Karen Cort

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• Karen Cort

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• Voices 4 Choices
• is a user led service set up for service
  users and ex service users of mental health or
  substance misuse services.

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• The purpose of the service is to encourage and
  enable people to become involved in the way
  mental health and substance misuse services are
  planned, commissioned, delivered and evaluated.

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Mission Statement
Voices 4 Choices seeks to enable people who use
or have used mental health, substance abuse and
other services, to have their say about those
services and so to contribute to service
improvement. The service will ensure that equal
opportunities are given to all those who want to
become involved.
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We have service users trained to

• Lead on Forums and Consultations
• Sit on interview panels
• Deliver training sessions on mental health and
  substance misuse issues
• Carry out service user led reviews and audits

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We have service users trained to

• Sit on commissioning and tendering panels
• Give presentations
• Campaign on local and national issues
• Set up internal service user groups

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Recent Work

• Voices 4 Choices Conference
• Crisis House in Nuneaton
• Campaign for beds in N. Warwickshire
• Working on a new model for N. Warwickshire