Qualitative Evaluation of Training on Culturally Sensitive Treatments within IAPT

Inherently embedded within the values of IAPT, is that people from all sections of the community should have a chance to benefit from evidence-based psychological therapies. Despite this, clients from minoritised ethnic groups and religious groups are often under-represented in referrals and tend to have poorer outcomes in IAPT (Baker, 2020). To address these issues, the BAME Positive Practice Guide (Beck at al., 2019) encourages proactive work to improve access and outcomes for clients through service level changes, outreach, audits, adapting therapy and staff development (including through training). However, despite such recommendations there is limited provision and support to access such training. This service evaluation used qualitative methods to gather in depth data from the attendees about their experiences of attending the training day on Culturally Sensitive Treatments within IAPT. Thematic analysis (Braun & Clarke, 2006) was used to analyse the data, and to identify patterns and themes across the entire data set. Common themes included, 'perceived barriers that clients encounter’, 'barriers that therapists encounter’, 'positive feedback about the event' and 'constructive feedback’. Overall, the results of this evaluation have been encouraging with respondents reporting learning points and increased confidence. However, further evaluation is needed to understand the degree to which such training impacts on clinical practice and whether changes are sustained. Audio narration of the poster available by using the QR Code or using the link https://southwales.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=f7204e43-0a26-43cc-8940-aeba00647535&start=0