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Prepared for the job
- Author:
- ROWNTREE Nancy
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Young People Now, 5.11.09, 2009, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Social work training has been criticised for failing to give students hand-on experience. A pilot run by the Prince's Trust in partnership with the Zurich Community Trust places students from the University of Central Lancashire with disadvantaged 16-to 25-year-olds taking part in the charity's 12-week personal development course. Many of the young people taking part have mental health issues. This article looks at the scheme and how it is helping students gain the confidence to engage with young people.
Securing employment for offenders with mental health problems: towards a better way
- Authors:
- SAMELE Chiara, KEIL Jo, THOMAS Stuart
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 10p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This policy paper examines how to improve the employment prospects of offenders with mental health problems. It is based on a review of published literature and discusses the importance of employment, barriers, current initiatives in England and individual placement and support.
Do perceptions of dysfunction and normality mediate clinicians' judgements of adolescent antisocial behavior?
- Authors:
- KIRK Stuart A., HSIEH Derek H.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Service Review, 83(2), June 2009, pp.245-266.
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) requires clinicians making a judgment of mental disorder to first make complex mediating inferences about internal dysfunction and rule out the possibility that behaviours are normal reactions to a problematic environment. Responding to a case vignette in which the social context of antisocial behaviour was systematically varied, a sample of 1,500 social workers, psychologists, and psychiatrists made judgments about the presence of mental disorder, internal dysfunction, and normality in the antisocial behaviour of a youth. Perceptions about the presence of internal dysfunction and normality are found to be related to judgments of mental disorder, but they do not fully mediate the relationship between the influence of social context and judgments of mental disorder.
How Baby Peter has changed everything
- Author:
- GILLEN Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 102, October 2009, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
There has been an rise in the number of care proceedings since the Baby Peter case, which has resulted in an increased workload for social workers. As children in public care often have greater contact with a child mental health team, this article examines the possible impact on child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) teams. A short case study of the Newham Child and Family Consultation service is included.
Measuring what matters: key indicators for the development of evidence-based employment services
- Authors:
- SHEPHERD Geoff, et al
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 16p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This paper puts forward a set of key performance indicators (KPIs) to assist local mental health and employment services to monitor employment outcomes and target development priorities for people in contact with specialist mental health services. Coverage includes: why employment matters, the policy background, the evidence on what works, commissioning guidance, developing the indicators, participation in the pilot, collecting data and what the returns revealed, ending with conclusions, recommendations and the final KPI framework.
And now for the good news
- Author:
- HARDING Eleanor
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2009, pp.16-18.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The local press is a good way of reaching a diverse population to help tackle stigma around mental illness. This article reports on a mental health campaign, 'Mental Health: It's everyone's business', run in papers in south west London.
Ten years after
- Author:
- JAMES Adam
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2009, pp.12-13.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
The impact of the National Service Framework on mental health services in England are briefly assessed. Areas discussed include: delivering 'effective' services for those diagnosed with a severe mental illness, suicide prevention, combating stigma and discrimination, and improving primary care and access to services.
Debt and mental health: an overview of selected evidence, key challenges, and available tools
- Authors:
- FITCH Chris, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, September 2009, pp.26-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
This paper considers the evidence, challenges and tools for addressing the relationship between debt and mental health.
Autonomy: the foundation of social inclusion
- Author:
- BURDETT Jim
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, 5(2 Supplement), July 2009, pp.62-66.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
A philosophical argument is made that the exercise of free will is the essence of recovery from mental illness. This involves reflecting on, learning from and valuing experience, including that of mental illness, in order to make meaning of one's life. The need for mental health services to be built on a foundation entirely consistent with the recovery paradigm is explained, and this creates a context for the current debate on social inclusion. The theoretical and practical implications for services are listed.
Mechanisms to engage communities in fostering social inclusion: a provider perspective
- Authors:
- MELTON Jane, CLEE Shaun
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, 5(2 Supplement), July 2009, pp.29-37.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Mental health provider services can be part of a socially exclusive culture or can decide to deliver solutions. This paper aims to share leadership lessons by disseminating what has been effective in fostering socially inclusive practice in one local provider context. An introduction to the development of a collaborative strategy for social inclusion in Gloucestershire, England is outlined. Next, the paper will offer examples of practice behaviour that have been championed through an organisational approach to social inclusion. It will be argued that appropriate corporate and practitioner action support a culture of positive change through and with the local community. Finally, the paper will conclude that much can be achieved through the lead role of mental health provider organisations to develop positive practice initiatives and model socially inclusive behaviour.