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Recovery Star User Guide

The Recovery Star: User Guide - 2nd Edition

The second edition has been improved to bring in stronger concepts around spirituality, community support and communications in order to improve its cultural competency. We have also changed some of the language to make it even more client-focused and improved the description of the ladder of change. Illustrations to support understanding of the five journey stages and ten dimensions have been commissioned and produced as posters and postcards to complement the service user guide. These facilitate use of the model where there may be language barriers. At the same time, the illustrations provide an additional means for clients to access and engage with the Recovery Star tool in general.

This includes:

  • An introduction to the Recovery Star for service users and workers, including a description of the Ladder of Change which underpins the tool
  • Ladders describing a ten step journey for each of the ten outcome areas covered by the tool
  • An overview of the Recovery Star Visual Resources that are available
  • The Star Chart and Star Action Plan (Star and Plan), used to record progress and record any action plans drawn up between the user and worker, are provided as a separate leaflet for inclusion in case files and for retention by the service user

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Recovery Star Organisational Guide

The Recovery Star: Organisational Guide

This complements the Recovery Star User Guide and the Recovery Star IT System and should be read in conjunction with them. It is divided into two main sections:

  • The first section provides guidance to keyworkers on how to use the Recovery Star with service users
  • The second provides guidance to service managers and senior managers implementing the Recovery Star within a project, a group of projects, or the whole organisation

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The Mental Health Recovery Star visual resources are a set of communication aids to support use of the Recovery Star across any number of key-work settings. The illustrations were produced as part of the 'Recovery Star and Cultural Competency' pilot project which was funded by the Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health (DRE) programme - incorporating feedback from frontline staff and clients using services across the pilot sites.

As well as providing an additional means for clients to access the Recovery Star tool, specifically they have been produced to better facilitate its use where there may be language barriers.

Find out more about Kate E Flores our wonderful illustrator.

 

The Recovery Star: Ladder of Change visual resources

  • A set of 5 postcards illustrating the Ladder of Change - the framework for describing and supporting the mental health recovery journey

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The Recovery Star: 10 dimension of the Star visual resources

  • A set of 10 postcards illustrating the 10 dimensions of the Recovery Star - the 10 areas that provide an overview of the areas of life where support to achieve positive change will contribute to the individuals sense of wellbeing and mental health recovery

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Ladder of Change poster

The Ladder of Change poster - an A2 glossy poster illustrating the Ladder of Change

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10 Dimensions of the Recovery Star poster

The 10 Dimension of the Recovery Star poster - an A2 glossy illustrating the 10 dimensions of the Recovery Star

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Buying Recovery Star resources

The Star and Plan, User Guide and Organisational Guide can all be downloaded for free. You can also purchase them as single copies or in bulk and receive a discount. Download our pricing sheet for details.

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