Our Core Purpose:
GAMH promotes the mental health and wellbeing of the people and communities of greater Glasgow.
Our Vision:
GAMH is working towards the time when ALL of Scotland's people will have full and equal citizenship rights regardless of their mental health status.
Our Core Values:
All our work is underpinned by the following principles:
- Recovery is happening when people can live well in the presence or absence of mental health symptoms
- Recovery is unique to every individual and our role is to support that process through a highly personalised service over which the service user has maximum control
- People first philosophy - People have the right to an identity separate from symptoms, diagnosis, illness or disability - we are not our labels
- Every one of us has Human Rights that are based on the principles of Dignity, Equality, Freedom, Respect and Autonomy
- A persons rights, interests, strengths and background should always be respected despite the presence of problems or symptoms
- People who have lived experience of mental health problems are the experts in their own lives - they have within them the strengths and potential to find solutions to their own problems
- The helping relationship is based on partnership, mutual learning and trust - recovery based services encourage personal development, creativity, resilience, resourcefulness and hope (belief that recovery is possible)
- Social justice and social inclusion are essential for recovery - everyone should have the chance to make the most of their lives and their talents
- Services should promote choice, citizenship, and participation in community life - people are entitled to a life beyond the role of "mental health service user"
- The contribution of family, friends, peers (people with lived experience of mental health recovery) and other supporters to a person's recovery and wellbeing should always be recognised and valued
- People who use services tend to value the personal qualities of staff at least as much as formal qualifications - compassion, optimism, creativity, reliability and resilience are some of the qualities essential for the delivery of a recovery based service.