Service User Role Description
Mental Health Legislation Programme
The Care Services Improvement Partnership (CSIP) has been commissioned by the Department of Health to support the implementation of the Mental Health Act 2007.
We are committed to ensuring that service users are given good quality, easily accessible and understandable information about mental health law and are involved as an integral part of this programme. It is our belief that in order to provide the opportunity to influence the programme during the course of the implementation of new legislation, service users who provide credible and constructive inputs to the programme are those with personal experience of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Essential:
- Personal experience of detention under the Mental Health Act 1983 within the last 3 years
- Able to demonstrate a good understanding of the impact of mental health legislation upon ethnic minorities
- Willingness to work as part of a National multi disciplinary implementation group.
- Will recognise the validity of other people’s values, knowledge and experience.
- Appreciate the ultimate aim of the programme which is to support successful implementation of the Mental Health Act 2007.
What we can offer:
- Work experience in health service development
- Support and personal development
- Opportunity to influence the development of new MH Legislation and future practice
- Insight into the development of health and social care policy and practice
- Expenses
- Refernces