Module HEAS42115: WORKING STRATEGICALLY WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS

Department: Health [Queen's Campus, Stockton]

HEAS42115: WORKING STRATEGICALLY WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS

Prerequisites

• None.

Corequisites

• None.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• To equip students with the skills to work in partnership with service users in the development of mental health services and research.

Content

• Recovery model and values.
• User led care planning.
• Involving service users in service delivery and evaluation.
• Involving service users in research.
• Accessing community resources and community networking.

Learning Outcomes

• By the end of module students will have developed a critical understanding of:
• The Recovery model as an alternative to an illness model of mental distress.
• Key concepts that support service user involvement in service development and research including citizenship, empowerment, social inclusion, participatory action research and emancipatory research.
• How service users access community resources and develop support networks.
• How to work in partnership with service users and their networks to develop mental health services and research.

• Students will have gained skills in:
• Promoting services underpinned by the Recovery model and a person centred value base.
• Involving service users in care planning, service delivery and evaluation.
• Involving users in the design and implementation of mental health research.

• After successfully completing this module students will have :
• The capacity for sustained independent work and learning at an advanced level and the ability to learn through reflection on practice and experience.
• The capacity for sustained interprofessional learning and work at an advanced level and the ability to learn through reflection on practice and experience.
• The ability to think independently, including problem-solving ability and the ability to discriminate and use judgement.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Action Learning Sets - Explore current theories regarding the Recovery model of mental distress citizenship, empowerment, social inclusion, participatory action research and emancipatory research - Examines different ways of working with service users from consultation through to shared control of service developments and research initiatives.
• Tutorials and seminars - Allow students to work through concepts in more detail, providing both teacher and peer led input, promoting discussion and developing the interdisciplinary communication and working skills.
• Structured reading - Allows students to pursue topics in greater detail enabling both familiarity with key texts and a deeper understanding of the subject knowledge generally.
• Case studies/role plays/simulation games - Provide real life examples that are discussed, analysed and sometimes role-played to assist students to arrive at new insights into the innovative ways in which service users can be included in the development of services as experts via their experience in the care they receive and the services they access.
• Independent study, research and analysis - Focuses student knowledge more deeply by pursuing aspects of the module that are of special interest to themselves and exploring specific applications in their field of study.
• Essay assessment will test students’ critical knowledge and understanding of models and methods for involving service users in mental health services and research, their ability to argue coherently and communicate effectively in writing, and to reflectively assess their proficiency in thinking through relevant issues.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

A 1000 word strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats analysis of the ways in which service users are currently involved in strategic developments within a mental health organisation and an action plan for improvement.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University