From Recovery Programs to Recovery-Oriented Practice? A Qualitative Study of Mental Health Professionals' Experiences When Facilitating a Recovery-Oriented Rehabilitation Program

Service Users’ Perceptions of an Outreach Wellbeing Service: A Social Enterprise for Promoting Mental Health

“…The WBWs by encouraging involvement in decisions about their management, facilitated individuals to take some responsibility for their situation, which may help to instil confidence in their ability to take further charge (Sterling et al 2010 ). Also, the WBWs by instilling hope that there was a better future worth trying for, may offer the encouragement needed for individuals to want to get more involved (Connell et al 2012 ; Dalum et al 2015 ).…”

“…Nevertheless, it has been shown that individuals are more likely to be responsive and accepting of support from others whom they can identify with (Cruwys et al 2014 ) and it is this sense of an affinity to another that fosters the true feelings of trust (Gilchrist et al 2010 ). Therefore, nurturing a therapeutic partnership that fosters co-operation (NHSE 2013 ; Dalum et al 2015 ) could offer a more efficacious intervention, as the mutual commitment to the client’s wellbeing and shared sense of endeavour in achieving it, could provide the solidarity that connects them both together (Cruwys et al 2014 ). In this study, participants reported that they were included in decision making about their therapy and were assisted by the WBWs to become more resourceful and confident so that they could contribute to their own management.…”

Service Users’ Challenges in Developing Helpful Relationships with Peer Support Workers

“…Consistent with previous research with other mental health professionals (Ljungberg et al 2016), the results of this study reveal how the inability to master the balancing act between sharing emotions (i.e., experiences) and not sharing too much could be experienced as difficult to manage. With theories and models of recovery fostering new standards for best practice (Dalum et al 2015;Davidson et al 2009;Karlsson & Borg 2017;Slade & Longdon 2015), recruiting peer support workers to deliver recovery-oriented practices is becoming more popular. Although this is a positive development, the results of this study point to the need for caution when recruiting peer support workers based solely on the criterion of having lived experience, which was also supported in our earlier report (Borg et al 2017).…”

Professional Culture of Mental Health Services Workers: A Meta-synthesis of Current Literature

“…However, ''closeness'' is not always appropriate to the professional role; giving medication to clients [10] and psychological therapies [8] may require professional distance, and some boundaries are necessary to avoid role-blurring between nurse and clients [12] and avoiding being considered as friends [42]. Theoretical models, learned during professional training, influence interactions with clients [13,45] and frame the cognitive conceptualization of a client's problems [45]. Burks and Robbins [8] Interpersonal Shepherd et al…”

“…MHSW's role may involve users' empowerment and advocacy of people's rights, as seven studies noted [12,13,21,31,37,45,51]. Staff may encourage users to take responsibility for themselves [31,42], helping them to take back control of their lives [31].…”