Gina Marie Hardesty Project Manager Service User

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Gina Marie HardestyProject ManagerService User
Carer Involvement.
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No Messing down to business! Why are we all
here?

• The reason we wanted you all to come today is
  that we can-
• Showcase our achievements.

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No Messing down to business! Why are we all
here?

• Tell you about our pitfalls and
• Nerve wrecking moments

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No Messing down to business! Why are we all
here?

• Share some experiences of what we are trying to
  do about some of the common problems we all
  face in social work education as service user
  educators.

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The early days of involvement and then the SUPA
Group.

• Involvement was down to individual teaching
  staff, and some were more keen than others.

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The early days of involvement and then the SUPA
Group.

• The new degree and the GSCC/DoH requirements.
• Service Users Carers had to be involved with
  all aspects of the degree.

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GSCC Requirements.

• Student selection and recruitment.

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GSCC Requirements.

• Curriculum design and delivery.

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GSCC Requirements.

• Assessment.

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GSCC Requirements.

• Practice placements.

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We formed the SUPA Group to take on this task!
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What does SUPA Group mean?

• The Service User Participation Advisory Group!

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The SUPA Groups achievements to date.

• Designed an entire module called the service
  user participation unit which is taught to all
  first year BSc Social Work Nursing Students. It
  is also taught to students studying through other
  part time routes too.

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SUPA Group members

• Teach this unit too

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SUPA Group members

• Second Mark
• and moderate
• this unit.

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The SUPA Group

• Also teaches
• and advices
• on other
• Modules.

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The SUPA Group Interviews

• Perspective students.
• Academic Staff.
• Professors.

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Some Members

• Have published academic
• articles and papers. They
• also regularly speak at
• conferences and run
• workshops to deliver
• training.

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SUPA Group surgeries.
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From idea to print and recognition.
Proforma. Student Name/No
Consultant Seen Subject Discussed Notes
Notes Agreed By(consultant/s) Confidentiality
Disclaimer Tyler G, Consultancy Surg,
03/10/07/UL

• Students have
• to complete a
• proforma.
• They can use the
• Proforma to support
• Their work or as
• Evidence that they
• Have worked with SU

J Hob, SG Consultancy Surgery, 03.10,07,UL
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We are currently working on

• Post qualifying awards and ways in which all our
  existing systems can be used to support students
  studying on these programmes.

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Ways to involve more people
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Nothing is perfect still a long way to go!

• Problems with payment and benefits!

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Still need more investment!

• Service User Involvement is
• everyone's responsibility! Each
• organisation should have A
• central point of contact
• and should have a
• co-ordination role/worker
• It took us years and a
• hard Fight!

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Today is an important day!

• We have shown you what we do and offered you some
  ideas, but the SUPA Groups main objective today
  was to make some new allies, friends and
  colleagues.

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We want to continue to share ideas with you in
exchange for

• Commitment to good practice.
• More involvement of service users and carers in
  all aspects of degree programmes nationally.
• To start to shape some national consistency in
  terms of involvement.

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What can we do in return?

• Work together to improve current models and
  transport ideas into each others organisations.
• Work in true partnership to ensure that first
  class service user led education is delivered to
  students at all levels regardless of where they
  study.
• Ensure that as many service eligible citizens as
  possible are informed of their rights to be
  involved in social work education, and that their
  right is facilitated.

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And finally

• This presentation is only the tip of the iceberg
  of what the SUPA Group has achieved since 2003.
• Imagine if we all worked together to build this
  work into standard practice within our
  organisations, but supported each other to do so.
• Sharing new ideas and pooling resources along the
  way?

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The only thing to remember is

• Service users and carers have to set the agenda.
• Get involved on their own terms.
• Have the right to own their experiences and
  knowledge and be paid appropriately.
• Access opportunities to publish or further their
  work based on their involvement and feedback from
  people they work with.

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Keep in touch with the SUPA Group - Join our
mailing list!

• Gina Hardesty (Project Manager)
• Service User Carer Involvement
• Hull School of Health Social Care
• University of Lincoln
• George Street
• Hull HU1 3DW
• Telephone [phone] Email
  ghardesty_at_lincoln.ac.uk