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Enabling the entrepreneur
- Author:
- SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 11(2), May 2007, pp.6-10.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author talks to the Laughing Buddha Bubble Incubator project and Inspire, two projects which aim to work with people with mental health problems to help them develop their entrepreneurial skills.
Care programme to work
- Author:
- SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 3(4), November 1999, pp.19-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes Care Programme to Work (CPTW) an action research project that aims to help local services develop employment opportunities for people who are on the higher tiers of Care Programme Approach. It brings together providers, their users and local employers, to develop ways in which users can more easily identify and pursue their vocational ambitions.
Unlocking our potential
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, GRIFFITHS
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, April 2004, pp.24-26.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at a new video which shows how young black men have overcome barriers to find a way forward out of mental illness. The video, 'Better must come', was produced by the Mellow Campaign and the Employment Support Programme based at the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. Funding for the video project was provided by the Lord Mayor's Fund, the Department for Work and Pensions and the London Borough of Newham.
Evening the odds: employment support, mental health and BME communities
- Author:
- SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(4), November 2008, pp.19-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has recently published a briefing paper on employment support for people from black and minority ethnic communities who have mental health problems. The author of the appear summarises some of the key issues.
What have we learnt about mental health and employment?
- Authors:
- SECKER Jenny, GROVE Bob, SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 11(1), 2006, pp.8-15.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
This article examines the evidence regarding who can benefit from vocational interventions, service users' motivation to work, how people can be helped to find and keep a job and how unemployment can be prevented in the first place. The authors then look at practice evidence to show how effective services aimed at supporting service users to return or retain contact with the labour market can be developed.
Net Working
- Author:
- SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Care, 4(2), October 2000, pp.68-69.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Describes a new national network which aims to support employment, education and training opportunities for people with mental health problems.
Bold but balanced: how community development contributes to mental health and inclusion
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, GILCHRIST Alison, MORRIS David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Development Journal, 47(4), October 2012, pp.473-490.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Drawing on their own exploratory study of the role community development can play in the UK mental health context (Connect and Include, 2008), the authors of this article discuss how community development can contribute to mental well-being. The article focuses on how community development practitioners connect and include people experiencing mental health difficulties with community activities and mainstream services and increase opportunity and choice. It covers mental health and community context, recovery, inclusion, community-led initiatives, building trust, enabling and challenging, facilitating and light-touch support, and bridging barriers. It includes discussion of the findings from the Connect and Include study, which involved a survey and interviews with community development practitioners and participants in 8 sites across the UK. It identifies challenges for community development practitioners working with mental health service providers and users, and discusses the strengths and potential contribution of the community development approach in improving mental well-being.
Community development approaches to working with groups of people with mental health problems to promote race equality in mental health
- Author:
- SEEBOHM Patience
- Journal article citation:
- Diversity in Health and Care, 7(4), November 2010, pp.249-260.
- Publisher:
- Radcliffe Publishing
Many black and minority ethnic people report experiencing fear or alienation in UK mental health services. Community development involves people coming together to address shared concerns and community development workers (CDWs) support these processes, promoting justice and equality. In 2005 they were introduced within mental health services. This study explores the role of CDWs working with peer-led groups. It begins with a survey to find out which CDWs worked in the area of mental health, what this involved and how they felt about the work. A total of 46 CDWs responded to the survey; about 11% of the workforce. Most worked with people with mental health problems to promote inclusion, well-being and engagement, and four sought to help groups to pursue their own goals. Nine CDWs were interviewed in depth. Three distinct approaches were identified. The first supported service user-led groups to address the power imbalance in services, the second supported community-led groups to promote social inclusion, and the third focused on policy implementation and outputs. Differences were associated with CDWs' previous experiences of mental health and their workplace. The authors caution against other then tentative conclusions because of the small sample size, but suggest that CDWs can promote race equality in mental health services, using diverse approaches to community development. However it was noted that few appear to help service user-led groups pursue radical change.
Using Appreciative Inquiry to promote choice for older people and their carers
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(4), November 2010, pp.13-21.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes how an ‘Appreciative Inquiry’ approach was used in south London to enhance the levels of choice that older adults with dementia or mental health problems and their carers have in relation to the care and support they receive. During this project, a wide range of participants across the borough of Lewisham took part in conversations about making the choices that matter most to them. This article tells the story of this project, its background, the Appreciative Inquiry approach, and what was learnt. The Appreciate Inquiry approach comprises 4 stages: discovery; dream; design; and delivery. In the discovery stage, over 60 people with different roles and backgrounds shared stories in appreciative interviews. The Design Group read all these stories and drew out their common and different themes. On 9 July 2010, 120 people including managers, practitioners, carers, and service users met to share more discovery stories and to convey their visions of the best possible future for older people and their carers, building on what works. Later, the Design Group drew up on action plan for taking the work forward. Through looking at successful stories about making real choice in Lewisham, the project provided information about the conditions that support choice, including the importance of good relationships, building trust, making time, giving and receiving encouragement, and support.
What's in a name? A discussion paper on the labels and location of self-organising community groups, with particular reference to mental health and black groups
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, MUNN-GIDDINGS Carol, BREWER Paul
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(3), August 2010, pp.23-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article discusses the labelling and location of self-organising community groups. It explores the similarities and differences in the way that the terms self-help, peer support and service user groups are used. It notes the increasingly close relationship between these groups and statutory authorities, and how this relationship may put the benefits of the groups at risk. Historical, cultural and social factors are discussed to help explain differences and separate developments within African, Caribbean and other Black communities. It concludes that, regardless of how they are described, many of the self-organising groups that bring together people with a common interest are likely to share the mutuality and reciprocity that builds positive social capital, which, in turn, is associated with well-being and resilience.