As new to my post as Activities Co-ordinator, I am working directly with people living with mild to serve mental health conditions. It is vitial I am able to understand and implement effectively on improving the physical health outcomes for people living with mental health conditions.
I believe every person under the Mental Health Service should expect to receive an effective assessment and monitoring of their physical health needs. I would like to be able to understand how I can support people to improve their physical health and how to have a positive impact on their personal recovery journeys.
Conferences and training in this area are scarce on the Isle of Man this makes it difficult to network and gain valuable experience from leading trusts already established in this field. …show more content…
To my knowledge, I am the only employee in the service working directly with patients in physical activity at present. It is essential I am given the opportunity to attend such events in order to increase my skill set and which will in enturn ensure quality care is being delivered in this area.
As the Department looks to develop a Physical Health Strategy for people suffering with mild to serve mental health conditions, I have been tasked to develop a physical health programme which will inevitably tie in with this strategy. This is something I could help contribute to when developing a frame work if appropriate to do
I believe every person under the Mental Health Service should expect to receive an effective assessment and monitoring of their physical health needs. I would like to be able to understand how I can support people to improve their physical health and how to have a positive impact on their personal recovery journeys.
Conferences and training in this area are scarce on the Isle of Man this makes it difficult to network and gain valuable experience from leading trusts already established in this field. …show more content…
To my knowledge, I am the only employee in the service working directly with patients in physical activity at present. It is essential I am given the opportunity to attend such events in order to increase my skill set and which will in enturn ensure quality care is being delivered in this area.
As the Department looks to develop a Physical Health Strategy for people suffering with mild to serve mental health conditions, I have been tasked to develop a physical health programme which will inevitably tie in with this strategy. This is something I could help contribute to when developing a frame work if appropriate to do