Staff TIME: Staff Trauma in Inpatient Mental Health
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Overview
The Staff TIME project aims to find out what is helpful or unhelpful when seeking support by carrying out interviews with members of staff. This will help us collect information about your experiences on acute inpatient wards and with staff support, and any suggestions you may have to improve staff support.
Summary
What is the study about?
We know that working on acute mental health inpatient wards can be stressful, and that staff experience violence and verbal abuse, and see patients harming themselves. Staff have also told us that racism, homophobia and abuse targeting disabilities happens a lot.
Our experiences and research have told us that staff are not getting the support that they need. People from minority groups experience particular difficulties when seeking support.
What are you trying to find out?
The Staff TIME project aims to find out what is helpful or unhelpful when seeking support by carrying out interviews with members of staff. This will help us collect information about your experiences on acute inpatient wards and with staff support, and any suggestions you may have to improve staff support.
At the end of the study, we will produce suggestions and guidelines for how NHS Trusts should support their staff.
What does taking part involve?
We will interview you to understand your experiences and hear any suggestions for improving staff support.
The interview will take 60 to 90 minutes and will be held in person, by phone or online (for example, over Microsoft Teams). The interview will be confidential and you’ll receive a £20 voucher as a thank you.
Who is it for?
We would like to speak to anyone working on an acute inpatient mental health ward, or who has worked on one of these wards in the past 6 months.
This includes:
- Staff who identify as Black, Asian, or other minoritised ethnic communities
- Staff who identify as LGBTQIA+
- Staff who have a disability
- Non-clinical staff (such as administrative staff, porters, domestic staff, estates and facilities staff)
- Bank or agency staff
People who take part will receive a £20 voucher as a thank you.
Why is it important?
Your participation will help us to understand what types of support would be most helpful for mental health inpatient staff, and how Trusts and ward managers could put these recommendations into place.
How can I find out more?
You can find out more information about taking part in this study by downloading the key documents at the top of this page. You can also visit the project website here.
If you are interested in taking part in this study, or have questions for the research team, click the button below to email the research team:
Meet the researcher
Filippo VareseDirector of the Complex Trauma & Resilience Research Unit
My name is Filippo. I am Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Manchester. In GMMH, I am also the Director of the Complex Trauma & Resilience Research Unit. Most of my work focusses on developing new therapies that could help people who struggle with a range of unusual experiences and distressing beliefs that have been brought about by difficult or traumatic life experiences.
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