A Groundbreaking Simulation Project: Embedding Cultural Capability into Mental Health Practice
- Joanne Taylor
- Sep 19
- 1 min read
At Inclusivitii, we’re proud to have led a powerful simulation-based training programme focused on embedding cultural capability into mental health care. Developed in collaboration with experienced facilitators and professional actors, the project invited practitioners to engage with complex, real-world scenarios that highlight the importance of culturally safe, anti-racist practice.
Through live role-play, reflection, and facilitated debriefs, participants were challenged to consider how unconscious bias, cultural blind spots, and institutional norms can shape mental health assessments, treatment decisions, and service user experience.
Each scenario was carefully designed to centre the lived experiences of racialised communities, with a focus on:
Cultural beliefs around medication, mental health, and healing
Family and faith-based dynamics
Historical and generational mistrust of institutions
The impact of microaggressions and stereotyping in clinical interactions
The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with many participants describing the sessions as “eye-opening,” “deeply human,” and “unlike anything I’ve experienced in training before.”
This work is part of our wider commitment to racial equity in health and care. We believe that cultural capability is not a ‘nice to have’, it’s essential to safe, compassionate, and effective care.
We’re grateful to all the facilitators, actors, and practitioners who made this programme such a success. The journey continues, and so does the work.