that their activities are focused on supporting the recovery of the people who use their services.
To use the Scottish Recovery Indicator you will need to create a user account.
What it is designed to do
The Scottish Recovery Indicator is intended to support mental health services work in a way which is focused on recovery.
In doing so it highlights issues in relation to inclusion, rights, equalities and diversity.
How it works
Undertaking the SRI requires commitment and time but initial findings suggest that using the tool can lead to significant improvements in practice.
The tool appears to be especially useful in generating conversations within teams on how they could bring about change aimed at creating
recovery supporting environments and person centred support.
Information is gathered from five different sources:
- Assessments
- Care plans
- Service information, policies and procedures
- Interviews with service providers
- Interviews with current or previous service users
Services then judge themselves against a series of 20 indicators and from these indicators a Service Development Plan is created which highlights, strengths, issues and next steps.
The SRI has been developed in a way which promotes ownership and responsibility for service providers. In doing so we are adhering to the principles which underlie people’s personal recovery.
What you will need to use the SRI
To complete the SRI you will need:
- Agreement and commitment from your colleagues. To successfully use the tool you should have commitment from as many members of the team as possible.
- Access to, and permission to view, service user assessments and care plans as well as service information, policies and procedures.
- The capacity to arrange interviews with people providing services and current or previous service users.
- At least x amount of hours.
How SRI was developed
The Scottish Recovery Indicator was initially based on a tool called the Recovery Oriented Practices Index (ROPI), which was developed by New York State Office for Mental Health. A representative group was setup to lead on the refinement and adaptation of ROPI. This led to the development of the SRI which was then tested in a wide variety of mental health services across Scotland. Following this test phase work continued to refine and develop the SRI and the final web version was launched in April 2009.
The policy background
The Scottish Recovery Indicator was developed as a result of two Scottish mental health policy initiatives. Initially the Review of Mental Health Nursing in Scotland called for the creation of a tool to help nurses assess their practice. Later this commitment was adopted within Delivering for Mental Health which ensured that it had relevance beyond nursing services.
What happens to the information
Information is stored on a database. Information on the types of services which are using the SRI is stored and assessed by the Scottish Recovery Network for monitoring purpose. Information relating to individual services and their characteristics is not shared. More on information use and data protection.