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Modernising crisis services: what do users want from 24-hour services?
- Author:
- BAMBER Carey
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(1), March 2001, pp.11-13.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Argues that in identifying what users really want from 24-hour services, providers may find that users are not asking for the impossible. Consultation and partnerships across services and with users may well provide the answer to the question of how it can be done effectively without breaking the bank.
Mental health and self-directed support
- Authors:
- BAMBER Carey, FLANAGAN Peter
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, July 2008, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The authors discusses the transformation underway in social care with the move towards personalisation and self-directed support. They argue the changes could provide the best opportunity to shift the culture of mental health care towards person-centred, outcome focused support. The article includes discussion of the In Control pilots, focusing on progress in Rotherham in particular, and highlights some of the positive outcomes to date.
Workforce development: a systematic approach to involving service users and other stakeholders
- Authors:
- BAMBER Carey, McKEOWN Mick
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 8(2), June 2003, pp.13-16.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
The authors argue that workforce planning should incorporate the requirements of the voluntary sector and focus more clearly on meeting the needs of services users. This means systematically and meaningfully involving such individuals in all aspects of the relevant training agenda. Argues that these developments should take place in a more recovery orientated context as well as addressing issues of employment within mental health services and the relevant education of service users and careers.
A survey of policy and practice on expenses and other payments to mental health service users and carers participating in service development
- Authors:
- RYAN Tony, BAMBER Carey
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 11(6), December 2002, pp.635-644.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This article reports a survey of 75 organisations commissioning and providing secondary mental health services regarding their policies and practice in respect of payment to mental health services users and informal carers for expenses and their time when participating in the design, development, delivery and monitoring of services. A wide range of statutory and non-statutory organisations was invited to participate. Results indicate that there is a considerable desire to develop practice in this area and that the issue of payments is viewed as important in addressing user and carer participation. Significantly, many organisations employed unwritten policies based on custom and practice and were most likely to relate to basic expenses payments rather than payments for time given. A small number of organisations had developed robust policies and these usually included payment for time as well as expenses payments.