This week we're joined by Hope, our Recovery College (RC) tutor, who shares some information on their upcoming summer timetable, what the Recovery College is and what inspired it, a bit about Hope's role in the RC, some of the new courses that are now available, including the living your best life course, and more.  Listen to the previous episode, focused on how to joining the Recovery College here https://open.spotify.com/episode/21HSofmWKJRmA4boNr5iUJ?si=1TRL8ftjS4a3erchlcAqUw Discovery College | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in ..read more

Today, Wayne and experts by experience come together to discuss lessons learnt from previous events the group have attended, past experiences, the growth of the veteran support services and what they've learnt since its beginning. They discuss the next steps for the group, the importance of involving everyone, connecting to veterans and their families and more. Learn more about the national Op COURAGE service here Mental health support for veterans, service leavers and reservists - NHS (www.nhs.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

In this episode we’re joined by a range of staff from NSFT and service users who are sharing their lived experience to help our Safewards project. The episode focuses on the Safewards Quality Improvement (QI) project, in particular: what it is, the model of care and what it means, how it fits into safewards, Safewards intervention measures, why we’re implement safewards, the collaboratives approach and more.  Get involved with QI by emailing: QIteam@nsft.nhs.uk  Learn more about Model of Care by emailing: moc@nsft.nhs.uk  Learn more about the national Safewards project here: s ..read more

 This week we've been joined by Andrea and Liv who talk about what's involved in participation, how Liv got involved in participation, how it helped build her confidence and the benefits she's experienced.    Liv shares her journey from service user to participation to a Peer Support Worker at NSFT as well as more information about participation.   Quoted links are below:   Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/participation Young People's Participation webpage - https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/young-peoples-participation Current opportunities to get involved - https ..read more

Warning - this episode contains discussion on the topic of self-harm and suicide   We're joined by Catherine and Jamie who discuss their new pilot, which is made to support parents and carers whose young people are at risk of suicide or self-harm. If you would like to support the team with the project, contact them on Steppingbacksafely@nsft.nhs.uk    Learn more about the CAIST team here Service details | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Today we're joined by Sarah and Andrea who share a bit about some of the volunteering roles at NSFT, registering your interest for volunteering roles, the support available to our volunteers, why people volunteer a bit more about the volunteering process and more!   Learn more about volunteering: Volunteers | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS   Contact Sarah by emailing: volunteer@nsft.nhs.uk   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

*Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion on the subject of suicide*   Today we’re joined by Wayne, Keith, Dave and Mick who discuss their experiences of transitioning into civilian society and the difficulties this has brought, support the team provide and the group have accessed and the importance of the NSFT’s Veteran’s wellbeing group and more.   Information on Op Courage can be viewed here: Service details | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Information if you are experiencing a mental health crisis Help in a crisis | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Informati ..read more

This week we're joined by the Particip8 team, who discuss mental health and disability, sharing the effects that different types of disabilities can have on mental health, as well as some misconceptions of how they can affect each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

Today we're joined by the Psychology in Schools team, as Beth, Emily and Faye discuss social media and mental health and how parents and carers can support their children with the difficult aspects of social media. Learn more about the team here: Search | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Look at parent workshops, made by the Psychology in Schools team here: Parent workshops | Norfolk and Suffolk NHS (nsft.nhs.uk) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more

This week, we’re joined by Vicki (AHP Rehab Lead), Annabel (NSFT Service User and volunteer) and Lily-Rose (Annabel’s dog!). The team share the work they're doing together to support service users, REST and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information ..read more