AMPH

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AMPH

• Development pathways for Mental Health
  Professionals Preparation for AMHP Training

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Session Outline
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Setting the context

• Jason Brandon

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ASW (Approved Social Worker)
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AMHP(Approved Mental Health Professional)
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GSCC Guidance
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AMHP - Entry requirements
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AMHP Preparation and Pathway
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Challenges
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Meeting the challenge

• Barbara Evans

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Partner Authorities
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Commissioning Workshop28th April 2008

• Workshop to explore the implications of the
  higher specialist award in MH for local
  authorities
• Participants
• Partner Authorities
• Bournemouth University
• Presentation
• Where are we now?

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Areas of Inquiry
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Areas of Inquiry
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Areas of Inquiry
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Areas of Inquiry
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Joint Working Agreed Actions
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Follow up workshop 3rd October 2008

• Three work streams reported
• Define role / minimum standards for mentors -
  Southampton
• Working with practice assessors to increase
  number of placements / improve standards
  -Bournemouth
• Common preparation pathway for Social workers and
  non-social workers - Hampshire
• Further meetings to continue the work agreed
  
  

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CPSP Proposal

• The proposal is to provide taught material and
  support to course participants. Trainers would
  include service users, carers and other external
  providers, whilst retaining Bournemouths
  assessment framework.
• The course would run for 6 days for social
  workers with an additional days for non-social
  work trained staff

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Current Situation
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Delivering the solution?

• Esther Hack

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What do the 3 challenges mean?
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Framework for addressing the challenges
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Course content
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Course Content Contd
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Imbalance of power
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Balance of power
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Arnstein (1969) and Pilgrim Rogers (1999) Uses
three distinct conceptions of user involvement as
recipients, subjects of consultation and agents
in control. They suggest that user involvement
within mental health services operates at four
levels
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Service User Experts

• By definition, no one else, no matter how well
  trained or qualified, can possibly have had the
• These experiences are an important resource that
  can help to improve individual packages of care
  as well as services generally

Same journey through the mental health system
Same experience of the onset of mental illness
The same initial contact with services
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Tensions in marrying service user involvement and
framework and requirements
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Feedback
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Feedback
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Reflection in small groups
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