I’d like to tell you about an exciting new blended leadership course that the ETF ELMAG 3 programme is offering between now and late March. It’s called “Breaking the Rules: An affirmative approach to mental health leadership”. I know you have lots of demands on your time, but I also know that if you vist this MHFE website it's becuase you want to make a difference aroudn mental health and wellbeing, i.e. you want to lead change. Well that's what this course is about.
In her FETL Fellowship 2018 report, Dragana Ramsden explores what improving mental health and wellbeing means for how adult community learning leaders engage in collaborative working with mental health services.
Part of the Back on Track box set, this video includes interviews with past students about how Back on Track helped their recovery by enabling them to acheive in learning.
This video is made available on our MHFE YouTube Channel with permission from the Highbury College/Headspace partnership that created Back on Track - thank you to Pam, Sue and the learners who share their stories.
‘Equality’ is an interesting term and it means different things to different people. It is often used in the ‘Equality and Diversity’ context. In which case, equality is not about treating everyone the same, but about putting people in a position where they have the same opportunities. However, a quick search of the word in a dictionary suggests ‘a state of being equal’ and uses language such as fairness, equitability, uniformity and even-handedness. I have been reflecting about what equality means for partnership working.
Handout listing key influencing factors for internal and external partnerships generated through the literature search undertaken as part of the Recipe for Success project work. This handout was sent to participating colleges along with a questionnaire.
Use it in conjunction with the questionnaire and recipe template as a tool for planning, team building, staff training or service review.
When the team at Hackney Community College won the Association of Colleges Beacon Award (2010) for Widening Participation for its work with students with mental health problems they decided to share their award with the sector by commissioning a guide to effective practice.
'Recipe for Success' is the result. It is a collection of 'recipes' gathered together from 6 general further education (FE) colleges with established provision to support students (and staff) in FE who have experience of mental health problems.
