Neil Springham, Stuart Wraight, Carol Prendergast, Japleen Kaur and Frankie Hughes
This article describes ResearchNet, a project based within the Oxleas Foundation NHS Trust that involves service users and carers in research as a means of supporting recovery. A…
Abstract
This article describes ResearchNet, a project based within the Oxleas Foundation NHS Trust that involves service users and carers in research as a means of supporting recovery. A key element of their approach to service user and carer research is to combine volunteering and network building.
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– The purpose of this paper is to describe the Volunteer to Work scheme running as part of a return to work pathway.
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the Volunteer to Work scheme running as part of a return to work pathway.
Design/methodology/approach
Illustrative account of the origin, structure and processes involved.
Findings
Personal narrative accounts by current volunteers evidence the social and emotional benefits of volunteering. Of the 237 people who have engaged as volunteers, 27 are now in paid employment.
Originality/value
A case study of one innovative project which has the capacity to grow and to be transferred to other organisations.