Search results for ‘Subject term:"mental health problems"’ Sort:
Results 11 - 14 of 14
Challenging barriers to employment, training and education for mental health service users: the service user's perspective
- Authors:
- SECKER Jenny, GROVE Bob, SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 10(4), August 2001, pp.395-404.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
In 1999 the 'Care Programme to Work' project at the Institute for Applied Health and Social Policy undertook a survey of service users in Sheffield. The aim was to identify users' employment, education and training needs, as they perceived them. One hundred and fifty-six interviews were carried out across the city, followed by 11 focus groups to explore vocational issues in more detail and ensure that the views of groups under-represented in the interviews were included. Service users were employed as interviewers and focus group leaders. Open employment was the most frequently identified long-germ goal. The study highlighted the need for an integrated approach to vocational guidance and support; for strong links with employment and educational agencies and with projects supporting diverse groups of users; for access to impartial benefits advice; and for mental health services themselves to take a lead in providing and promoting employment opportunities.
Upsetting the apple cart whilst pulling it along the road: implementing the national service framework for mental health
- Authors:
- PECK Edward, GROVE Bob, HOWELL Valerie
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 8(2), April 2000, pp.36-44.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article argues that the traditional approach to translating national policy into local practice, based as it is on a metaphor of organisations as machines, will not lead to effective implementation of the national service framework for mental health. Rather, the paper contends that there is need for a broader range of metaphors of organisation to be deployed in the creation of robust implementation process and suggests three-negotiated order, chaos theory and learning theory - that the authors have found of particular value.
Leros-escape into life
- Authors:
- HENDERSON John, GROVE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 3(2), May 1999, pp.5-10.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Ten years ago the Greek island of Leros became notorious throughout Europe as one of the worse examples of the inhumanity of the 'total institution' still existing within the European Union. The authors provide an account of their experience of being involved in the reforms and the lessons learned from Leros.
Making partnerships work for rehabilitation and employment
- Authors:
- GROVE Bob, LESLIE Iain, SCOTT Rachel
- Publisher:
- Richmond Fellowship Workschemes
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 77p.,list of orgs.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report based on a joint initiative by the Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment, Employment Service, and voluntary organisations to develop inter-agency partnerships and user involvement in rehabilitation, education, training and employment services for disabled people, people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems, and people with sensory impairments.