Guidance Note for Use - Free
Materials (May 2010)
Introduction
The Race Equality and Cultural Awareness Programme (RECAP)
is freely available for download and use and adaptation by anyone in mental
health and social care wishing to develop the capability of the workforce. RECAP is a registered trademark belonging to the National
Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU).
This is just one of many training packages on race and culture in mental
health available either freely or at a cost. This creates choice and opportunities but not a mandate or
requirement that these RECAP materials are the only ones to be used.
What is RECAP?
The materials themselves give a full explanation. In short, RECAP is a development
programme for people who wish to enhance their knowledge and skills so that
they can competently deliver race equality and cultural awareness in the
provision of mental health services. The materials available here are best delivered by a trainer
with both the following:-
·
technical skills in facilitation and training
·
depth in the subject matter, which was acquired through
some form of study and not just personal experience.
How to use these materials
RECAP is designed as a ‘Train-the trainer' programme. Anyone wishing to use the RECAP
resources to train others would benefit from familiarising themselves fully with
the RECAP.
The content of this package is set out below. Anyone wishing to provide ‘Train the Trainer'
training using RECAP would need to have expertise and competence in both the
subject matter and also in the areas of training and facilitation. People who are training other potential
trainers will need to posses high levels of skill and will need to provide
guidance on planning sessions. It
is important that people new to training are taught to plan in detail, with
some background in understanding learning styles and group behaviours.
Content of the RECAP pack
PowerPoint Slides
There are slides for each of the four sessions. These are to provide a visual prompt
during the training. The slides
are often detailed and serve well as an information resource to be provided to
delegates.
Download Session 1 Download Session 2 Download Session 3 Download Session 4
Handout booklet
This resource contains referenced information as well as
questions and exercises. It will
be essential that all delegates are given a set of handouts. Each Handout is clearly labelled and
your own reference copy should be flagged (the contents page shows page numbers
but your own personalised quick route to handouts will be useful).Download the handbook
Diversity Dilemmas
This is a specific exercise - a two page document. Download Dilemnas It is a resource for use in session
3.
Existing Expert
Trainers 
The Delivering Race Equality programme (latterly Mental
Health Equalities Programme within NMHDU) trained and developed a team of
individuals and assessed their competency to deliver the RECAP training. Many of these highly skilled
individuals still provide training and may be contacted via caroline@phoenixphilosophy.co.uk.