Southern Health Foundation Trust Recovery College provides online mental health recovery and wellbeing training to service users of Southern Health Foundation Trust and their carers or family members.
Mental illness can affect all of us. In fact, around one in four people will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. The Recovery College takes an educational approach to equip you with the knowledge and skills to get on with your life, despite mental illness. The skills learned are relevant to all of us, whether we’re health professionals, service users, or carers – The Recovery College welcomes all. If you’re a mental health professional, the courses on offer at The Recovery College are especially relevant. We encourage all staff working in mental health services at Southern Health to enrol.
Who are we?
We are a College based within the adult mental health services of the Trust. We are part of a national chain of Recovery Colleges, aiming to help increase awareness and understanding of recovery and self-management whilst challenging stigma related to mental health. We offer educational courses about mental health recovery and self-management to complement existing services.
What’s the Southern Health Recovery College’s ethos?
Our ethos is based on co-production, so all courses are co-developed, co-delivered and co-attended by people who have lived experience of mental health-related issues, friends and family of those who use mental health services and those in a professional, caring role.
What do we mean by recovery?
When we use the term recovery we mean that “a person with mental illness can recover even though the illness is not ‘cured’. Recovery is a way of living a satisfying, hopeful and contributing life – even with the limitations caused by illness. Recovery involves the development of new meaning and purpose in one’s life as one grows beyond the catastrophic effects of mental illness.” (Anthony, 1993)
Mental illness can affect us all. In fact, around one in four people will experience a mental illness at some point in their lives. So due to this, our courses are relevant to all, whether you are a service user, friend, family member and/or health professional. When you attend our courses, we do not differentiate or label people – you are all ‘students’. The Recovery College welcomes all.
