Conference: Second Annual Recovery Conference: From Here To Recovery - Transforming The Journey

Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008; 9am-5pm

Venue: The NatWest Rowley Mile Racecourse, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 0TF

Organised by: Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Trust & University of Hertfordshire

Cost: £160

Details: The theme of this conference is employment as a vehicle to recovery - developing pathways back to work. It is about unpacking the reality of recovery and will explore what works, what the outcomes are together with the impact of employment on individual recovery.

It will cover developing evidence based pathways to work and contributions to the journey from users, carers and practitioners.

What is the conference about?
• Unpacking the reality of recovery
• What works & what are the outcomes – what is the evidence?
• The impact of employment on individual recovery
• Developing evidence based pathways to work
• Contributions to the journey from users, carers, practitioners and systems of care & support
• System and practice transformation to achieve recovery oriented and socially inclusive practice
• Best practice examples

Expert contributions include:
Helen Glover - International Consultant with lived experience of recovery, Australia
Geoff Shepherd - Professor, Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health, Kings College London, UK
Larry Davidson - Associate Professor and Director, Centre for Recovery, Yale University, USA
Paul O’Halloran – Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust, Lead for Recovery Based Services
Chris Munt & Jo Burnham-Lived Experience Consultants, Herts Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Shula Ramon – Professor, University of Hertfordshire, Centre for Mental Health Recovery
Jennette Fields – CSIP Programme Manager for Regional Employment Team

Who should attend the conference?
This conference seeks to bring together:
• Service Users and Carers
• Researchers and University Academics
• Mental Health Educators in Higher Education
• Social Workers and other Social Care Practitioners
• Occupational Therapists
• Mental Health Nurses
• Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Clinicians
• Acute Inpatient Clinicians
• Care Co-ordinators
• Psychiatrists
• Psychologists & Psychological Therapists
• Senior Managers
• Commissioners
• Strategic Service Planners and Policy Makers

Limited number of bursaries available for Service Users & Carers

Contact details: a.wigginton@herts.ac.uk
For booking form click here (pdf)
For conference flyer, click here (pdf)