Involvement Partner opportunities
Nottinghamshire Healthcare has an Involvement, Experience and Volunteering Strategy which sets out how we will ensure that we involve people, how we will listen to and act upon their views. It is really important that we understand what matters to people, what we are getting right and what needs to improve. You know what it’s like to receive care from our services (or you have supported someone who has). You can use your experiences to help us design, plan and change our services so that they deliver good care, to you, your loved ones and to future users of our services. By working together with you, we will make better decisions that lead to services that are more caring and better meet everyone’s needs.
How to Register your interest:
Below is a list of the current Involvement Partner opportunities that we have available for you to get involved in.
Details of how to register your interest is detailed in the role information next to ‘Get Involved!’ (Usually by clicking the link or by contacting the person detailed in the information by email or telephone).
Please note that if you are interested in more than one opportunity you only need to complete one form, however, please ensure you indicate on the form all of the opportunities you are interested in (The titles of roles are given in the descriptions).
If you have previously registered with us but are interested in a new role, please do not complete the registration form, contact us to discuss.
For further information about what is involved and how to become an Involvement Partner, click here for further information and how to register.
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Collaboration with MH:2K – (Suitable for ages 14 – 25)
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) collaboration with MH:2K (Youth Led group) to improve how we listen, involve and communicate with young people. The group brings together young people (14-24 years) in a relaxed and informal way: come and be involved to:
- Be part of a wider group working towards shared aims of improving how we listen to Young People who use CAMHS, Involve Young people in improving services and look at how we can improve the way we communicate and reach out to YP.
- Helping us reach out to more young people and gather their views
- Share your experience (you are welcome to share your experience of using CAMHS services, but only if this feels like something you are happy to do).
- Inform staff working in the trust of the recommendations
- Working together to help implement the changes
- Build your confidence
- Learn the skills of working together with other young people and staff to improve care
- Meet other young people who have had similar experiences.
Title: CAMHS MH:2K Involvement Group
When/How we meet: The group currently meets face to face monthly/bi-monthly on a Saturday.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: CAMHS MH:2K Involvement Group when asked).
CAMHS Participation Group – (Suitable for ages 14 – 25)
The CAMHS Participation Group brings together young people (14-24 years) in a relaxed and informal way to come and be involve to:
- Hear updates from YP involved in different projects.
- Hear about opportunities where you can get involved to co-design the development of CAMHS services (such as information development, service development).
- Plan awareness raising events such as Mental health weeks, Carers week, PRIDE, Black History month etc.
- Share your experience (you are welcome to share your experience of CAMHS services, but only if this feels like something you are happy to do).
- Build your confidence.
- Learn the skills of working together with other young people and staff to improve care.
- Meet other young people who have had similar experiences.
Title: CAMHS Participation Group
When/how we meet: The group currently meets virtually (over MS Teams) monthly on a Wednesday 4:30 -5.30pm.
Who runs the group: The group is chaired by Elizabeth Allcock and Ann Incerti from the CAMHS Involvement Team.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: CAMHS Participation Group when asked)
Young Persons ‘Lets include, never exclude’ (LINE) Group – (Suitable for ages 14 – 25)
The Young person ‘Lets Include, Never Exclude’ (LINE) Equality and Diversity group is for young people (12-25 years) in a relaxed and informal way. The aims of the group is to:
- Look at all aspects of Equality and Diversity to ensure all young people are given equal opportunities and all young people feel welcome in CAMHS.
- Share your experience (you are welcome to share your experience of using CAMHS services, but only if this feels like something you are happy to do).
- build your confidence
- learn the skills of working together with other young people and staff to improve care
- meet other young people who have had similar experiences
Title: Young Person LINE E&D Group
When/how we meet: The group meets Tuesdays on MS teams 5:30 – 6:30 (Time tbc)
Who runs the group: The group is run by a CAMHS and Healthy family teams E&D champion.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: Young person LINE E&D Group when asked)
CAMHS Wellbeing Empowerment Hub – (Suitable for ages 14 – 25)
The Hub will offer a range of workshops aimed at people who are living with mental health challenges. Our workshops provide techniques that young people can take away with them and use in their daily lives to promote self-management and recovery, enabling personal development and the hope that taking control and self-management can bring.
