter .................................................................................................. 97
How to fnd us .................................................................................................... 99
Map of venue locations ....................................................................................... 100
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Welcome to the Recovery Academy
Welcome to Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation
Trust’s Recovery Academy Prospectus for autumn 2017.

This term you will fnd new courses on
Military Veterans Awareness, Family
Interventions for Personality Disorder,
Arts for Good Health, Sleep Hygiene, Self
Esteem and Co Production in Practice.
This prospectus contain 56 courses, co-
produced and co-delivered by people with
lived experience of mental health and/
or addiction, and those with professional
expertise.
All of our courses are free of charge
and aim to give students the skills and
knowledge to live with mental health
This prospectus is a gateway to knowledge
conditions or addiction or care for those
and skills, which can improve your
who do.
understanding of mental health, your well-
being and your quality of life.
Courses vary in length from one-off
workshops to those that take place weekly
for a number of weeks. Join over 4,700 Recovery Academy
students and sign up to a course today.
We hold our courses in a variety of venues,
from community centres and hospitals to
learning centres and theatres in locations
across Bolton, Salford, Trafford, Prestwich,
Altrincham and Manchester.
The Academy provides a shared learning
environment for all our students and aims
to give them the tools to support recovery
and break down the stigma, which can
affect people living with mental health
conditions or addiction.
Study buddies
We are committed to ensuring open access
to all students and recognise that there can
be factors that make accessing and attending
courses and learning more diffcult. If you or
anyone you know need support for whatever
reason, please let us know.
We operate a buddying system where we
can arrange for a member of the Recovery
Academy team with lived experience to
support you before and during the course. If
you would like support from a study buddy,
please contact us on 0161 358 1771 or email
us at
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Who is the Recovery Academy for?
The Recovery Academy is for everyone. This includes the people who
use our services in the community, our inpatients, and their families,
friends and carers. It is also for professionals who work with people
with mental health and/or substance misuse problems, students, and
the general public who want to know more about mental health,
addiction and recovery.
Anyone can register as a student with us • Recognising the contribution that people
and once you have done this you can apply with lived experience make by paying
for any of our courses free of charge. them for their time and providing them
with regular supervision, support and
Please read our course overviews to check training.
which ones meet your particular needs • Offering a prospectus of learning with a
before booking a place. diverse range of courses delivered in an
interactive creative way.
Please note that although our courses • Providing safe places to learn that are
are free of charge, we will charge other local to local people, welcoming and
organisations who book a place but then friendly and free from discrimination.
do not attend without letting us know. • Support for our students when they
Please do let us know if you are unable to need it e.g. Study Buddies and advice
attend a course as this enables us to offer a regarding further education, training and
place to someone else. employment.
• Not replacing other things that help
recovery (for example: treatment,
What are our core values? interventions, social, leisure and
vocational activities) but linking people
Our core values are based on the national to these opportunities within their local
principles of Recovery Colleges and we take services and communities.
them very seriously. These core values are as • Challenging stigma through education
follows: and celebrating success.
• The Recovery Academy respects
everybody’s contribution so that we can When you register as a student with us we
learn from professional expertise and will ask you to sign our Student Charter
lived experience equally. and help us to ensure these core values are
• The Recovery Academy is developed and respected by everyone.
delivered by professionals and people
with lived experience working together.
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How to register with us and book on our courses
Detailed information about our courses, dates and locations
accompanies this prospectus, and is available on our website.
The frst time you book on one of our You will be asked to sign our Student
courses, you will be asked to complete a Charter which provides details of what
student registration form which will ask for you can expect from us, and what we can
your name, background, contact details, expect from you in terms of attendance
and any specifc requirements in relation to and behaviour. This can be found on page
the support you may need. 97 of this prospectus. If you are registering
online, you will just be asked to confrm
To make accessing courses even easier, an that you have read and agree to abide by
online student registration form and course our Student Charter.
booking form are available on our website:
www.gmmh.nhs.uk/recovery. In return, we will send you confrmation
of your place, with full details of course
Our student registration and course learning outcomes, start and fnish times,
booking form can also be found on page 95 course venue etc. Please note that we
of this prospectus. If you don’t have online are unable to provide lunch for all day
access, you can complete this and post it to training events.
us at the address on the next page.
If you are a member of staff, you will need
your manager’s permission to attend if you
are planning to do so in work time. This is
to ensure your shifts are covered, and to
ensure the learning you undertake is in line
with your Personal Development Plan.