A case study of interpreter-mediation under the Mental Health Act 1983
The Centre for Mental Health Research at the School of Health and Psychological Science, City, University of London welcomes Sarah Vicary, Rebecca Tipton, Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente and Celia Hulme to discuss their findings on the impact on assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 of interpreter mediation, as part of the research seminar series.
Abstract
This seminar will discuss INforMHAA, a NIHR (SSCR) funded project exploring the impact on assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 of interpreter mediation.
The project explored and identified challenges and good practice in contemporary practice when assessment as undertaken by Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) requires the involvement of a spoken and/or signed language interpreter.
We developed, implemented and are evaluating a new joint training model with AMHPs, signed/spoken language interpreters and service users and carers to improve Mental Health Act assessment practice and which has wider application for the workforce.
The seminar will provide:
- a brief overview of the project with outputs.
- examples of simulated video resources and their use in skills development.
- an opportunity to discuss our work, including future plans.
The INforMHAA team consists of: Dr Rebecca Tipton, Professor Jemina Napier, Dr Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente, Professor Alys Young, Professor Sarah Vicary and Dr Celia Hulme.
About the speakers
Professor Sarah Vicary - a Professor of Social Work and Mental Health at The Open University, UK. She is a qualified, registered social worker with over 30 years’ experience.
Her research interests lie in the way in which practitioners understand and undertake professional mental health work and her academic work is based on the generation, dissemination and application of new understandings of legal roles in Mental Health Social Work and she has published widely on these topics.
She is a Co-investigator on the INforMHAA study.
Dr Rebecca Tipton – a Lecturer in Interpreting and Translation Studies at the University of Manchester, UK. Her principal research interests lie in spoken language public service interpreting in statutory and non-statutory services.
She has published widely in this field including on interpreter mediation in social work, police interviews and in charity services for survivors of domestic violence.
She is a Co-investigator on the INforMHAA study and author of The Routledge Guide to Teaching Ethics in Translation and Interpreting Education (2024).
Dr Natalia Rodríguez-Vicente - a Lecturer in Interpreting at the University of Essex, UK.
She obtained her PhD from Heriot Watt University in 2021 for a study that focused on mental health interpreting.
She has also worked for the Evidence and Evaluation for Improvement Team (EEvIT) at Healthcare Improvement Scotland (NHS Scotland) where she led a multiple case-study research project on person-centred care conducted in a selection of acute and residential settings in Scotland.
She is a Co-investigator on the INforMHAA study.
Dr Celia Hulme - a culturally Deaf postdoctoral researcher based at the University of Manchester.
Her main research interests centre around health research relating to Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users; improving access and patient experiences for Deaf BSL users; and embedding Lived Experience Involvement (LPI) in health research.
Her current research is focused on the intersection of Deaf BSL users and mental health.
She is a Co-Investigator on the INforMHAA study.
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