The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities

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• Race equality and cultural capability
  • 1. How BME service users have experienced mental health services
  • 2. Key factors from this overall experience
  • 3. Defining race and culture
  • 4. Breaking the Circles of Fear
  • 5. An organisational focus on change
  • 6. A holistic approach as the key to assessment
  • 7. Delivering race equality
  • 8. Links to further learning
  • 9. Definitions
  • 10. Legal Context - Race

Introduction

Welcome to this module. It is designed to help you explore the links between the Ten Essential Shared Capabilities (ESCs) and race equality and cultural capability.

After completing this module you will:

• be aware of the history and background to the experience of Black and other minority ethnic (BME) users of mental health services
• understand the connections between the broad themes relating to race, culture, mental health, the Ten ESCs and your personal practice
• understand and be able to apply a number of key terms and theories within the race and mental health debate
• understand the importance of organisational as well as individual change in relation to delivering race equality