PSYCHOLOGICALLY INFORMED ENVIRONMENT (PIE)

Duration: 6 Hours of learning Max no of learners: 16

Target Audience – Support, Clinical & Care staff in a variety of settings:

Psychiatric hospitals, community mental health support, day centres, supported living for mental health, learning disability, autism, drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Housing Support Teams & Probation teams who are providing care & support.

‘Psychologically Informed Environments’ is a term that is mostly used in the context of working with marginalised people, such as those with complex mental health needs, the homeless, those just released from prison and those struggling with drugs and alcohol. At its most basic, PIE is a particular approach to the development, delivery and evaluation of services.

There are several key ideas:

  • The use of therapeutic techniques aimed at producing emotional recovery, and not just focusing on the immediate problem.
  • To examine organisational processes and ways of working, which can be redesigned to help with the process of emotional & psychological recovery.

This course is delivered using a range of methods and resources including:

Face to Face tutor participative facilitation (whether in the classroom or online), scenarios for group discussions, case studies, polls, question and answer time, videos, role play if appropriate and end of session assessment.

This course has been developed and mapped to current occupational standards, qualification frameworks and the following documents and resources:

  • The 2011 Gov.UK document – No Health without Mental Health (created by Dept of Health) 
  • Skills for Care – The Common Core Principles to support good mental health and wellbeing in adult social care
  • Good practice guide for Psychologically Informed Services 2012

Online training: it is recommended that each learner has their own laptop/computer/tablet as the course is interactive. Having all the learners in one room is not conducive to participative/interactive learning. 2 learners can share one screen if they make sure that the facilitator can both see and hear them clearly.

Levels 3 to 4: the course is aimed at learners at level 3 to 4

Learning Outcomes:

After attending this course, learners will be able to:

  1. Describe what PIE is
  2. Explain the rationale for your service using this approach
  3. Explore the 5 key elements of a psychologically informed environment
  4. Explain how the 5 key principles can be applied to your current role
  5. Demonstrate reflective practice into each area of PIE in your current service offering and ways of working that you think can be changed to better serve your clients
Time breakdownFromToMinutes
Registration09:1509:3015
Session 109:3010:4070
AM tea break10:4011:0020
Session 211:0012:4070
Lunch12:4013:2040
Session 313:2014:4070
PM tea break14:4015:0020
Session 315:0016:1070
Assessment16:1016:3020

Entry requirements – No prerequisites required

Assessment type – General T/F at the end of the course

Certification/Qualification – Downloadable certificate of attendance

All courses are accompanied by instructional materials.

Services who support marginalised people often request both PIE training and TIP (Trauma Informed Practice) There are 2 different courses regarding trauma:

  1. It is recommended that “Trauma Informed” (a one-day course for front line workers) is completed prior to attending PIE training. If this training is done, the PIE training will therefore only be 3 hours as the trauma component will already have been covered.
  2. “Trauma informed practice” is for senior managers and decision makers who need to change policies, procedures and processes within the organisation for their service to become a trauma informed service. A questionnaire will be sent out to organisations who wish to become trauma informed from a management perspective.