Agenda

All times are in Helsinki time (CET+1 / UTC+3).

Presenter: Minna Ahola, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  

Day 1: Tuesday 16th September  

On day 1, the programme can be followed remotely, too. The stream starts at 10.00.
Link to the stream

8.30–10.00 Welcome, registration, morning coffee, poster wall, networking

10.00–10.30 Opening words
Senior planning officer Minna Ahola, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  
10.30–11.20 Current issues from the International IPS Learning Community (recording)
Assistant professor Franco Mascayano, Columbia University / NYSPI (USA)
11.20–11.30 IPS client: what has IPS brought to my life? (recording)
Alexei Rintoo, South Ostrobothnia (Finland)
11.30–12.15 Panel discussion  
Facilitator: chief physician Eila Sailas, HUS Helsinki University Hospital

Panelists:

  • IPS client Niina Tuovinen (Finland)
  • IPS team leader, leading occupational therapist Lillie Hogan, HUS Helsinki University Hospital
  • Project manager Frédéric Debroas, Working First (France) 
  • Psychiatric nurse Carita Smolander-Leskinen, Helsinki City psychosis services
  • Research professor Jaana Suvisaari, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare

12.15–13.45 Lunch in our restaurant

13.45–14.15 New insights from the Finnish IPS evaluation study
Researcher Noora Sipilä and research manager Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare 
14.15–14.40 IPS in community drug and alcohol services in England
IPS programme manager Paul Anders, Department of Health and Social Care (UK)
14.40–15.05 Positioning IPS in the multifaceted field of employment and mental health
Emeritus professor Jaap van Weeghel, Tilburg University (Netherlands); former director Angelo Fioritti, Department of Mental Health, Bologna Health Trust (Italy)
15.05–15.30 IPS in community health care: a fundament, not an ornament
Chair René Keet and board member Alessandra Martinelli, European Community based Mental Health Service Providers (EUCOMS) Network;
IPS regional coordinator Rebecca Roozendaal, GGZ Noord-Holland-Noord (Netherlands)

15.30–16.00 Coffee break

16.00–16.20 Beyond the score: IPS Fidelity and outcomes as tools for growth and learning
Senior researchers Lars de Winter and Lia van der Ham, Phrenos Center of Expertise for severe mental illness (Netherlands)
16.20–16.30 Comment 1
Associate professor Claus Brygger Jacobi, University College Absalon, Roskilde Center for Social Work (Denmark)
16.30–16.40 Comment 2
Development manager Helka Raivio and senior planning officer Minna Ahola, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare    
16.40–17.00 Closing words of the day and time to interact at the poster wall
Senior planning officer Minna Ahola, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  

17.0017.30 Practical information for the workshops (for facilitators and secretaries only), at our restaurant one floor down

19.30 Dinner in the City
 

Day 2: Wednesday 17th September  

9.00–9.30 Morning coffee, poster wall, networking

9.30–10.00 Introduction to workshops
Senior planning officer Minna Ahola, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
10.00–11.00 Workshops (choose one workshop)

  1. Supported education 
    Facilitators: Psychologist Dorothea Jäckel and research associate, IPS coach Almut Kirschbaum, Vivantes Klinikum am Urban Berlin (Germany)
  2. Danish new evaluation tool
    Facilitator: IPS ambassador Johannes Patursson, Region Själland (Denmark)
  3. IPS in social and employment services  
    Facilitator: Senior associate professor Inge Storgaard Bonfils, Department of Social Work, University College Copenhagen (Denmark) 
  4. From checklist to change: Making IPS Fidelity work for you
    Facilitators: Senior researchers Lars de Winter and Lia van der Ham, Phrenos Center of Expertise for severe mental illness (Netherlands)
  5. Boosting job development across user groups 
    Facilitators: Professor Ulrika Bejerholm, Lund University, and IPS team leader Helena Jonsson Hirasawa, City of Stockholm (Sweden)
  6. Importance of supportive structures in establishing IPS  
    Facilitator: Researcher Jaakko Harkko, University of Helsinki (Finland)
  7. Overcoming challenges in implementing best practices
    Facilitator: Service area manager Mikko Ketola, Wellbeing Services County of South Ostrobothnia (Finland)
  8. IPS teamwork and team leader's role
    Facilitator: IPS supervisor Sara Voxendal, Sahlgrenska University Hospital (Sweden)
  9. Fidelity reviews: strengths and challenges
    Facilitator: Project manager Helka Raivio, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  
  10. Recovery orientation and working with clients
    Facilitators: Project manager Saara Rapeli and researcher Noora Sipilä, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare  

11.00–11.45 Coffee break 

11.45–12.15 Mobilizing and managing peer support workers
IPS trainer & consultant Penny Liles, UNC-Chapel Hill (USA)
12.15–12.30 Closing words and passing the baton to the next country - including video and quiz and fabulous prize to win!
Senior planning officer Minna Ahola
Programme manager Jan Markerink and process manager Cris Bergmans, Divosa; researchers Lars de Winter and Lia van der Ham, Phrenos Center of Expertise for severe mental illness (Netherlands)

12.30–14.00 Lunch in our restaurant

14.00 Event ends