Workshop: Developing and sustaining partnership working for mental health and wellbeing

Friday 27 March 2015 -10.30am to 3pm

The Source Skills Academy, 300 Meadowhall Way, Sheffield, S9 1EA

Designed, developed and delivered by the Mental Health in Further Education Network, this workshop is commissioned by AELP, as the leadfor theExcellence in Leadership, Management and Governance (ELMAG)partnership on behalf of theEducation and Training Foundation.

Join us

Please bookyou place via Eventbrite at:

Your facilitator

Your facilitator will be Catina Barrett, Community Learning Mental Health Pilots Co-ordinator at BIS and Head of Inclusion at NIACE

Your venue

The venue for this workshop is NCVO, which is close to Kings Cross/St Pancras stations.

We will provide refreshments (tea/coffee water) and a light lunch.

We have the use of single room for the workshop. A quiet space is available in this venue for people who may wish to pray. There is also plenty of casual seating for anyone who may need to take a break from time to time.

Wi-Fi: Free Wi-Fi will be available.

Your programme

10.30am / Registration and refreshments
10.45am / Welcome and introductions
11am / When the penny drops
If partnership working were a magic wand
  • How do you know if working with other agencies/organisations/services is appropriate to supporting learners with mental health problem?
  • When should we look to changing ourselves rather than others?
  • Who are you working with and who should you be working with?
  • How many partners do you need and how much time/resources should it really take?

12 noon / Lunch
12.30 / Webinar prep and priorities:
1pm / A webinar in a workshop
Discussion and virtual round table:
  • Feedback on ‘Spa Experiences’ from participants
  • Reflecting on specific needs arising from the experiences
  • Observations and thoughts on benefits and challenges as assessed by delegates
  • Can partnership working ever be a magic wand?

2pm / How do you manage and lead partnership working so that you get what your learners/staff need?
  • How do you take a whole organisation approach?
  • What do you do when it feels like you are not quite getting what you need from partnership working?
  • When should you stick with it and when do you call it quits?
  • How do you measure the return on your investment in/the impact of a partnership?

2.30pm / What's your next action and how can we help?
Follow-up and feedback
3pm / Close

Any questions? Simply email us at and we’ll be happy to help.

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