This opportunity brings together young people (12-25 years) in a relaxed and informal way. Come and get involved to:
- Attend a training workshop in co-production
- Help us produce interesting workshops for young people
- Share your experience (you are welcome to share your experience of using CAMHS services, but only if this feels like something you are happy to do).
- build your confidence.
- learn the skills of working together with other young people and staff to improve care.
- meet other young people who have had similar experiences.
Title: CAMHS Wellbeing Empowerment Hub
When/how we meet: The group meets Wednesdays on MS teams 4:30 – 6pm
Who runs the group: The group is run by the Peer Development and the Wellbeing Empowerment Hub team
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: CAMHS Wellbeing Empowerment Hub when asked)
CAMHS MH:2K Transition group – (Suitable for ages 17 – 25)
The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Adult Mental Health partnership / collaboration with MH:2K (Youth Led group) is to improve Transitions and experience of care aged 17-25.
The group brings together young people (17-25 years) in a relaxed and informal way. The main purpose of the group is to:
- Be part of a wider group working towards shared aims of improving the experience for young people transitioning from CAMHS to adult mental health (AMH) services, or coming into services a young adult.
- Helping us reach out to more young people and gather views and experiences
- Share your experience (you are welcome to share your experience of using CAMHS AMH services, but only if this feels like something you are happy to do).
- Inform staff in the trust of the recommendations
- Working all together to help implement the changes
- build your confidence
- learn the skills of working together with other young people and staff to improve care
- meet other young people who have had similar experiences
Title: CAMHS / AMH MH:2K Transitions group
When/how we meet: The group currently meets face to face monthly bi/monthly on a Saturday
Who runs the group: The group is run by MH:2K (youth group) in partnership with CAMHS and AMH involvement and the Trust involvement, experience and volunteering (IEV) team.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: CAMHS Transition Group when asked)
Patient Information Group
The Patient Information Group began in 2018 and is a regular project group comprised of Involvement Partners and staff. The group meets regularly to work on various projects and requests to help transform information that is provided to patients, carers and staff into something understandable and useful.
Examples of what the group does:
- Review information that the Trust sends out to patients
- Compile patient leaflets
- Give feedback about Service changes
- Advise on the wording of important Trust announcements
Title: Patient Information Group
When/how we meet: The group currently meets virtually (over MS Teams). We meet every Tuesday starting at 10.30 until 12.
Who runs the group: The group is chaired by Lyndsy Jones, Volunteer Support Officer lyndsy.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: Patient Information Group when asked)
SEED (Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder) Focus Group – Service User
You are invited to take part in the severe and enduring eating disorder (SEED) pathway focus group as someone who has a unique insight and a valuable contribution to the development of our service. The focus group aims to review and support the development of this pathway in collaboration with NEDS (Nottinghamshire Eating Disorder Service) service users and their carers.
NEDS would like to share the current pathway proposal with you and invite your thoughts and feedback. You will be sent a copy of the proposed pathway to review before we meet.
When you come to the focus group, you will meet with a small group of service users and NEDS facilitators. The facilitators will ask questions about your thoughts on the pathway, the language used, what you think the pathway ‘gets right’ and where you think it might need altering or amending. We want the focus group to be a space where there may be different thoughts and views, but all those views can be captured and used to inform the pathway. Feedback from the group will then be shared with NEDS.
What the group will do:
- Share thoughts and views on the pathway proposal.
- Discuss the language used around SEED
- Work collaboratively to shape the future of eSEffective care
Title: Seed Focus Group (Service User)
How/When: The group will meet face to face at Duncan Macmillan House Involvement Hub from September 2023
Who runs the group – The group will be chaired by two Nottinghamshire Eating Disorder Service clinicians.
NEDS Contact: For further information contact Jos Mayfield – jocelyn.mayfield@nottshc.nhs.uk
Criteria: You must be a current NEDS service user to take part in the focus group.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: SEED Focus Group (Service User) when asked).
SEED (Severe and Enduring Eating Disorder) Pathway Focus Group – (Carers/Family members)
You are invited to take part in the severe and enduring eating disorder (SEED) pathway focus group as someone who has a unique insight and a valuable contribution to the development of our service as a carer. The focus group aims to review and support the development of this pathway in collaboration with NEDS service users and carers.
NEDS would like to share the current pathway proposal with you and invite your thoughts and feedback. You will be sent a copy of the proposed pathway to review before we meet.
