Service user experiences of participating in a Recovery and Collaborative Care Planning Café framed with CHIME:

Abstract

The Recovery and Collaborative Care Planning Café (RCCP) used World Café principles[i] to foster inquiry and learning about recovery by talking about important questions in a safe environment that allowed supportive relationships to form. Changing conversations towards recovery and living well with conditions by applying CHIME[ii] as a framework was an important part of the method.  CHIME incorporates Connectedness, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment to help shape conversations. The monthly cafés began with a masterclass exploring each concept in turn and this was then followed by a World Café conversation. Through undertaking a reflective story process with four active service user participants, it became clear that these concepts resonated strongly; their feedback was that the cafe had led to growth and positive health changes and had helped them to develop supportive peer networks and increased stability. This article describes the methodology and explores the impact through service user voices.