Come on you raver, you seer of visions, come on you
painter, you piper, you prisoner and shine!

Marion is a qualified Special Needs teacher and worked in the learning disabilities sector for 15 years in Coventry and Warwickshire. Following her own mental health problems in 1994 she has worked in the mental health field for the last 12 years as an expert by experience. Initially employed by Coventry Health Authority and Social Services to work with service users, she wrote and delivered “Training for Trainers” packages and facilitated mental health awareness training to a wide variety of organisations, including schools, universities, mental health teams and the police. In 1998 she secured funding to set up Krysalis, which is still the most prominent user led support group and training & consultancy organisation in Coventry. The Health Authority funded several field trips to America where Marion worked with service users and organisations in Wisconsin on the further development of user groups.

She joined the organisation “Keepwell” as senior trainer in 2000 where part of her remit involved working in community mental health teams in Birmingham as a Voices / Self Harm user consultant, working directly with individuals and their key workers planning pathways to recovery. She project managed and provided support and supervision to the individuals involved in the running of “Start on Success” the self referral out of hour’s group at Stratford Road Centre.

From 2003 - 2006 Marion was project manager of “Changing Futures”, based in Birmingham. Funded by the Department of Health, the organisation has spread recovery knowledge and person centred approaches to a range of mental health organisations across England through training, consultancy and development work. In conjunction with University of Central England, Marion has worked on the international Leonardo project, and has spent time in Italy and Germany developing international mental health courses for nursing students.

Most recently, Marion’s work has been in developing recovery and person centred planning tools, and has delivered training on the toolkit to workers and service users in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Contact Marion at: marionaslan@aol.com
 

Marion Aslan