When you come to the focus group, you will meet with a small group of our service users’ family members and carers alongside our NEDS facilitators. The facilitators will ask questions about your thoughts on the pathway, the language used, what you think the pathway ‘gets right’ and where you think it might need altering or amending. We want the focus group to be a space where there may be different thoughts and views, but all those views can be captured and used to inform the pathway. Feedback from the group will then be shared with NEDS.
What the group will do:
- Share thoughts and views on the pathway proposal.
- Discuss the language used around SEED.
- Work collaboratively to shape the future of effective care.
When/how we meet: The group will meet face to face at Duncan MacMillan House Involvement Hub from September 2023
Who runs the group: The group will be chaired by two Nottinghamshire Eating Disorder Service
NEDS Contact: Jos Mayfield jocelyn.mayfield@nottshc.nhs.uk
Criteria: Those with lived experience of caring for someone with a severe and enduring eating disorder who has received treatment under NEDS.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: NEDS SEED Pathway Focus Group (Carers/Family members) when asked.
Title: Seed Focus Group (Service User)
How/When: The group will meet face to face at Duncan Macmillan House Involvement Hub from September 2023
Who runs the group – The group will be chaired by two Nottinghamshire Eating Disorder Service clinicians.
For further information contact Jos Mayfield – jocelyn.mayfield@nottshc.nhs.uk
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: SEED Focus Group (Service User) when asked).
Story Shop
The Story Shop is for people with lived experience and carers to share their story with medical students (Junior Doctors) to give them a more realistic understanding of mental health and the factors affecting it. This helps to contribute to their training and education as well as an opportunity to challenge some of the stigma around the topic of mental health. Story Shop Involvement Partners are asked to tell their story to small groups of students as part of their training and answer any questions from that group. The session is a structured part of the medical student’s educational course and has a direct influence on junior medical staff and professionals entering the healthcare field. We are currently looking to increase the amount of people sharing their stories and would like to invite those with the following experience to join us:
- Eating disorders
- Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services
Please note that to participate you could be the patient who has experienced any of these services, but also you may be the carer/parent of someone who has.
Title: Story Shop
When/how we meet: Each session takes place over the course of one day (Friday), with a morning and afternoon session. There are six weeks between each Story Shop and there are five in total each year. The next intake will commence in February 2023. You will be given support to prepare your story beforehand and there will be support on the day.
Who runs the group: Medical Education Staff Team: Julie Rastall and Gemma Ayer, Maxine Parr Involvement Support Officer (maxine.parr@nottshc.nhs.uk) and Lyndsy Jones, Involvement Project Lead (lyndsy.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk). All the staff members above will be able to offer support to you during the preparation of your story and the confidence to deliver it. Julie and Gemmel will be with you each time you attend a session.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: Story Shop when asked)
Mental Health Services for Older People Involvement Group
The groups purpose is to provide some lived experience to discussions about the Older People’s Mental Health Services (MHSOP). This could be experience of yourself or a friend or family member.
The aim of the meetings are to:
- Bring service user and carer voice into decision making in Mental Health Services for Older People.
Skills required:
- Participate in discussions
- Actively listen and have the ability to share personal experiences when relevant.
Title: Member of Older People’s Mental Health Improvement Group
How/When we meet: Once a month, currrently online.
Who runs the group: The group is co-chaired hosted by Sharon Howe, Kylie Galloway and Lyndsy Jones. For further information contact lyndsy.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: MHSOP Involvement Group when asked).
Interviews
At Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust, we value the voice of service users and carers / family members and friends in the recruitment of staff.
You will receive some basic instructions on how the recruitment process works within the Trust.
Skills required:
- Be confident in speaking and asking questions to candidates in an interview panel setting (this can be face to face or via MS Teams)
- Be able to create open, value and recovery based questions
- Understand the importance of confidentiality, inclusivity and equal opportunity.
You will receive some basic instructions on how the recruitment process works within the Trust.
Title: Interview Panel
How/When: Interview panels can happen face to face or via MS Teams. You will be contacted when we have been asked to provide someone on a panel with relevant dates/times to see if you are available.
For more information please contact Lyndsy Jones – lyndsy.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: Interview Panel when asked).
