HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS SERVICE

1. HERTFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT WORKERS SERVICE

2. Aims of presentation Gain an understanding of Community Development Workers role, the aims and objectives. Gain an understanding of the ways Community Development Workers can support Services.

3. Delivering Race Equality & New Horizons Department of Health Agenda 2005-2010 Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care (DRE) is an Action Plan for achieving equality and tackling discrimination in Mental Health Services. Department of Health Agenda 2010-2020 New Horizons New Horizons is a comprehensive programme of action for improving the mental well-being of the population and the services that care for people with poor mental health by 2020.

4. What does a Community Development worker do? A community development worker works with communities and a range of agencies in order to collectively bring about social change and improve quality of life.

5. Social Change Diagram

6. Learning & Education as positive change We aim to empower communities by providing them with the skills and knowledge they need to improve their wellbeing. Community Development is about influencing power structures to remove barriers that prevent people from participating in the issues that affect their lives, through education and continuous learning.

7. Values of CDW Fairness Equality Accountability Opportunity Choice Participation Acceptability Respect Continuous Learning EDUCATION EMPOWEREMENT

8. CDWs work as… • Change Agents • Service Developers • Access Facilitators • Capacity Builders

9. CDWs work with…. • Local communities • Voluntary & Community Organisations • Statutory Services

10. CDWs aim to… • Help to tackle discrimination and improve access to Mental Health services for BME & other ‘hard to reach’ communities. • Empower communities by identifying their needs, opportunities, rights & responsibilities; working with them to recognise and plan what they want to achieve & take appropriate action.

11. CDWs aim to… • Act as facilitators to promote self-help and sustainability in the community. • Work with service user representatives to ensure needs are met in a pluralistic model.

12. CDWs aim to… • Raise awareness and provide information about Mental Health issues & services to reduce stigma, via meetings, forum, events, etc. • Promote partnerships/collaboration between organisations to fill in gaps in service provision.

13. CDWs aim to… • Act as consultants to up skill front line workers & organisations. • Influence commissioning; through mapping & evidence based reports raising awareness from a micro to a macro level. • Have a Mental Health resource provision for all residents of Hertfordshire.

14. How can we help YOU? S I G N P O S T I N G

15. How can we help YOU? • Listen to your comments about the Mental Health services to identify gaps in service provision • Identify training & development needs • Organise & support promotional events & forums

16. CDW Projects There are 10 Community Development Workers engaged with various different projects in Hertfordshire. For more information about other CDW Services in Hertfordshire or Projects contact: Senior Community Development Worker Sachdev Seyan sachdev.seyan@hertspartsft.nhs.uk Or Telephone 01707 363 458 If you have a query or need to be signposted please email : Samantha.Slaytor@hertspartsft.nhs.uk Or Telephone 01727 829 496 SabrinaRobinson@HertsMindNetwork.org Or Telephone 08444 77 22 12 Community Development Workers are strategic members of staff and do not offer clinical support.

17. Thank You Everyone for Listening