Recovery College
Open Day
29th August 2014
Mersey Care Recovery College Aims
The Recovery College promotes an ethos of Hope, Control and
Opportunity to its students, aiming to inspire, recognise, develop
and celebrate their talents, skills rather than highlighting
problems.
We want people to develop expertise in their own recovery and
well-being and to live the best lives possible for them, regardless
of a condition.
We want to further break down barriers by developing and
delivering learning opportunities and courses by people with
lived experience and our staff and partners with professional
experience
Mersey Care Recovery College
What It Isn’t.
• A recovery college is not a day centre.
• Not a replacement for traditional therapies - courses should
complement and enhance traditional treatment and support.
• Students - Not service users or clients
• Not a prescriptive service - students enrol not referred.
• Not mandatory - you don’t have to go it’s the students choice
Mersey Care Recovery College
What Is It?
The Recovery College …
• Runs like any other college but provides education and learning
opportunities as a route to recovery, not as a form of therapy.
• Offers courses that are co-produced and co-delivered by people with
lived experience and by people with professional/technical expertise.
• Works closely with students to identify reasons why people stop
engaging in learning opportunities (Physical, Mental, Environmental
issues) and aims to reduce them.
• Is currently available to everyone in secondary care
services including family members, carers and staff.
Mersey Care Recovery College
What is Co-production?
Co-production is built on the understanding that public services are best
delivered ‘with’ and not ‘to’ people. Co-production demands a shift from ‘fixers’
whose role it is to focus on problems to ‘enablers’ who focus on strengths and
abilities.
NEF (New Economics Foundation), 2008
Co-production is the process where all courses and learning opportunities, from
the moment the idea is conceived to its actual delivery are developed and
produced by what we call; people with lived experience and our staff with
professional expertise.
It is the process of recognising that input from both parties is equally valuable to
the student.
This is not a tokenistic gesture, everything has to be 50-50 for this to work.
Mersey
Care Recovery College
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Where
Are We Now?
Official launch Sept 2013:
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50 courses in 9 venues – (non clinical)
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over 420 students enrolled
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Over 1,300 student face to face contacts
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The average number of students per course is 7
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81% of students attended after enrolment
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84% of those attending completed the full course
What students are saying?
The course’s content was relevant and reached my
expectations
93% agreed/strongly agreed
The course helped me set goals that are reasonable and
within reach
91% agreed/strongly agreed
I now feel more hopeful for the future as a result of this
course
86% agreed/strongly agreed
I feel I will be able to do the things I want to do in life as a
result of this course
79% agreed/strongly agreed
The tutors delivered the course at the right pace
93% agreed/strongly agreed
The tutors responded effectively to questions and individual
needs
96% agreed/strongly agreed
I found the booking procedure straight forward
96% agreed/strongly agreed
I intend to tell others that this course is worthwhile
90% agreed/strongly agreed
I found the length and frequency of the sessions about right
80% agreed/strongly agreed
Ian’s Journey
Beth’s Journey
Wayne’s
Journey
Break
Institute of Mental Health
Peer Support workers
Recovery College
In words and pictures!
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It’s better with a Book!
Questions & Answers
Thank You
Stuart Robinson
Recovery College Lead
stuart.robinson@merseycare.nhs.uk
Lynn King
Supporting Recovery & Well-being Lead
Allied Health Professions Lead
lynn.king@merseycare.nhs.uk
Recovery College
c/o Rathbone Library,
Rathbone Learning Suite, William House
Rathbone Hospital, Mill Lane, Liverpool
L13 4AW
Telephone: 0151 330 4140
E-mail: recovery.college@merseycare.nhs.uk
Twitter: RC_MerseyCare