Spirituality in Practice: Caring for the Whole Person in the Secure SettingThursday 14 October 2010
St Andrew’s Healthcare, Northampton
Hosted by St Andrew’s Healthcare, this national conference brings together practitioners who wish to share and build on experience of spiritual care delivery in the mental health and other secure settings.
In view of the interest in evidence-based literature, spirituality can no longer be dismissed as the ‘forgotten dimension’ in mental health care and other secure settings.
This conference will provide delegates with the ‘vocabulary of spirituality’ and draw attention to the potential therapeutic benefit of spiritual care to service users. There will be opportunity to share best practice in spiritual care, and the relationship between spirituality and pathology will be considered.
This leading event seeks to help practitioners integrate evidence-based theory into practice in mental health and other secure settings, with particular reference to the potential therapeutic benefit of addressing spiritual needs.
Key national speakers include professor Chris Cook, Dr Susan Mitchell, Dr Larry Culliford and Prof Peter Gilbert, all of whom have contributed to the recently published book ‘Spirituality and Psychiatry’ (Royal College of Psychiatrists 2009). Current research trends and recent developments in evidence based practice in broad spectrum spiritual, including religious, care will be addressed. Spirituality in the recovery process will also be examined.
This conference seeks to:
• Explore the current evidence base for the potential therapeutic benefit of spiritual care
• Enhance the practice of professionals in the delivery of spiritual and religious care in the mental healthcare and secure settings
• Explore the potential of spirituality in the recovery process
• Learn from service-users about the benefits of spiritual care
There will be a variety of led workshops and also a Spirituality Gallery, providing opportunity to network and view posters and service user artwork.
Who should attend?
• Professionals in mental health services and voluntary sector
• Chaplaincy services within mental health, prison and primary care settings
• Chief executives, directors and managers in mental health services, and other secure settings
• Service users, families and carers.
Delegate fee: £100.00 per person
To book your place, click here to download the programme and booking form.