Free training for people who have experience or interest in mental health service improvement
Service User and Carer/family member Capacity Building Training Programme
November, 2017 – February 2018
Sessions 1 – 5 will run from 20th November – 18th December. All Mondays. We will inform participants when the final 5 sessions will run, 2018.
*Each session will run from 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Lunch will be provided at the Trim Family Resource Centre, prior to each session. Served at 1.15pm
Venue: TRIM Family Resource Centre, 15 Wellington Avenue, Trim, Co. Meath
Sessions:
1. Service User involvement, history, context and current status.
Monday 20th November, 2017, 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Facilitators: Jim Walsh (JW) and Margaret McHugh (MM), Irish Advocacy Network
2. Self advocacy – feeling confident to speak up; competencies and skills for effective communication.
Monday 27th November, 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Facilitators: JW and MM, Irish Advocacy Network
3. Policy context – Vision for Change and other relevant documents (eg; Partnership for Change; Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act, 2015; Mental Health Act, 2001).
Monday 4th December, 2017, 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Facilitators: JW and MM, Irish Advocacy Network
4. HSE structures – functions, responsibilities and commitments
Monday 11th December, 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Facilitators: Local HSE management and JW
5. Partnership building and co-production
Monday 18th December, 2017, 1.00pm – 5.00pm
Facilitators: Co-ordinator, Advancing Recovery in Ireland; Duana McArdle, Area lead, Service User & Carer Engagement; representatives from Louth/Meath Consumer Panel.
6. Formalities of meetings & the committee cycle: – agenda, apologies, minutes, matters arising etc
Date, TBC
Facilitators: JW and MM, Irish Advocacy Network
7. Responding and reviewing consultation documents; sourcing and using relevant information and knowledge
Facilitators: JW and MM, Irish Advocacy Network
8. Skills for Group facilitation
Duana McArdle, Area lead, Service User & Carer Engagement
9. Building resilience; self-care, living with/dealing with frustrations and disappointments
10. Networking, building personal and professional alliances, personal and formal networking. Conflict, and group processes
Facilitators: JW and MM, Irish Advocacy Network
*Each session will run from 2.00pm – 5.00pm. Lunch will be provided at the Trim Family Resource Centre, prior to each session. Served at 1.00pm
Primary facilitators and coordinators of the programme: Jim Walsh and Margret McHugh, Irish Advocacy Network.
Please contact Duana McArdle for more information or to book a place.
Duana McArdle
Area Lead for Mental Health Engagement
(Working with People who use Mental Health Services, Family Members, Carers and Supporters in Louth, Meath, Longford, Westmeath, Laois and Offaly),
HSE Mental Health Services,
Midlands Louth Meath Community Healthcare Organisation CHO,
Mob: 0873761552
e-mail: mhengage.mlm@hse.ie
