For more information Mental Health Nursing and how to get into the profession, visit: https://www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/explore-roles/nursing/roles-nursing/mental-health-nurse
Alison Jones, Liaison and Diversion Practitioner, Health and Justice Service, Integrated Offender Management
Operational Manager for Crisis Café, Homebased Treatment Team & Mental Health Liaison Team
Dr Matt Bowen, Deputy Head of Mental Health and Learning Disability Department at the University of Chester describes his experience as a MECC for Mental Health Lead Trainer.
‘The arc of change is long’ – it may feel like you are not making any progress and the steps to get there are so small you hardly notice but it will happen.
Seek out guidance and support from the wide range of available networks out there to get you up and running with your ideas…
My inspiration comes from colleagues who work under immense pressure, show endless compassion and dedication to the most vulnerable people in society.
My patients relate to me saying: “We should try and do the right thing, not the easy thing”. Keep going is something I relate to.
No day is the same. Each day we work alongside different patients with different diagnoses, as well as working with a wide variety of colleagues.
Kennedy is a mental health nurse working as an academic at the University of Huddersfield
