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Arts and Health Making it work

Arts and Health Making it work. Developing a thriving creative service within an uncreative organisatio n. Elaine Burke Arts & Health Consultant. Elaine Burke. Head of Art Therapy - Specialist Children’s Services. Arts and Health Manager. Hull Primary Care NHS Trust.

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Arts and Health Making it work

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  1. Arts and HealthMaking it work Developing a thriving creative service within an uncreative organisation Elaine Burke Arts & Health Consultant

  2. Elaine Burke Head of Art Therapy - Specialist Children’s Services Arts and Health Manager Hull Primary Care NHS Trust Humber Mental Health NHS Trust East Riding PCT Independent Consultant

  3. No budget Evidence - based

  4. Small beginnings….. 1 puppetry project in Children’s Services 10 projects, multi art-form aimed at a wide range of children Brochure produced, national distribution Big launch event at the City Hall

  5. …..led to great things • Arts and Health Manager • Senior manager, permanent post – a national first • Recurring Budget of £900,000 • Arts and Health team • 5 permanent full time project managers & up to 20 freelance artists

  6. Speak Out – suicide prevention, teenage boys • Pass it On – mental health services: older adults, young people with first episode psychosis, adults with learning disabilities, adult psychiatric secure unit • Boost – young offenders • Active Arts – adults with chronic depression • Platform – children in care • LIFT – arts within 8 new primary care buildings

  7. 3 types of project: Community ‘preventative’ model Projects with NHS service users Healthcare buildings Embedded within every aspect of the organisation

  8. …with music / drama / dance… It will never work…. …weird artists ….with adults …with older people ….in East Yorkshire ….in summer

  9. Demonstrate!

  10. Scaling up! Options

  11. Staff members

  12. I wish…. To be released into the community and be with my family and friends To have some money. Not a lot, just enough to see me through To have a nice car with self-filling fuel tanks For me and my girlfriend to get together and be happy To take my Mum and Dad for a slap up meal… …I went to Scotland and me and my friend and my family went to some place, which was called the Trout Ladder. As we walked over a little bridge the splashing of the rainwater hitting the sunshine made a beautiful rainbow. It was one of the best views I have ever seen. By Peter

  13. Evaluating everything…… ….yes, everything!

  14. Measure what you can measure... ...the rest is about quality of life indicators...

  15. 6 Month Evaluation Total young people engaged 70 Significant engagement (4 sessions +) 23 Highest number of sessions attended by individual client 40 Approx average length of session1.5 hours Approx total workshop hours 435 hours Total sessions booked 405 Number of sessions attended 290 Percentage of successful sessions 72% ’Unsuccessful sessions’ includes non-attendance (no valid reason and valid reason), double booking by other agencies, and other external factors. The percentage of unsuccessful sessions due solely to non-attendance with no valid reason is approx 20%.

  16. Qualitative Outcomes Increased confidence and self esteem – reported by self and evidenced by others Improved school, college, other training attendance Increased aspiration Wider social circle – greater social networks and support Reduced criminal activity – especially cycle of crime Home Office Review – excellent practice beacon status Programme links with Arts Award achievement – Gold, Silver, Bronze ‘Mainstreamed’ into YOT structure Arts/creativity as key delivery model

  17. Linking with Strategic Objectives

  18. Protective factors potentially influencing the development of mental health problems in individuals (particularly children) Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care 2000, Promotion, Prevention and Early Intervention for Mental Health – A Monograph,

  19. Management Structures Broker

  20. Celebrate!

  21. Feeding the media!

  22. Playing the long game

  23. Elaine Burke Arts and Health Consultant burke.elaine@gmail.com

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