Mental Health Recovery Star

Development: Triangle Consulting and the Mental Health Providers Forum (MHPF), with nine services from five MHPF member organisations.

Copyright: Triangle Consulting and the Mental Health Providers Forum.

Dissemination: Published by Mental Health Providers Forum on www.mhpf.org.uk.

Status: Published online and in print (2008).

Outcome areas (10):

  1. Managing mental health
  2. Self-care (including physical health)
  3. Living skills
  4. Social networks
  5. Work
  6. Relationships
  7. Addictive behaviour
  8. Responsibilities (includes offending and managing tenancy)
  9. Identity and self esteem
  10. Trust and hope

Underlying model of change:

The core Outcomes Star™ journey:

  1. Stuck
  2. Accepting help
  3. Believing
  4. Learning
  5. Self-reliance

More detailed description of this journey.

In addition there is a Day services variant of the Recovery Star: A five point star incorporated into a brief assessment process and basis for planning engagement in the day service setting. At the moment this is available from Triangle Consulting on request. It covers:

  1. Managing mental health
  2. Self-care (including physical health)
  3. Social networks
  4. Work (including voluntary contribution)
  5. Identity and self esteem

The Recovery Star has been tested for accessibility by BME mental health organisations. A report of this project is available from the Mental Health Providers Forum. As a result of this work some scale point descriptions are being modified and new visual resources are being developed for service users with limited English or literacy.

Resources:

  1. User guide
  2. Organisational guide
  3. Star chart and action plan
  4. Visual resources for service users with limited English or literacy
  5. Recovery Star online IT system - register
  6. More information and updates available at www.mhpf.org.uk