Events

Personalisation. Making it work! – Effective methods of involving service users and developing leadership

The 2010 Mental Health Providers Forum annual conference is now taking bookings*. 

Times of the conference: 09:30 to 16:15.

Be part of the solution to making personalisation real, practical and workable for service users, clients, and patients accessing mental health services.
•    Debate the for and against of personalisation - theory and ideology
•    Hear about the practical side of personalisation - examples from the real world
•    Network with colleagues from the voluntary and statutory sectors and discover new ways of working that are transforming personalised service delivery

Keynote speakers:

• Prof Peter Beresford              Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation, Brunel University (tbc)
• Dr Rachel Perkins, OBE         Director of Quality Assurance and User Experience, South West London and St George’s

                                                  Mental Health NHS Trust

• Anne Beales, MBE                 Director of Service User Involvement, Together
• Nicholas Campbell-Watts       Director of Fanon Mental Health, Southside Partnership
• Nashiru Momori                      Criminal Justice Link Worker, Southside Partnership

Workshops:
Access and inclusion
•   Hearing the service user/survivor voice
•   Challenging stigma/the Mental Health Act 2009  Development and progress
•   Building service user confidence and leadership skills
•   Effective employment on the journey of recovery
  
Who should attend?
The conference is aimed at key staff delivering, developing and commissioning services across the voluntary, public and private care sectors in mental health:
•   Commissioners
•   Voluntary sector senior staff and managers
•   People who use services and carers
•   Senior staff and  Mental Health Practitioners across sectors

Early Bird Pricing is available.  For more information, and to book a place, visit the website.
 

*Final programme to be confirmed