Identify opportunities for recovery oriented service information

Recovery in mental health means:

• finding a full and meaningful life even with the presence of mental illness

• being cured of the mental illness

• having no symptoms

• people with mental illness do not recover

Answer explanation

Recovery in mental health means finding a full and meaningful life even with the presence of mental illness

In the CHIME approach to mental health recovery, C stands for

• correction - good limits on the person's behaviours

• corroboration - ensuring you confirm information about the person

• connection - good relationships with others

• correspondence - making sure you keep good notes about the person

Answer explanation

In CHIME

C stands for connection - good relationships with others

In the CHIME approach to mental health recovery, H stands for

• Happiness - we need to make sure people are happy

• Hope - believing recovery is possible

• Helpless - people with mental illness have no hope of recovery

• Hopeless - people with mental illness have no hope of recovery

Answer explanation

In the CHIME H stands for Hope - believing recovery is possible

In the CHIME approach to mental health recovery, I stands for

• Intrusive - inserting yourself into every part of the person's life

• Involve - make sure you are involved

• insipid - people with mental illness have no strength

• Identity - positive sense of self

Answer explanation

In CHIME I stands for

Identity - positive sense of self

In the CHIME approach to mental health recovery, M stands for

• moving - keep moving to stay healthy

• mentoring - helping the person to see the right way forward

• meaning - finding own meaning and purpose in life

• motivation - moving the person forward when they cannot

Answer explanation

In CHIME, M stands for meaning - finding own meaning and purpose in life

In the CHIME approach to mental health recovery, E stands for

• empowerment - strengths and taking control over life

• entwinement - connecting all parts of the person's life

• elevation - a state of increased affect

• environment - the surrounds of the person

Answer explanation

In CHIME, E stands for empowerment - strengths and taking control over life

Types of services that are helpful in mental health recovery are:

(select 2 correct answers)

• those that build social connections and foster hope

• those that regulate the person's life

• help self esteem and give purpose

• those that ensure the person follows directions

Answer explanation

Types of services that are helpful in mental health recovery are:

those that build social connections

and

foster hope and help self esteem and give purpose

Information about services should be:

• provided in a manner the person can understand

• provided in a way that is easiest for you

• provided to the support people, not the person

• provided all at once, even if the person is not ready yet

Answer explanation

Information about services should be provided in a manner the person can understand

When providing information to consumers about supports and services we should:

• give an outline only, we will connect them later on

• give no details, the consumer might fell overwhelmed

• ensure we give it to the carer, not the person

• ensure it contains details of how to access the support or service

Answer explanation

When providing information to consumers about supports and services we should:

ensure it contains details of how to access the support or service

The information should be timed to:

• meet the individual's needs at the time

• ensure they have all information even if they don't need it yet

• meet your ideas of what the person needs

• meet your supervisor's ideas of what the person needs

Answer explanation

The information should be timed to:

meet the individual's needs at the time