Our keyworkers have extensive experience of working with people with mental health needs, in collaboration with other services e.g. psychiatric nursing, social work, adult education and occupational therapy.

We feel that the key to high quality services is the recruitment and retention of skilled and motivated staff. We believe in a multi-disciplinary approach and this is reflected in the membership of our staff teams.

In response to the needs of the client group we serve, our staff have developed their skills and knowledge in some specific areas e.g. working with families, supporting people with self harming behaviour and working with people with eating disorders. We also run a rolling programme of therapeutic groups such as anxiety management, conversation skills, obsessive compulsive disorder support group and breakthrough depression group.

§         We have a strong commitment to training and development and all staff have regular supervision.

§         Halfway supports the training of mental health workers by providing placements for students.

§         We have achieved Investor in People status which reflects our commitment to staff training and development.

§         The organisation has a code of conduct to which all employees are expected to comply with.

§         All employees are given a staff handbook. The handbook is means of keeping staff consistently informed about the organisation.

§         We also take into consideration the cultural background of clients. This can enable us to better understand a clients situation and may assist us to facilitate progress.

Gifts

It is Halfway’s policy that staff cannot accept any presents from clients. Appreciation can be shown to staff by simply telling them.