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We’ve just heard that SSOTP will not be renewing their agreement with SSSFT LKS for library services for this financial year. Because of this we will be reviewing our Be Aware bulletins. Sadly we won’t be accepting any new sign-ups from SSOTP staff and will be withdrawing some of the physical healthcare bulletins that we…
Some exciting examples of how person centred care looks in practice from around the globe, following the International Conference for Integrated Care in Dublin.
South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has recruited eight band 4 associate practitioners – the first of its kind in mental health services.
The team will work across forensic and Wakefield adults of working age services, creating a quality career pathway across health care support worker roles.
The projects, one which looks at managing physical healthcare problems for mental health patients, and the other, an online training package for health professionals to help improve the care planning process, have both been given the accolade ‘highly commended’.
Dr Jaspreet Phull, has developed an interactive app for service users to complete, which includes a questionnaire relating to their physical healthcare needs. This enables mental health professionals to have a full picture of the kind of care plan required for patients accessing mental health services.
Come and visit our first pop-up library at Severn Fields, Shrewsbury 19th July 11.00am-3.00pm. Join the library, borrow and return books, get help finding information and evidence, set up an Athens account, find out what the library can do for you and your team.
NEP, supported by Essex County Council, will partner with charity Think Ahead to provide on-the-job training for highly-talented graduates and career-changers to become mental health social workers. The Think Ahead programme opened for applications last year and immediately became one of the country’s most competitive graduate career options, with more than 20 applicants for each place on the programme.
Two £25 vouchers are up for grabs in the library’s ‘Making the Most of Information’ survey.
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We're currently making some changes in the background of our email updates to solve some problems we've been having recently. During our testing phase this may automatically generate some alerts, which will show below, but you can ignore these! If all goes according to plan we will be resuming normal service in the next week…