Commitment 1
"We will develop a tool to assess the degree to which organisations and programmes meet our expectations in respect of equality, social inclusion, recovery and rights. The tool will be piloted in 2007 and be in general use by 2010."
DFMH sets out a commitment to develop a tool to assess how closely organisations and programmes meet our expectations in respect of equality, social inclusion, recovery and rights. Rights Relationships and Recovery: the report of the Mental Health Nursing Review in Scotland made a similar commitment.
What is the tool and what is it based on?
A group of stakeholders have met to develop a tool for Scotland called the Scottish Recovery Indicator. This is based on the ROPI assessment tool which was developed by Anthony Mancini and colleagues following an extensive research, consultation and testing process. 1 Initial work led by the Scottish Recovery Network also supported this as a good starting point for the development of a tool.
What will it be used for?
We intend that this tool will be used to help service providers assess and consider their practice in a supportive way to promote an orientation towards recovery.
Current Position
Four areas of Scotland, who were working on Recovery Projects in relation to the Leadership Programme, were invited to pilot the SRI. These are Tayside (Angus), Forth Valley, Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Ayrshire and Arran. Lanarkshire and Moray also joined the pilot.
A methodology was developed for collecting the data and all areas were offered training in the process, with some ongoing support.
The areas chose a range of services in which to pilot the SRI such as day services, CMHTs and inpatient wards, including a number of specialisms including forensic, older people and learning disability.
Greater Glasgow and Clyde were interested to test its relevance for diverse groups and undertook additional work with ethnic minority groups and the deaf community to see if it needs further adaptation.
An evaluation of the pilot was commissioned by competitive tendering and awarded to the Scottish Development Centre.
Next Steps
The results of the evaluation and early ideas regarding adaptation, refinement and development of the tool will be presented at a national conference to be held in late Spring/early Summer
For further information please contact Linda Reid or Simon Bradstreet.
References
1 Mancini, A.D & Finnerty, M.T (2005) "Recovery Orientated Practices Index" (unpublished) New York State Office of Mental Health.