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Improving Lives Recovery Academy Autumn/Winter Prospectus PDF

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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.” 3 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. 4 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 5 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 6 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 8 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. 10 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.

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