Recovery: You, me and the service user.

Focus on me and service user Structure of presentation, personal

journey and local initiatives Recovery is zeitgeist Approach is evolving Whose recovery is it anyway? Partnership model “Coping with your illness and having a

meaningful life” Jerome.Carson@slam.nhs.uk 380 Streatham High Road, London

SW16 6HP.

Recovery: you, me and the service user.

“Blessed are the confused, for they shall find their way. Cursed are the certain, for that’s the way they’ll stay.”

Dorothy Rowe.

Recovery: you, me and the service user.

Local initiatives in Lambeth South-West

Sector.

My recovery journeyThe Recovery Group

The Recovery Film & Recovery Journeys

Recovery heroesRecovery workshops

Individual recovery workSupport on the journey

SummaryQuestions & answers

My own recovery journey.

Move from Norwood to Streatham 2006

A&T and R&S not case management

Who put the recovery into R&S? Whitwell and the mirage of

recovery Open for all or possible for all? Recovery debate A Damascene conversion?

The Recovery Group

User group demise Serendipity Seeing through psychosis Service user presentations Costs and frequency Future of the group?

South-West Sector Recovery Group.

Dr Peter Chadwick.Positive Perspectives on Psychosis.

Author of: “Borderline,” (1992), “Understanding Paranoia,”(1995), “Schizophrenia: The Positive Perspective,” (1997),“Personality as Art,” (2001) and 100 papers.

Tuesday June 9th. 380 Streatham High Road 2.00pm.

PhotoJane Fradgley

South West Sector Recovery Group

Tuesday, 22 September at 2pm380 Streatham High Road

Mark Brown, editor, One in Four

Inspiring people and challenging stereotypes through a mental

health lifestyle magazine

South West Sector Recovery Group

Tuesday, 6 October at 2pm

380 Streatham High Road

Maria Macdonald and her sister Shirley

Two sisters, two survivors

Plus an exhibition of arts and crafts

The Recovery Film & Recovery Journeys

Michelle McNary and the film Funding and project teams Four stories Recovery Journeys booklet The film

Recovery heroes

A Life in the Day. Sarah Morgan and Jane

Fradgley. Dolly Sen. Peter Chadwick. Gordon McManus. Matt Ward.

Recovery Workshops

Training for staff, via Retrain, none for service users.

10 week programme Service user co-facilitation Visiting presenters Sandwich lunch “A Gift of Stories.” End of course meal at

Abbeville’s.

Recovery Workshops

Introduction Identity & Meaning Spirituality & Hope Self-esteem and Gratitude Friendship & Family Well-being Work Leisure & Lifestyle Stigma and Personal

Responsibility Goals & Strengths Reflections & Personal Journeys

Individual recovery work.

Partnership model Gordon’s model and book Jane’s iMAC Matt’s plays

Normality Hospital Schizophrenia Stage of Normal Breakdown Recovery Life?

“One Man’s Model of Recovery.”

Irrationality Rationality

& Rationality

hope individual

recovery programme

(IRP) interests

goals writing chess

dominoes

well-being work social family interests goals “being free” “unique & awesome”

Rationality

work as teacherpolitical activistchess player

loss of personalitylack of carelack of sociabilitylack of communicationcommunicating with voicesalienation

the journey of recovery

Gordon’s book

Matt’s Play

Jane’s iMAC & hope

Jane’s digital photography Charitable grant applications RL Glasspool, Matthew Trust &

Clapham Relief Fund Several refusals Photographing hope?

Support along the way

Expert Financial Local Service user

Summary

Recovery zeitgeist Approach is evolving Whose recovery is it anyway? Partnership model “Coping with your illness and

trying to have a meaningful life.” Gordon McManus (2008).

Questions & discussion.