EPSM Le Rôtillon, public sector, 2020

How can we meet the needs of a highly marginalised population?

Mandated by the canton of Vaud to identify the needs of a highly marginalised population, EPSM Le Rôtillon asked Think2Make to run the study with them: interviews with partner organisations, then a creative workshop.

Project in Lausanne

In brief

Client
EPSM Le Rôtillon
Service used
Co-creation

“Inspiring. It encourages reflexivity and cross-functional thinking, and motivates me to keep going and get involved in this direction.”

Steve PerroudSociologist, EPSM Le Rôtillon

Challenge

Finding it difficult to meet the needs of a highly marginalised population, EPSM Le Rôtillon raised the issue with the psychiatry and addiction unit of the canton of Vaud (DGCS), which asked EPSM Le Rôtillon to carry out a study to identify the needs of its target group. Keen to limit bias and to contribute as a service provider, Le Rôtillon called on Think2Make, as innovation facilitator, to support it in carrying out this project.

How it is going

Step 1

Together with EPSM Le Rôtillon, Think2Make conducted a series of interviews with the various stakeholders to map the needs of users and staff.

22 October 2020

First day of interviews for the project. In the morning, we went to the management of the community psychiatry service of the CHUV for our first interview.

The CHUV in Lausanne
The CHUV building in Lausanne

For the second part of the day, we went to Point d’Eau.

28 October 2020

We visited the Fondation Stanislas, and more specifically EPSM Les Myosotis in Montherod.

4 November 2020

For this third day of interviews, we started at the Sleep-in.

We then went to the Fondation Mère Sofia, which runs the Soupe Populaire soup kitchen in Lausanne.

12 November 2020

We went to the Fondation de Nant, very close to Chaplin’s World.

26 November 2020

We met the CPNVD in Yverdon and the Graap in Lausanne.

30 November 2020

For this last day of interviews, we met Caritas, and more specifically the social support and integration centre in Lausanne (CASI).

Step 2

Next, based on the data gathered, Think2Make will run a creative workshop to process this data and develop concrete solutions to implement.

The workshop

To be continued…

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