Centre for Mental Health

Events

Centre staff are active beyond the research work they undertake. Here are some of the speaking engagements that they are involved with, as well as events that we are supporting in some other way. Many of the events we run ourselves are smaller and therefore by invitation only, and so don't appear here.

Worcestershire IPS Open Day

15 May 2013, Evesham

Individual Placement and Support is the major evidence-based approach helping people with major mental ill health into work. IPS is the preferred model for employment support in Health and Social Care. Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust is one of the national IPS Centres of Excellence has seen employment rates rise by 38% within the last year.

This open day is suitable for NHS Trusts, Local Authorities and third sector organisations, working in the field of mental health and employment, who:

• Have an interest in developing an IPS service
• Have commenced IPS and are working towards a Fidelity Review
• Have established IPS services and wish to learn from elsewhere

The day will focus on Worcestershire’s experience of developing an IPS service and its implementation of the different elements of the IPS process. Participants will have the opportunity to hear the experience of the IPS team, clinical staff, and those who have progressed into employment. In the afternoon, Dr Jo Smith, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, will present a session on IPS in Early Intervention.

For more information and to book a place please fill out this booking form and return to Lou Bithell at louise.bithell@hacw.nhs.uk

Launch of 'The need to belong' report

21 May 2013 - London

You are invited to join Centre for Mental Health for breakfast to launch our major new report The need to belong. Drawing on a database of over 8,000 under 18 year olds screened at the point of arrest, The need to belong will explore the health, educational and social risks and needs experienced by young women involved in gangs and will examine what works to support these young women and make practical recommendations for the future.

Sean Duggan, our Chief Executive, will chair this event and Lorraine Khan, the main author of this report, will introduce it and take questions.

Attendees can arrive from 9am for a 9.30am start. We expect to finish by 10:30am.

The venue for this event is Leonard Cheshire Society, 56 Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 0AS.

A light breakfast will be served including tea, coffee and pastries. Places at this event are limited so please contact Sandra Ison on 020 7827 8351 or email sandra.ison@centreformentalhealth.org.uk to RSVP.

Next steps for mental health policy: the evolving commissioning landscape and public mental health

Morning, Tuesday, 4th June 2013, Central London

Delegates at this seminar will discuss the future of mental health policy and service delivery including the evolving roles of Public Health England, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Clinical Commissioning Groups in commissioning and delivering high-quality care across health and social care.

Further sessions address the opportunities for effective commissioning to improve mental health services and how best to deliver additional specialist support and guidance.

The conference will bring key policymakers in government and Parliament together with stakeholders including representatives from the NHS, local authorities, charities and campaign groups, and other interested parties.

It takes place following the release of the Mental health implementation framework, which sets out what employers, schools, businesses, local authorities, housing organisations, voluntary groups and health and care organisations can do to promote good mental health - and includes a new mental health dashboard, against which progress can be measured.

Topics for discussion include:

• Latest trends and challenges in public mental health;
• What more can be done to put patients and their families at the heart of mental health service delivery – including discussion around the potential, limits and safeguards involved in personalised care;
• The role of clinical guidance and quality measures in improving patient experience and outcomes;
• Commissioning mental health services in the NHS – including discussion around integrating care, the role of third and private sector, and access to services; and
• Next steps in mental health policy and service delivery.

The seminar will be chaired by Lord Victor Adebowale CBE, Non-Executive Director, NHS Commissioning Board and Chief Executive, Turning Point and Professor the Lord Patel of Bradford, Chair, Mental Health Act Commission (2002-2008).

Our Chief Executive, Sean Duggan, and Sophie Corlett from our Board of Trustees will both be speaking at this event.

For more information and to book a place, please visit the Westminster Forum website.

Occupational therapy and Individual Placement Support: Employment for those with severe mental illness

09.30 – 16.00, Thursday 13th June 2013, London

Improving the employment rates of those with mental health problems is a key Government objective and part of the NHS Outcomes Framework in England. Individual Placement and Support (IPS) offers an evidence based approach to achieve this.

By the end of the day delegates will be able to:

• Have a greater awareness of the role of occupational therapy in employment for those with severe mental illness Share information about how to get IPS commissioned locally and solutions where this is not possible Explore how to embed employment in teams and organisations
• Establish the value of IPS and the contribution of occupational therapy to this process
• Share information about how to get IPS commissioned locally and solutions where this is not possible
• Explore how to embed employment in teams and organisations

The event will be held at the College of Occupational Therapists 106–114 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1LB

To book a place please fill out this booking form and return to Katalin Rado, Events and Marketing Officer at the College of Occupational Therapists.