A partnership between University of Salford and Six Degrees Social Enterprise

1. Introduction to the
emPoWereD
Conversations Project
Alicia Mangiafico, MSc
6th August 2015

2. Outline
• Introduction
• Objective
• Timeline of tasks
• Bigger picture
• Questions

3. Introduction - partnership
• Partnership between:
• University of Salford
• Tracey Williamson and Natalie Yates-Bolton
• Six Degrees Social Enterprise
• Mental health service provider based in Salford that also provides
training for other organisations

4. Introduction - Communication
(Wray, 2014, p. 11)
Inside the Communicative Demand Management System

5. Objective
To develop an innovative communication skills
training package that improves the
communication skills of the day to day carers of
people living with dementia.
We call this training emPoWereD Conversations

6. Objective - users
• 4 main user groups:
1. Informal carers (i.e. family and friends)
2. Hospital care workers (i.e. nursing staff)
3. Community care workers (i.e. community support workers)
4. Non-care service providers (i.e. police, Age UK)

7. Objective

8. Timeline of tasks
Development stage 1
• Project start- 18th May
2015
• Stakeholder
consultation- October
2015
• Development of
prototype courses and
handbooks- to August
2016
• Pilot study of prototype
courses- October 2016
Development stage 2
• Stakeholder consultation:
agree the changes to be made
to the prototype courses-
November 2016
• Deliver the amended training
courses & 2nd evaluation
study- December 2016
• Final stakeholder consultation
w/ discussion of final study
results- April 2017
• Project close- November 2017

9. Bigger picture
Each person in the PWD’s support network will be trained in emPoWereD
Conversations and work as part of a network of people who are interested in
improving the quality of the PWD’s life.

10. End
Questions?

11. Contact Information
Alicia Mangiafico
Project Manager for Six Degrees Social Enterprise
Six Degrees Social Enterprise
Southwood House
Greenwood Business Centre
Regent Road
Salford
M5 4QH
Tel: 0161 212 4981
Email (primary): alicia.mangiafico@nhs.net
Email (secondary): a.l.mangiafico@salford.ac.uk