Training
I have been delivering training on race since 1991 when the social work course I was on failed to meet student needs and in response to an outcry I delivered a session, as part of the student group. I have undertaken various short courses on presentation skills and teaching methods. For eight years I taught on the University of Oxford masters programme in social work, my involvement ending only when the course itself ceased. See testimonials.
Bespoke Training
I can provide bespoke sessions or programmes covering the following:-
- Ethnicity, Race and Culture and people from Black Mixed Heritage
- Race, mental health and LGBT issues
- Psychosis and race: meaning in madness
- Behind the scenes of management: barriers to the prioritisation of ethnicity, race and culture
- Skilling the workforce: alternatives to the traditional training approach
Examples of courses
Two-day course on Tackling Variations in Mental Health based on Ethnicity Race and Culture
Day 1
Session 1
What are the big issues?: Areas of greatest disparity and groups often overlooked
Session 2
Perspectives on causation: remaining views on genetics, societal, lifestyle and cultural
factors
Example of worksheet here
Session 3
The pervasiveness of stereotypes: how we are all influenced
Interactive session exploring how stereotypes are evident in our lives
Session 4
Understanding institutional racism: the triangle concept
Day 2
Session 1
Potential for improvement: change inside and outside the mental health system
Over-representation – early support, improved primary care
Under-representation – community engagement, gender issues
Session 2
Close up and pertinent: What good practice might look like
Session 3
Ethnicity, race and culture and other minority identities
Sexuality
Disability
Gender
Mixed heritage
Session 4
Tools for the tasks: skills for tackling personal and system barriers
Competency framework
Here is a set of competencies that a mental health worker may strive towards. Any gaps identified are often not best met via training. List the ways other than training, which may be used to close development gaps. Use the worksheet.