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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)
Commissioning mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.03.08, 2008, pp.34-35.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article highlights practice issues in providing mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men. It covers assessing the need for mental health advocacy and funding and commissioning advocacy to reflect local demography, ethnic diversity and need.
Independent Mental Health Advocacy (IMHA)
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Place of publication:
- London
A suite of 12 resources which includes short films, reports, at a glance summaries and tools on Independent Mental Health Advocacy. The resources aim to raise awareness and understanding of the IMHA role amongst service users and mental health staff; improve access IMHA, help providing an understand what a good service looks like, and how outcomes can be measured. The resources have been produced by the Social Care Institute for Excellence in partnership with The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston. (Edited publisher abstract)
Commissioning and providing mental health advocacy for African and Caribbean men
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, NEWBIGGING Karen, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Place of publication:
- London
The purpose of this resource guide is to provide pointers for commissioners and providers of advocacy services to ensure that African and Caribbean men have access to appropriate high-quality mental health advocacy. Appropriate advocacy services contribute to countering the effects of social exclusion and discrimination, which have been identified as significant issues for these men in their engagement with mental health services. The guide provides: key messages from the research evidence; policy principles to guide positive practice; translating these principles into practice; options for the organisation of advocacy; examples of advocacy services for African and Caribbean men; implications for mental health service users from other black and minority ethnic communities; and information about available resources. (Previously publised as SCIE Resource Guide no. 10).