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Personal budgets: risk enablement and mental health
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- London
This film showcases the work of Stockport Council and Pennine Care NHS Trust. As part of their risk enablement strategy for personal budgets and mental health they established a risk enablement panel as a last resort for discussing final support plans for people considered to be at risk. However, in the three years since the panel was established, they have only used it twice. Stockport has also committed to a culture change where staff and service users are able to openly discuss positive risk taking and concerns about risk. This has resulted in people with mental health problems (even those with more complex needs who use a budget managed by a third party) being able to use their personal budgets more creatively. They are experiencing positive outcomes such as improved confidence and self-determination and greater levels of activity. They also have more opportunities to take up volunteering and training for employment.
Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a briefing for providers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 3
- Place of publication:
- London
This summary aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) providers to open up their service to everyone who has the right to use it. Ensuring equalities within IMHA services means reaching all qualifying patients regardless of their ethnicity, age, gender, disability, beliefs, sexual orientation or any other characteristics protected by the 2010 Equalities Act. It also means taking these characteristics into careful account and developing a service that can understand their impact and meet people's needs in the best possible way. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving equality of access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA): a report for providers
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 17
- Place of publication:
- London
This report aims to help Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) services reach everyone who is entitled to their support. It aims to help IMHA providers to achieve the best possible outcomes for all people treated under the Mental Health Act 1983 amended in 2007. Drawing directly on the findings and recommendations of the national review of the quality of IMHA services in England, the report highlights the problem of unequal uptake of IMHA by some groups of ‘qualifying patients' and explores what can be done to change this situation. It highlights the obligations of IMHA services under the Equality Act (2010) and provides concrete suggestions about how to take effective action and improve practice when working with people sharing relevant protected characteristics. It also suggest steps that IMHA providers can take to help them identify, understand, and address the barriers to the full and effective use of their service by everyone who is entitled to access it. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) for mental health staff
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing describes the role of Independent Mental Health Advocacy, who is eligible, and what mental health staff can do to support people who use services to access IMHA support. Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) is a statutory right for people who have been detained under most sections of the Mental Health Act or who are on a community treatment order (CTO). This information will help to ensure people’s rights are respected when they are sectioned under the Mental Health Act. (Edited publisher abstract)
Case study: City and Hackney CAMHS extended service
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A short case study describing the work of City and Hackney Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The service has extended their Tier 3 service provision to young people past the age of 18 years old who do not currently meet the criteria for Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS), but who are considered to require a mental health service. The case study outlines the background to the project, describes how the service was designed, how outcomes and impact of the service will be measured, and explains when the the service may be suitable to transferable to other settings. (Original abstract)
Reducing the risk of violent and aggressive behaviours
- Authors:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE, SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publishers:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 4
- Place of publication:
- London
A quick guide for registered managers of mental health services for young people. The guide aims to help registered managers to support young people to manage and minimise violent and aggressive behaviour. It covers: preventing violent and aggressive behaviours, de-escalation, and training. It is based on NICE’s guideline and quality standard on violence and aggression. (Edited publisher abstract)
What does a good IMHA service look like?
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- London
A self-assessment tool which enables IMHA providers to self-assess their service within a clear quality framework and help them understand what a good IMHA service looks like. The tool lists ten indicators with suggested evidence sources for self-assessment. The quality indicators covered are: values, independence, role clarity, co-production, relationships to other forms of advocacy provision, staffing, equality and diversity, accessibility of the service, relationship with mental health services, and monitoring and self-evaluation. A third column allows IMHA providers to rate themselves using red, amber and green traffic lights. Providers can then summarises their key strengths and areas for development. (Edited publisher abstract)
Making a difference: measuring the impact of independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
An effective Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) service is one that delivers good outcomes for the person (sometimes called the 'advocacy partner' or 'partner') receiving the advocacy support. This report looks at the difference that IMHA services can make to the lives of people subject to compulsion under the Mental Health Act 1983. It provides service users, IMHA providers, commissioners and mental health services with information to discuss outcomes, what they are, how they will know they have been achieved, what performance indicators can be used to measure the effectiveness of services, and how outcomes can be measured. (Edited publisher abstract)
10 top tips for commissioners: commissioning Independent Mental Health Advocacy services in England
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 6
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing provides 10 top tips designed to help commissioners to provide good quality Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA) services. The tips cover: understanding the role and responsibilities of IMHA; co-production; strategic needs assessment and asset mapping; outcome-based commissioning, quality and cost; meeting diverse needs; engaging with IMHA providers; IMHA and other forms of advocacy; non-instructed advocacy; out of area placements; and links with health service commissioners. (Edited publisher abstract)
Improving access to Independent Mental Health Advocacy for providers of mental health services
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 5
- Place of publication:
- London
The majority of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 are eligible, under section 130 of the 2007 Act, to access Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA) services. However research has shown that less than half of those qualifying for an IMHA appear to be accessing them. This summary and flowchart provide the essential information needed to implement an open access policy. Open access means qualifying patients are automatically referred to IMHA services unless they object. This approach has implications for IMHA service capacity; resourcing; consent and confidentiality. This summary of how to implement an open access process for IMHA services should be considered in conjunction with the Improving Open Access to IMHA flowchart. (Edited publisher abstract)