Your Involvement
Since the Trust was created in 2005, we have worked closely with people who use services and carers to develop our services, improve quality and better meet the needs of the people we serve.
We pride ourselves on our involvement ethos at Surrey and Borders and there are many ways to get involved at a local service level through to helping develop Trust-wide strategic plans.
Below you will find details of how you can get more involved in the Trust, for further details please call Janet Fevrier, Associate Director of Community Engagement and Membership on 01372 216158 or email janet.fevrier@sabp.nhs.uk or ask your care co-ordinator about getting involved.
Become a Foundation Trust Member
Becoming a Foundation Trust member enables you to:
- Influence how our services are run and make sure we do what we say we will
- Attend members events
- Receive our quarterly members newsletter
- Vote in our Governor elections or even stand as a Governor yourself
FoCUS: Forum of Carers and People Who Use Services
FoCUS was set up in 2006 as part of the Trust's Vision and Values to be open, inclusive and accountable and ensure people who use services and their carers are at the heart of what the Trust does and how we go about doing it. FoCUS is the main way people who use services and carers can get involved in the work of the Trust - you can attend local meetings, take part in recruiting senior Trust staff, become an area representative or join Trust committees.
Complete Our Surveys
We are continually looking for ways to improve the services we provide to people who use our services and the people who care for them. One of the ways we do this is by asking people what they think of the services and how they could be improved.
Carers Survey
We are currently asking family and friends who give unpaid care to an indivdiual using our services to complete a short survey about the support they receive as a carer and the support provided to the person they care for.
Complete the online carers survey now or download a paper copy to print off and return in the post.
Community Mental Health Survey
We are currently asking people who use our services who receive their care and treatment from community services to complete a short survey about the support they have received in the community.
Complete the online community survey now or download a paper copy to print off and return in the post.
Take part in research
Our Research and Development team run research projects that you may be able to help with. Please refer to our Research and Development area for for more information.
Volunteering
If you can spare an hour or two a week or a month why not consider volunteering for Surrey and Borders Partnership? We are looking for people who can spend some time in our wards, community homes, teams and day centres or you may prefer to help with practical duties in an office. We'll try and find something that suits you.
Whatever you do you will bring something very valuable to the people in our care - yourself. We can guarantee you will get a very warm welcome. For further details on volunteering please click here.
Our Standards for Involvement
People who use services and carers have developed a set of Standards for Involving People which provide:
- Guidance for staff about how to encourage and support effective involvement
- A means for the Trust as a whole - teams as well as individuals - to check and measure how well people are involved
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