The year ahead for SRN |
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| Thursday, 07 April 2011 |
Following the publication of our independent evaluation at the end of last year we were delighted to be refunded for a year by the Scottish Government.  While we are undergoing a strategic review that could lead to longer term shifts and changes in the approach, our immediate priority for this year is to embed and develop our most significant work areas while developing and sharing new learning in relation to the recovery experience.Growing the network We are always looking to develop and grow the Network itself to ensure that as many people as possible hear the recovery message. We send regular updates to around 6000 subscribers and our events, including our recent national gathering, have been very popular but we are very conscious of the need to reach new people. In support of this we are currently revisiting the idea of locally targeted road-show events. We will also continue to develop high quality and regular updates for Network subscribers with a range of guest writers on contemporary subjects. Increasing usage of the Scottish Recovery Indicator We have invested considerable time effort and resource into the development of the Scottish Recovery Indicator tool. We strongly believe that using the tool is an excellent way for services to really examine their approach and to reflect on how they can ensure recovery supporting environments. The number of services who have been able to fully use the tool has been lower than we would have liked and we recognise that the design and content can make the tool off putting for services. This year we will be redeveloping the tool, both in terms of content and website design, with the clear intention that it become easier to complete while retaining intention and spirit of the original tool. We will also continue to support the use of the tool through hosting three regional SRI Learning Network’s, in partnership with NHS Education for Scotland and a major research project on the impact of the SRI tool will also continue throughout the year. Wellness Recovery Action Planning As of last week SRN have trained 50 people as WRAP Facilitators. We now have a better geographical spread of Facilitators and really high levels of enthusiasm and commitment. This year, following a consultation process, we will be focussing initially on supporting quality Facilitator delivery of WRAP with the development of a quality system and better monitoring. From experience, and through the research we have commissioned, we are well aware that getting involved with WRAP can have a transformational impact for some and we want to make sure that as many people as possible who have experience of mental health problems have the opportunity to get involved with WRAP. Peer Support SRN have been working to promote the development of peer support worker roles since we ran a national conference on the subject in 2005. Following a successful pilot where peer workers were employed in five Health Board areas we worked with SQA to create a new national learning award in support of peer worker roles. Our priority this year is to finalise the associated learning materials, a process that has been subject to unwelcome delay, and to work locally to promote the development of peer worker roles. We recognise that this aspect of our work is much in need of a boost to build on the significant interest in peer working. Learning more about recovery This year we will also be involved in a number of projects designed to help us learn more about recovery. In the next few months we will publish the findings of a study that returned to some of the original participants of the Narrative Research project that was so fundamental to the development of SRN. Elsewhere we will continue to develop our learning in relation to informal carers and recovery with a project developed in partnership with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. We are also in the early stages of developing action research on the impact of internal stigma on recovery in partnership with ‘see me’. Comments (0)
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