Steps to Recovery GroupInformation for service users, families and carers
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Steps to Recovery Group
Howarth House
Brinsworth Lane
Brinsworth
Rotherham
S60 5BX
Tel: 01709 302902
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Recovering from mental health difficulties is a personal and unique journey
for each individual.
Steps to Recovery Group
The group is designed to encourage people to consider their own personal
steps towards recovery.
The group will:
• Support four to six individuals who have experienced mental health
difficulties.
• Encourage you to understand your recovery from mental health
difficulties.
• Help you to discover your identity and focus on seeing yourself as a
person, rather than someone with mental health difficulties.
The group meets:
• Once a week for eight weeks, each meeting lasting two hours
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Who is the group for?
Older people who have experienced short or long term mental health
difficulties who are able to attend the group weekly for eight weeks. In the
last meeting a carer/family member or your care co-ordinator will be invited
along to share your progress within the group.
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Quotes from people who have completed the group
What to expect
Prior to the start of the group we offer you an appointment to meet a
member of staff who will carry out an initial assessment to find out whether
the group would be helpful for you. During this meeting we will ask you
to complete some questionnaires that will be repeated once the group is
complete. These help to evaluate the group and your progress.
Using group based tasks and personal learning, we will help you to explore
things such as:
• Connecting with personal identity
• Understanding mental health
• Encouraging hope for recovery
• Building a personal “ladder” towards recovery
• Developing and maintaining relationships
• Relapse prevention
• Inviting family and carers to experience personal recovery stories
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Confidentiality
Your group facilitator will keep other relevant health care professionals
informed about your difficulties and involvement in weekly sessions. However,
the content of the discussions will remain confidential.
The only instance where confidentiality may be broken is if you indicate that
you or somebody else may be at risk.
Please ask a member of our staff, who will be happy to answer any
questions for you. There will be opportunities for discussion and clarification
of issues at your first assessment appointment, before the group begins.
Compliments, comments, concerns and complaints
We welcome compliments, comments, concerns and complaints in order to ensure
we provide high quality care to you. You can highlight any comments or complaints
with the professional delivering your care, or alternatively by contacting our Patient
Advice and Complaints Team (PACT) Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm by:
Telephone: 0800 015 4334
(calls are free from a BT landline but may be charged from other networks /
mobile phones)
Email: [email protected]
In writing: Patient Advice and Complaints Team,
Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber NHS Trust,
Woodfield House,
Tickhill Road Site, Balby,
Doncaster,
DN4 8QN
Please tell us your experience of using our services by completing a Your
Opinion Counts form. Your Opinion Counts forms are available in all public
areas of Trust premises.
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This information is correct at the time of publishing Last Reviewed: March 2018
DP7889/03.18
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