News News Archive 2008 New Employability Guide
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| Thursday, 28 August 2008 |
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The Peer Support Group established as part of the West Referral Team in Glasgow West Regeneration Agency have produced a booklet about mental health and employability. This booklet is unique because it is written by service users for service users. The ideas behind this booklet emerged as people in the group shared their experiences of trying to gain employment or return to employment. The group provided the ten questions which formed the basis for the project and some of the members of the group then lead on the research and the production of the guide. The main objective of this booklet is to help people in a similar situation find their way through, as the authors describe, "what can be a complex and sometimes intimidating pathway to that great big scary world out there – the WORLD OF WORK!" Download the booklet (PDF) SRN advertise a range of events and resources developed by external organisations. In doing so we do not necessarily endorse or recommend them and we are in no way responsible for content or quality. |
| New SRN research explores the experience of recovery over time |
16 May Since the first discussions about bringing recovery based approaches to Scotland began, one thing has always been clear: that people's personal narratives - the stories and experiences they share - are central to understanding and encouraging mental health recovery. |
| Black women, recovery and resilience |
16 May In a specially commissioned article for SRN, researcher and psychiatric survivor Dr Jayasree Kalathil explores the issues of recovery and resilience from the perspective of black women interviewed for a 2011 study by Survivor Research and the Mental Health Foundation. While the article focuses on recent data from England, there are important lessons to be learnt everywhere, including Scotland. |
| What mental health practitioners talk about, when they talk about SRI 2 |
16 May Having recently facilitated Learning Networks on the use of the updated Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI 2), SRN’s John McCormack was keen to hear from practitioners about their use of the tool and how it affects practice in the field. Here John shares his discussions with Lindsay Kerr and Jan Thomson who both work in NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Mental Health Services. |
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