What is representation within PWP training

Odusote, Faithful and Kunorubwe, Taf ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5624-5299 2024. What is representation within PWP training. Presented at: BABCP 52nd Annual Conference, Manchester, UK, 23-26 July 2024.

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Abstract

Research shows that clients from racially minoritised communities have lower access rates to primary care mental health services (Baker, 2020), for reasons such as stigma (Eylem et al., 2020), lack of understanding (Memon, 2016) and mistrust of mental health services (Henderson, 2015). To address this, the BAME Positive Practice Guide (Beck et al., 2019) encourages proactive work to improve access and outcomes for clients through service level changes, outreach, audits, adapting therapy and staffing - including having a workforce that is representative. However, this brought about other questions: what is the definition of representation? How do we measure representation, specifically, within the field of LICBT? How can a training institution assess that it accurately represents its community amongst staff and trainees? To prevent tokenism, to improve access to therapy for racial minorities, and to successfully apply the IAPT BAME PPG, we consider the answers to these questions.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Speech)
Status:	Unpublished
Schools:	Psychology
Date of Acceptance:	26 July 2024
Last Modified:	07 Nov 2024 04:30
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/171479

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