Carer’s Connect Network
The Carers Connect Network (CCN) is a forum for carers, families, friends, staff and partnership organisations who work with carers. We always welcome new carers getting involved either at the meetings every other month and/or by responding to and being aware of opportunities. The CCN aims to improve how the Trust involves, supports and communicates with carers. It’s a chance to influence how we work together, get involved in projects, add your voice and share good practice or just hear the latest news.
For more information, see our dedicated Carer’s Connect Network page.
Title: Carer’s Connect Network
How/When: Bi-monthly using Microsoft Teams.
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: Carer’s Connect Network when asked).
Mental Health Services for Older People – Co-production of sexual safety training
We are looking at developing a coproduced training package for our ward staff within MHSOP and would welcome your help with this, especially if you have had lived experience as a service user or carer in this area within the last five years.
This will be a case-based scenario training which will give examples of sexual safety issues in relation to patient, carers and staff, so that staff are able to manage situations appropriately and increase their skills and knowledge around care planning and risk assessments.
Factoring in patient and carers experiences on sexual safety within inpatient settings and to make these discussions part of everyday practice
Skills required:
- Participate in discussions
- Actively listen and can share personal experiences when relevant
Title: MHSOP Sexual Safety Training
How/When: The group will meet every fortnight – face to face – exact dates and times to be confirmed
The project is run by Louise Page. For more information, please contact Louise – louise.page@nottshc.nhs.uk
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: MHSOP Sexual Safety Training when asked).
ARMS Focus Group
We would like Service Users and family members to join us to discuss the ARMS pathway within Early Intervention in Psychosis – EIP. Having experience of psychosis makes you the experts to help us develop information for service users and their families. To this we will hold a focus group. A Focus Group is a small group discussion guided by a facilitator, used to learn more about opinions and experiences on a designated topic, and then guide future actions and practice.
This will be a one-off event that you can attend in person to work collaboratively with other service users, families, and staff to co-produce literature /information that will be given to people who are referred to EIP and the ARMS pathway.
Title: At Risk Mental State: ARMS Focus Group
How/When: The focus group will take place on Thursday 22nd June 2023 1pm – 3pm face to face at The Involvement & Volunteering Hub Duncan Macmillan House, Porchester Road Mapperley Nottingham NG3 6AA
Who runs the group: Krystle Thomas (EIP Family Interventions Lead)
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: At Risk Mental State Arms Focus Group when asked).
ARFID Pathway Involvement Group
We would like to bring patients, parents and carers together to share their experiences of living with / supporting patients with ARFID. The purpose will be to learn from their experiences, understand how they would like to access and experience care in the future and ask their help in shaping the design of the pathway.
Skills required:
- Participate in discussions via email or via an online focus group.
Title: ARFID Pathway Involvement Group
How/When: Monthly for approximately 3/6 months, in person or online
For more information please contact Lyndsy Jones, Involvement Project Lead – lyndsy.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk
Get Involved! If you would like to join this group as an Involvement Partner, please register here (entering the title: ARFID Pathway Involvement Group when asked).
Patient and Public Involvement with the Institute of Mental Health
The Institute of Mental Health is a partnership between Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Nottingham.
The Institute brings together:
- healthcare staff
- academics
- Administration and support
to lead mental health research designed to improve diagnosis, treatment, and care.
The Institute was founded in 2006 with a goal of bringing research knowledge and evidence into the NHS.
Patient and public involvement (PPI) has always added value and improvement to our research, teaching, conferences, publications and the delivery of high-quality, evidenced-informed care. People have become involved with the Institute through both formal and informal opportunities.
We have Public Contributors involved in all aspects of our work:
- Delivering conference presentations to disseminate the findings of the research
- Co-authoring academic papers
- Public Contributors as named co-applicants within funding applications
- Public Contributors sitting on project management groups
- Public Contributors sitting on the recruitment and selection panels that appoints staff to work within the Institute
- Conducting data collection interviews with research participants
- Facilitating focus groups and collaborative working on data analysis
We have established an advisory group to oversee patient and public involvement within the Institute of Mental Health alongside research and project specific groups.
The Public Advisory Group constitution can be found on the Institute of Mental Health website https://institutemh.org.uk/images/PPI_Constitution_Oct_21.pdf and current opportunities to get involved in projects and groups can be found here https://www.institutemh.org.uk/involvement/opportunities-in-public-and-patient-involvement
For further information, visit Involvement at the Institute of Mental Health