One Community Group Projects
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An Evaluation of the impact of Recovery-Based Projects on Mental Health Service Users' Journey to Recovery.
IRAS ID
295030
Contact name
Margaret Rioga
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Bucks New University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 7 months, 30 days
Research summary
Recovery is a strength focused model which means that it focuses on the persons’ area of interest and supports the person to develop and grow this area of interest so that they can achieve their personalized goals. The recovery model
works by supporting the person to identify their areas of strength and through gradual confidence building in the area of strengths this can then be extended to other areas of the person’s life.The One Community Group Projects (OCGPs) follows these principles by supporting adult service users from a serious mental illness journey to recovery by supporting and maintaining their mental wellbeing from hospital to living
in the community following discharge as inpatients. The OCGP also enable the co-production and development of tools, strategies to promote their independence and autonomy to aid their recovery alongside a variety of community partners. The projects are innovative and co-produced with service user ideas and partners. This study will review the effectiveness of these projects on service users’ recovery.
The OCGPs were inspired and co-produced by the Service User and Carer engagement Lead with the service users. The OCGPs consists of a Gardening Group, Well
Written Group, Well Read Group, Art and Mindfulness group, Beautiful People and the Nile Pyramid music studio Group.This study will invite service users and staff to explore their experiences of the OCGPs in telephone semi-structured interview and two online focus groups. Clinical and non-clinical colleagues at Central and North West London Foundation Trust and the views of a service users in a steering group established for this study, have informed the study design and conduct. Invitations to participate will be issued to eligible inpatient service users patients and those living in the community who are engaging in the OCGPs. The data will be collected and analysed using a qualitative method to evaluate the impact of the OCGPs on the recovery journey of the service users.
REC name
London - Surrey Borders Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
21/PR/0497
Date of REC Opinion
20 Jul 2021
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion