Service users’ perspective of a self-management Group
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Service users’ perspective on the effectiveness of a self-management group within a forensic mental health setting: Promoting service user involvement in writing their own Care & Treatment Plans.
IRAS ID
207724
Contact name
Huw Evans
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Healthboard, Research & Development Deparment
Duration of Study in the UK
2 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
The purpose of the study is to discover Service users’ perspective on the effectiveness of a self-management group within a forensic mental health setting and to ascertain how well it prepares them to contribute to their own Care & Treatment Plans.
The Welsh Mental Health Measure (2010)
The Welsh Mental Health Measure (2010) stipulated that from June 2012 every service user within secondary mental health services must have a “Care and Treatment Plan (CTP)”. The Measure requires there to be a care and treatment plan for service users of all ages who have been assessed as requiring care and treatment within secondary mental health services.The Self Management Group
The self-management group is an 8 week group that runs three times a year. Topics covered in the group include information and strategies to deal with:
• Accommodation
• Education and training
• Finance and money
• Medical and other forms of treatment, including psychological interventions
• Parenting or caring responsibilities
• Personal care and physical wellbeing
• Social, cultural and spiritual
• Work and occupation
A comprehensive delivery pack is provided at the start of the Self Management Group and the Service Users who participate can be awarded a nationally recognised certificate from Agored Cymru.REC name
Wales REC 7
REC reference
16/WA/0196
Date of REC Opinion
29 Jun 2016
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion