CREST Team Case Study - Ash Robinson

Ash is a Co-production Lead at CREST

What made you apply for your job?

This role seems to crystallise all my experiences in mental health and working with people who use drugs and alcohol. Language interests me. We live within our own perceptions, ones that are populated by those we can relate to, with their own language and customs. Understanding the language and customs of those worlds to build better relationships with those who inhabit them is important to me.

What do you most admire about CREST?

I’m enjoying what I do and it’s important to me that I’m with other people who enjoy what they do. This team is amazing and I love the hope it engenders in everyone involved.

What do you want to see in the future at CREST?

My greatest ambition for the job is to move closer to continuous involvement of the service users and to open our processes to the people who they were built for.