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I think a turning point came when we realised that those
people, the people with the power, they’ve got needs
too, they’ve got expenses, they’ve got quality targets, CASE STUDY OF COPRODUCTION:
they’ve got all kinds of things .....and they [statutory FAMILY THERAPY
bodies] are failing, run out of ideas, but we’ve got some
solutions, we’ve got some ideas, so I think, for me, that
was a turning point ...... and we stopped asking for things,
saying we need it so therefore you should give it to us,
because that actually didn’t work ......but saying we can Through the Black Mental Health
help you do what you’re supposed to be doing …- Conference, held in partnership
community network focus group, female participant 1 with the New Testament Assembly
Church, a group of local faith
leaders started to have
These two issues point to the most important distinguishing discussions on how they could
feature of the WCEN model of coproduction – a preparatory respond to the mental health
phase of engagement that works to establish a shared needs that existed within their
space for action around coproduced services. Depicted in communities; BME communities
figure 2 as stage 0, this preparatory stage engages and are grossly over represented in
psychologically prepares partners to participate in a proc- mental health services both at a
ess of coproduction, that is founded in more mutually ben- community and in-patient stage.
eficial engagements for both partners and enables shifts
within the health sector that extend beyond the empower- Working alongside the SWLSTG
ment of individual patients. The model is described in Family Therapy service, a series
further detail in the subsequent section. of conversations began on
acknowledging and valuing skills
applied by community leaders- as
pastors, friends, advocates,
confidantes, listeners, enablers-
and how these could be enhanced
to provide early intervention and
prevention support for people who
may have mental health needs.
A bespoke Black Pastors Network
for Family Care was formed, which
included 11 local leaders
undertaking an accredited training
course in Systemic Family
Therapy. Most went onto complete
a two year course and are now
qualified as Family Practioners. As
a group they have completed over
700 hours of clinical work, and are
now working towards providing
support and therapy through
‘family clinics’. Based within their
own community sites.

A clinical governance framework is
now being co created around this
work. A Muslim Network for Family
Therapy has been developed to
follow a similar pathway.

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