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Frontenac Community Mental Health Services How to Embed Recovery Practices into Organizations Vicky Huehn, Alan Mathany, Jan Minaker September 21, 2010. Goals. Participants will gain knowledge concerning the beliefs and elements required to put recovery practices into place

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  1. Frontenac Community Mental Health ServicesHow to Embed Recovery Practices into OrganizationsVicky Huehn, Alan Mathany, Jan MinakerSeptember 21, 2010

  2. Goals Participants will gain knowledge concerning the beliefs and elements required to put recovery practices into place Participants will learn about the recovery culture Participants will have the opportunity to identify an element that can be developed in their own organization. .

  3. “Building on individuals’ strengths, Frontenac Community Mental Health Services supports recovery and community for persons with a mental illness and/or addiction.”Accredited through the Accreditation CanadaAffiliated with Department of Psychiatry - Queen’s University. Frontenac Community Mental Health Services .

  4. FCMHS Services ACTT Case Management Family Resource Centre Court Support Vocational Skills Residential Services Crisis Services .

  5. Primary Philosophy of Service The primary focus of the agency’s programs and services is one of recovery, based on the principles of psychosocial rehabilitation which highlight client choice, dignity, uniqueness and HOPE. .

  6. Recovery Culture Some examples: • Recovery represents a personal life journey • Goal is to be unique, awesome and not to replicated • People with a mental illness can live meaningful and productive lives. • Recovery calls for intertwining of essential services .

  7. How do we live out psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery in our organization? .

  8. Psychosocial RehabilitationPractice Standards and DefinitionsforRecovery-Orientated Serviceshttp://www.psrrpscanada.ca .

  9. Standard 1 – Delivery of Services and Supports • Standard 2 – Rights & Responsibilities • Standard 3 – Safety • Standard 4 – Individual, Family and Community Participation • Standard 5 – Promotion of Well being and Community Inclusion • Standard 6 – Acceptance of Diversity • Standard 7 – Working Together • Standard 8 – Organizational Governance and Management .

  10. How Does a recovery culture look? Mark Ragins, MD • Recovery Beliefs and Implementation • Belief that recovery with severe mental illness is possible • Belief in empowerment and self-determination. • Belief in Self-responsibility • Belief that people with severe mental illness contribute meaningfully to our world .

  11. Recovery Culturefor all members of the community:People in recovery, staff members, Board members, volunteers • Is welcoming widespread? • Is there evidence of charitable actions? .

  12. Are there ‘rules’ which are restrictive dependant upon a person’s choices i.e. refuse to attend a recommended group? • Is there safety for a person – is there dignity of risk philosophy? .

  13. Recovery Relationship and Leadership • Are relationships between everyone in the community highly valued? • Do people relate to each other as individuals or as an illness? • Barriers between all members of the community minimized? .

  14. Do people treat each other as they would like to be treated? • Does the program’s administration reflect recovery values? .

  15. Recovery Services • Does service focus on improving lives or treating illnesses? • Are services integrated? .

  16. Do services use recovery techniques, including psychosocial rehabilitation • Is the sense of community developed? .

  17. Tools • Self-assessment of staff competencies • Satisfaction surveys • Standards that reflect recovery • Capacity reviews • Other? .

  18. Frontenac Community Mental Health Services examples • Clinical .

  19. Frontenac Community Mental Health Services examples • Human Resources .

  20. Capacity Review • Delivery of Services and Supports • Rights & Responsibilities • Safety • Individual, Family and Community Participation • Promotion of Well being and Community Inclusion • Acceptance of Diversity • Working Together • Organizational Governance and Management .

  21. Assessment Activity • Organizational capacity – compared to desired state .

  22. Discussion • What are your opportunities? • How can you embed recovery practices? .

  23. Resources • T.Krupa, Clark. C: Using Tensions in Practice to Promote the Integration of Treatment and Rehabilitation in a Recovery-Orientated System. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 2: Fall 2009. • Putting Recovery Skills into Practice. A. Backs, Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation UMDNJ-SHRP: Self-Assessment for Wellness and Recovery – Core Staff Competencies • A. Hajes. What Works Well: Quality Attributes of Mental Health Service Systems. Report to the Mental Health Commission of Canada. February 2009 • M. Ragins. A Recovery Based Program Inventory .

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