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Lived experience at the heart of the framework
As part of the update, Skills for Care worked closely with lived experience groups to capture what matters most to people who access mental health support. These insights have been embedded throughout the framework to ensure it reflects real‑world experiences and priorities.
This included consultation with people supported by Turning Point across a range of settings. You can read about what the people we support said here.
Supporting a skilled, compassionate workforce
The Mental Health Core Capabilities Framework is designed to support the development of skills across the health and social care workforce. It helps ensure that anyone working with people who experience mental health issues can provide consistent, compassionate and personalised support.
The framework can also be used by organisations developing training and education programmes, providing a nationally agreed set of outcomes against which learning can be benchmarked.
How Turning Point will use the updated framework
Turning Point will use the revised framework to shape a person‑centred training offer for its workforce.
By differentiating learning pathways according to service type, and the needs, strengths and experiences of the people we support, the updated framework will help ensure our staff have the right skills, at the right depth, for their specific practice context.
Personalising development across services
The framework will support personalised staff development across community, supported living and crisis services, enabling teams to build competencies that matter most to the people they support. This includes skills linked to:
- Trauma‑informed practice
- Supporting people with co‑existing conditions
- Recovery‑focused approaches
- More specialist mental health support
The strong focus on lived experience ensures the framework reflects what matters most: relationships, trust and the ability to respond compassionately and holistically to each individual.