Changing The Care Services Improvement Partnership
Interviews for the NSIP Service User and Carers Reference Group
The National Social Inclusion Programme has just completed the first round of interviews for the NSIP Service User and Carers Reference Group and there are still eight places available.
If you know of anyone who may be interested please forward them this link to the advert on the NSIP website:
http://www.socialinclusion.org.uk/home
Calling all Occupational Therapists working across mental health
Here is the first newsletter of the national moving people campaign (1.32MB 
*) hopefully many of you know about it and may have indeed have seen the first edition our PRO Exec Graeme Smith is linking up the specialist
section mental health with the campaign, its an ideal opprtunity for
occupational therapists to develop projects with their service users and
carers to combat mental health Stigma and discrimination, mid June sees
the call for applications for funding to develop and sustain such
projects, each region has its own moving people lead and can help
support project ideas etc and the Regional Leads can bring projects and
connect them up across the country. The news page on our own COTSSMH
will bring you updates and provide links to the moving people campaign
Also there is currently a moving people brand live survey on www.movingpeople.org.uk which you as well as service users and carers can contribute to and have your say about the new moving people brand.
CPAA Calendar Competition
The CPAA are producing a 2009 calendar and are looking for 13 designs, one for each month of the year, and one for the cover.
A prize will be awarded to each of the winners.
The prize will be £35.00 of artist materials, 5 copies of the calendar and a years free subscription to the CPAA's journal 'The Approach'.
Information and entry form (251KB *)
Debt and mental health
Mind week 2008 - 10-17 May
- Read the report
- How to get involved
- Read about people's experiences
- The Money and mental health website
- Mind awards
- Mind week events
- Contact the Campaigns team
Our research In the red: debt and mental health shows that debt is not just a financial problem but can have a serious impact on a person's mental health in terms of anxiety and stress, depression, self-harm and suicidal thoughts, as well as adding to wider social exclusion problems.
This year's Mind week campaign will highlight the need for better support and services by financial service companies, banks and local authority collection departments for people with mental health problems and debt difficulties.
Mind week news:
The Association of Occupational Therapists in Mental Health (AOTMH)
Formed in 1994 as a Specialist Section of the College of Occupational Therapists. It became a branch of the College of Occupational Therapists in 2006 and is now know as the College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section - Mental Health.The COT Specialist Section - Mental Health aims to promote and develop occupational services in all areas of mental health by providing support, advice and encouragement to those working as occupational therapists or who are associated with occupational therapy.
- We emphasise a holistic approach towards clients with mental health problems.
- We exchange, share and disseminate information via magazine, study days and informal networks.
- We provide a variety of continuing professional development opportunities for occupational therapists in mental health practice.
The College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section – Mental Health is co-ordinated by an elected executive committee with delegated officers and specialist representatives.
| Executive Committee | |
|---|---|
| Julie Carr | Chair |
| Naomi Hankinson | Vice Chair |
| Rachel Barker | Secretary |
| Rachel Christian-Edwards | Treasurer |
| Kee Hean Lim | Education Officer |
| vacancy | Public Relations Officer |
| Alison Meiklejohn | Scottish Sub Group Chair |
| Supplementary Members of Committee: | |
| Cathy Ormston | Community representative |
| Vacancy | Forensic representative |
| Sam Dewis | In-patient representative |
| Ann Forsyth | Homelessness and substance misuserepresentative |
| Co-opted Members: | |
| Jane Clewes | Editor of MHOT magazine |
| Alison Micklejohn | PRO |
| Mark Spybey | Forensic |
| Vacancy | Student representative |
| Anne Cornell | Older Person Mental Health representative |
| Hilary Lewis | Psychological aspects of physical illnesses representative |
| Vacancy | Child & Adolescent Mental Health representative |
| Laura Lock | Chair of Eating Disorders SIG |
If you are interested in seeking election to any of the vacant posts, please contact the chair, Julie Carr(tel: 01422 433835), for details of job description and election process.
Committee vacancies
Nominations are invited for several posts on the committee.
Contact details
Artem Gromov
The College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section - Mental Health
106-114 Borough High Street
London SE1 1LB
Email: ssmembership.administration@cot.co.uk
Tel: 020 7450 5477
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