It’s amazing what can happen when you apply a tailored approach to a person’s mental health recovery journey.

Luke Rose is a Clinical Lead Health Instructor at Team BSMHFT who plays a crucial role in helping patients reach their functional potential through tailored exercise and activity plans.

Working at the Trust for over nine years, Luke is based at our Early Interventions Service. The Early Intervention Service is a multidisciplinary team who work closely with individuals for up to three years who are experiencing their first episode of psychosis. The team aim to assist a person’s recovery and reduce any distress they may be feeling by helping people to cope with their experiences. The Early Interventions Service also help people to understand what is happening to them and how to manage their illness.

Luke said:

“I work with people aged 14-65 who are experiencing their first episode psychosis, which can be a very distressing and scary time. My role primarily focuses on supporting their physical health with physical activity interventions to aid within service users’ recovery.

“I have seen countless service users transform their lives with support from our Early Intervention Service. I have witnessed people who have been very poorly go on to literally climb mountains! It’s amazing what can happen when you apply a tailored approach to a person’s mental health recovery journey.

“My job is rewarding in so many ways, but helping patients realise and achieving their full potential through physical activity and working with service users collaboratively toward achieving their goals is what makes this job worth it!”

If you would like to read more about the mental health benefits of physical activity, please visit Better Health’s website today.