Visioning Care

Our away day workshops provide your staff an opportunity to unpick challenging workplace experiences and bring them to life in a fun, safe and non-judgemental space.

Our highly trained theatre specialists create safe spaces for staff to share their skills, develop new ones and increase their confidence. By improving communication among staff we help to tackle burnout, increase resilience and improve wellbeing.

With over 10 years experience delivering our tailor made workshops & away days with East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT), Maudsley (SLAM) and Camden and Islington NHS foundation trusts (C&I), we look forward to helping you address the challenging workplace experiences you are facing.

What People Are Saying

  • “This method allows people working in complex relational systems such as mental health teams to voice their deepest concerns and also to connect with their colleagues in a way which just wouldn’t be possible through ‘ordinary’ ways of interaction."

    Occupational Therapist, East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT)

  • “Working alongside different disciplines, the doctors were, very much being seen as people, there wasn't a hierarchy, which there can be sometimes in healthcare.”

    Ward Staff, East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT)

  • “What was most rewarding about the experience, for me, was the introduction of creativity and play into thinking about clinical work; something there often isn’t much space for, but something which has enormous potential value to enrich the work."

    Psychologist, East London Foundation Trust (ELFT)

  • “I had anticipated feeling a bit nervous about acting and thought this might feel uncomfortable in a room full of colleagues I hardly knew. But the session was cleverly designed so that we were eased into it in a way that felt comfortable and real. The themes came directly from our real-life experiences at work, so it all felt very relevant and applicable to our day-to-day work.”

    Trainee Psychologist, East London Foundation Trust (ELFT)

  • "Playing ON uses role play based approaches, to bring some of our challenging clinical experiences to life. It’s a safe and non-judgmental space to reflect, which can often be difficult to obtain in everyday practice.”

    Inpatient Occupational Therapist, Newham Centre for Mental Health

  • "I liked how gentle the process was from start to finish. As a health professional, I felt the barriers of ‘them and us’ simply weren’t there due to the set up."

    Consultant Psychiatrist, Homerton Hospital

Our Approach

Our training takes participants on a journey from real life to fantasy and back again as we tap into the human need to tell stories. Using storytelling and theatre making techniques, we create a safe space to discuss real life problems in a fun and engaging way. We then harness the group's creativity and use it to support participants as they find personal strategies to address real-life challenges.

View an excerpt from our past project with East London Foundation Trust, entitled Urban Tribe, for a taste of our work within the NHS.

FAQs

  • Usually, we work on a half-day model, but we can be flexible in order to respond to your needs. The day consists of ice breaker exercises, games, sharing personal experiences and guided visualisation to experience different points of view within mental healthcare.

  • We invite all members of the healthcare sector to take part whether your work is within an administrative, clinical or research-based role. The work is beneficial for all members of ward staff. Up to 20 people can take part.

  • There are 3 options to decide our content for the day.

    1. You tell us in a consultation which areas you’d like to focus on.

    2. The group decides through discussion which challenges to explore.

    3. We can bring hypothetical situations to stimulate conversation and improvisation.

  • From specific events or complaints through to building positive workplace culture in the face of current challenges; workplace relationships, conflict, wellbeing, diversity, compassion and patient care are some of the many issues which are typically explored.

  • We can provide password-protected access to our resource page, which includes details of our exercises and techniques for certain packages.

Get in touch.

Do our away days sound perfect for your organisation or trust? If you or your organisation would like information on our fee structure, to book in a consultation or to chat about how Visioning Care could be beneficial for you, please get in touch using the form below.