The Augment Model of Recovery

Recovery from mental health challenges becomes a reality with our innovative training and unique approach.

Augment have successfully supported many individuals with experience of mental health challenges on their journey of recovery. The organisation is extremely successful at supporting individuals to move on into further education, training, employment and volunteering and has also national acclaim for its outstanding, groundbreaking work in the field of Peer Support.

What makes Augment’s training unique? All training packages are developed by people with experience of mental health challenges combined with the knowledge and experience the organisation has in delivering successful recovery orientated services.

The training is for service users, staff members and volunteers that would like to take their first step on their recovery journey.

At the end of the course participants will be able to:

·         Describe how you take risks in everyday life.

·         Pinpoint the differences between positive and negative language and the pro’s and con’s of each.

·         Differentiate between a maintenance approach and a moving forward approach.

·         Identify five ways in which self stigma can affect your everyday life.

You will also learn valuable tools to use to protect your mental health. You will learn new skills that are useful in every part of your life

-          What is Recovery?

-          The Importance of Language

-          Risks

-          Self Stigma

The course takes six hours and is usually run in one full day, though this can be adjusted to meet your need’s , for example, two half day sessions.

The training will be delivered using a variety of different methods, and will be fun and interactive. Participants will receive a certificate of attendance at the end of the training.