For Those That Care

HOW TO TAKE PART

‘For Those That Care’ is a Dare to Live mental health resiliency and well-being programme to be delivered in direct response to the pandemic and the emergent mental health needs of front-line NHS staff and carers in the community. In providing psychological education and life skills training we aim to ameliorate the impact of working in high stress conditions during the pandemic and to restore, then build resiliency and capacity that the individual participants can immediately benefit from. We recognise that the improved mental health of individuals can positively influence their workplace, supporting systemic well-being, (even more so when participants hold workplace leadership roles).

The programme is sensitively delivered as a half day experience for 6 participants, broken down into a series of modules with a mix of classroom learning, nature-based activities and unridden exercises with horses. We integrate clinical, evidence-based practice with accessible, novel, experiential learning. The programme is enhanced with 2 follow-up online group sessions to support participants in embedding their learning and actioning positive, sustainable change and to mitigate against the effects of isolation by establishing a peer group resource. Small group size ensures appropriate care is given to each individual, meeting the Trust’s evidence-based, trauma-informed, delivery policy.

On completion of the full programme, participants are awarded a programme certificate for Interpersonal Skills Training, which may be used to explore education and/or employment opportunities and evidence a change in interpersonal relationship management for those where this has been a previous barrier to learning and/or employment.

Participants can be pre, post or during NHS or private psychological or clinical treatment programmes.

We form collaborative partnerships with Agencies/Trusts/Services to support their staff members where they may benefit from and prefer support away from the workplace. You can also self refer. Please get in touch via our contact form.

A key measure of the success of the Dare to Live programme is the ability to show measured outcomes (up to eight months post programme) and we employ a number of different self-assessment questionnaires pre and post programme in order to gauge the efficacy of the programme.

*Our programmes can be delivered over differing timescales and we work with referrers/partners/services to plan what best suits their workforce and setting.