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Work, recovery and inclusion: employment support for people in contact with secondary mental health services
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing report outlines Work, Recovery and Inclusion – a cross-government plan that sets out how people in contact with secondary mental health services can be better supported into work. It describes how work is an important element of the recovery model. Employment should be considered a key outcome at every level of the mental health system and included in people’s care plans as they move along the pathway to recovery. This requires a cultural shift in the way services are delivered. Mental health trusts need to ensure: leadership at board level; a recovery-focus across all their services, with a clear emphasis on supporting people into work; good links with partner organisations and agencies concerned with mental health and employment, education and training; and staff training in the benefits of employment and the barriers people face.