What’s the project?
CareLoop is a digital real-time monitoring and relapse prevention platform to support people with serious mental illness. CareLoop asks people to complete questionnaires through their smartphones. It includes a smartphone app that enables people to record how are they feeling and notifies their care team if the technology detects that people are becoming unwell. The hope is that people can be identified and help given early before they become too unwell.
CareLoop is a digital platform developed by CareLoop Health Ltd, a University of Manchester spin-out company. The platform was co-designed and developed over many years with people with lived experience of serious mental illness, researchers, clinicians and software engineers.
The platform is already in use in the UK to support service users with their care. We are looking to recruit a team of people with lived experience of psychosis / schizophrenia to co-design future versions of the CareLoop platform with us.
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The project will last one year and will start in January 2026. There will be four online meetings, each lasting two hours, and roughly four tasks sent by email. There is also the potential for the project to be extended for a further year to include a further four meetings and four email tasks.
We are looking for a UK based person with lived experience of psychosis or schizophrenia, and some previous experience supporting public and patient involvement to join this new study. Through a series of online meetings and offline tasks you will help co-design a digital monitoring platform to support people with psychosis and schizophrenia.
- Has lived experience of serious mental illness (psychosis or schizophrenia).
- Are aged 18+
- Lives in the UK.
- Has an interest in apps and digital technology.
- Some experience of supporting projects with Patient and Public Involvement.
- It is essential that you can attend online meetings using a videoconferencing platform. You will need a personal computer or smartphone, with a camera and microphone.
- You will also need headphones with a microphone, if not in a private space.
- Mental health problems and experiences affect everyone, but involvement in research does not always reflect this. Therefore, we are actively seeking applications from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic groups. We would especially like to hear from those who have experienced difficult life experiences (for example: seldom-heard groups, low-income backgrounds) and those who identify with being neurodivergent.
Payment will be offered at £25 an hour. This will be offered for both online meetings and email tasks
If you are interested in applying, please click on the button below to download an expression of interest application form. Please send your completed application form to Alex Kenny at [email protected] Senior Public Involvement in Research Officer at the McPin Foundation.
Alex can help you with your application if you have any accessibility needs. Please contact Alex at [email protected] if you have any questions.
The deadline is Friday 30th January 2026 at midday.
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