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You care, you count: a carer's guide to getting support
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 31p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document sets out commitments the government has made to addressing immediate and longer-term issues in the matter of people providing care and support for someone with mental illness.
Small change, big difference: a civil service line manager's guide to reasonable adjustments for mental health problems
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reasonable adjustments are required by the Disability Discrimination Act to be provided by employers for disabled staff. This publication is a practical guide for civil service line managers about supporting employees with mental health problems, and providing reasonable adjustments. The guide provides information about mental health problems and how they can impact on people at work. It aims to help managers to make adjustments to minimise this impact so that the employee can work most effectively. The guide includes information on: who is entitled to reasonable adjustments; when is an adjustment reasonable; examples of reasonable adjustments for mental health problems; Wellness and Recovery Action Plans; stigma and encouraging staff to be open about their mental health problems; examples of how someone with a mental health problem might be affected at work; how mental health problems are different to stress; and what to do in a crisis.
Breaking prejudice
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 14p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The stigma face by people with a mental illness can create social isolation, reduce opportunities and make recovery more difficult. This report looks at the evidence for effective anti-stigma marketing campaigns, in particular Rethink's experience in Norwich and Northern Ireland. The Norwich and Northern Ireland campaigns are described. There is then some discussion of their impact based on the results of telephone surveys carried out before and after the campaigns. Lessons from Norwich and Northern Ireland are discussed. The report concludes with recommendations, including that the government needs to fund anti-stigma projects nationally and on a long term basis.