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Winners all: supporting people to stay in work
- Author:
- LENNARD Ian
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 8(2), May 2004, pp.23-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes two employment support projects run by the Richmond Fellowship Employment Training (RFET) that worked with employees with mental health problems and employers and sometimes both, to help people in work keep their job.
Successful vocational rehabilitation for individuals with significant mental disabilities
- Author:
- SPENCE Maria A.S.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Work in Disability and Rehabilitation, 3(1), 2004, pp.37-52.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The services provided to people with significant mental health problems in this American study were designed to address a range of support needs that would foster job retention and increase the number achieving successful employment. This cross-sectional exploratory study sampled 211 people with mental health problems who received vocational rehabilitation support services through a vocational rehabilitation center in Columbus, Ohio. Those sampled experienced both successful and unsuccessful employment closures. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Working all together
- Authors:
- THOMAS Tina, SECKER Jenny, GROVE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, June 2004, pp.30-33.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Job retention schemes have an essential role in a recovery orientated mental health service. This article looks at a job retention team (JRT) based in Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust (AWMHTP). The JRT operates on a case management model, and offers a free service to people in employment currently experiencing mental health problems and at a risk of loosing their jobs as a result. The ultimate aim of the pilot is to develop a model for job retention services across the UK. Summarises findings from a qualitative evaluation of the project's first year of operation, from June 2002 to May 2003. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 13 of the 29 clients with whom the JRT had worked over the 12 months, 5 of their employers, 6 of their GPs and 2 case managers.
Gaining insight from experience: what are service users saying about employment?
- Authors:
- BERTRAM Mark, LINNETT Peter
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 7(4), November 2003, pp.3-6.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the findings of a consultation conference which, through user-facilitated focus groups, was able to get mental health service users views about existing employment services. Discusses current services; suggestions for new services; and the role service users and user-led organisations can play in developing and running new services.
Job retention: developing a service
- Author:
- BUTTERWORTH Roger
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 6(4), December 2001, pp.17-20.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Reports on the Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust's work development programme, which is a NHS Beacon award winner. Looks at the origins and development of the service.
Working it out
- Author:
- MAPP Sue
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 12.9.96, 1996, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on how people who have a mental illness are being helped back to work by a ground-breaking scheme at Shropshire Social Services.
What's it worth now?: the social and economic costs of mental health problems in Scotland
- Author:
- SCOTTISH ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
This report evaluates the social and economic costs of mental health problems in Scotland. It focuses on the costs of health and social care for people with mental health problems, including services provided by the NHS and local authorities, and assesses the costs of output losses in the economy that result from the adverse impact of mental health problems on work and employment. The report examines the human costs of mental health problems, particularly their negative impact on quality of life, and outlines the prevalence of mental health problems in the workplace and the cost to employers from sickness absence, staff turnover and workplace interventions. It examines the importance of prevention, recognition, early identification, rehabilitation and awareness training in the workplace. Finally, it discusses the extent and cost of mental health problems among people not in work, and employment support for workless people. The report estimates the human costs to be £5.6 billion, output losses £3.2 billion, health and social care costs £1.9 billion - a total of £10.7 billion in 2009-2010.
Best practice in relation to seeking and maintaining employment for people with depression and other mental illnesses
- Authors:
- MUNRO Ian, EDWARD Karen-Leigh
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 6(2), Autumn 2009, pp.229-250.
- Publisher:
- South West Yorkshire Mental Health NHS Trust and University of Huddersfield
Those who experience mental illness find reconnecting into employment difficult and complex. Aiming to evaluate the Disability Open Employment Services (now called the Disability Employment Network) developed by the Australian Federal Government to assist clients with health disabilities to seek and maintain employment, this pilot study was an in-depth exploration of employment factors and their impact on clients with depressive disorders and other mental illnesses who receive vocational support services. The study used a mixed method quantitative-qualitative approach with two participant groups, with a survey form and semi-structured interviews and focus groups. The findings were that male participants reported less symptom interference with work duties than females and reported lower levels of mental health than females, there was an association of employment goal on the degree to which symptoms interfered with work duties where those whose goal was full-time work experienced significantly more interference from their symptoms than others, and there was fragmentation of services and variability in the educational preparation of employment counsellors. The authors conclude that further research is required into the factors which clients perceive as enabling or inhibiting their participation in employment support services and how employment support services and mental health organisations can work together.
Action on stigma: promoting mental health, ending discrimination at work
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
With mental health problems experienced by one in six people, the health and well-being of people of working age is of fundamental importance to our future. The Government believes that everyone, including employers, has a role to play in improving the mental health of society. This document outlines a new initiative to support organisations in helping to achieve this goal.
A toolkit for mental health promotion in the workplace: Trent mental health in the workplace project
- Author:
- HUGHES Sarah
- Publisher:
- Mentality
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Toolkit provides a framework for developing a mental health promotion policy in the workplace. The Toolkit makes the case for investment, information on what works and some practical examples of ways forward. The Toolkit has been developed to assist organisations to: promote mental health in the workplace; understand what may be affecting their employees' mental health; offer assistance to employees experiencing mental health problems; and promote a positive approach to employing people with mental health problems.