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Understanding the impact of JRRP for people with mental health conditions
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Rebecca, LEWIS Jane
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This reanalysis explores an unexpected finding from the evaluation of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation pilot, namely that people with mental health conditions who used the pilot services had a lower rate of return to work than those who did not. Quantitative and qualitative data collected during the evaluation of the pilot provided evidence supporting a number of plausible explanations. These included the possibility that there may have been less scope to boost health and workplace services for people with mental health conditions and delayed returns to work due to a focus on the same employer, waiting for a more complete health recovery, and dependency on the service provider. There was no evidence to indicate that the interventions were deficient for the mental health group, nor did the data suggest that the design of the trial was likely to have caused the negative impact.
What about work?: a practical guide to supporting people with mental health issues in Bristol move towards paid employment
- Author:
- BRISTOL MENTAL HEALTH EMPLOYMENT FORUM
- Publisher:
- Bristol Mental Health Employment Forum
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This brief practical guide aims to ensure that those working with people with mental health issues are aware of the important things to consider when supporting them into employment. The guide is produced by the Bristol Mental Health Employment Forum; a group of workers from statutory and voluntary sector organisations, as well as mental health service users/survivors. There are three main sections to the guide. The first ‘moving towards work’ lists the questions and issues to consider. The second part tabulates the available support services, showing activities and agencies appropriate to the different stages of the employment seeking journey. Contact details for these agencies are given in the final section. The authors stress that this is not an attempt to put pressure on people, but rather to encourage them, and those working with them, to view paid work as a viable option. This is the second edition of What About Work. It is intended that it will be updated every six months.
Employment and mental health: assessing the economic impact and the case for intervention
- Authors:
- MCDAID David, et al
- Publisher:
- Personal Social Services Research Unit
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 29p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The importance of employment and its links with mental health are summarised and the European policy context described. The report then asks what the consequences of poor mental health for economic activity are, if a trend in productivity losses over time can be seen and what we know about employment rates for people with mental health problems. Barriers to employment, the economic case for helping such people remain in the workforce, assessing the cost effectiveness of interventions to this end, legislative and policy actions, and the way forward are discussed.
Enterprise, employment and empowerment: the social firm sector's mission
- Author:
- REYNOLDS Sue
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 12(4), November 2008, pp.27-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The author, Chief Executive of Social Firms UK, outlines the latest developments in the social firm sector's mission to provide real jobs for people with severe disadvantages, such as those with mental health problems. The article highlights the work of a number of social firms.
Managing mental health and employment
- Author:
- IRVINE Annie
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 144p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents the findings of an exploratory qualitative study commissioned in 2007 by the Department for Work and Pensions to investigate the experiences of people with a mental health condition who had continued to work in paid employment while unwell. The study was carried out by the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York and was based on interviews with 38 people working for a range of small and large employers in the public and private sectors.
The employment issue
- Author:
- REYNOLDS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Openmind, 153, September 2008, pp.24-25.
- Publisher:
- MIND
Social Firms are providing real jobs and training opportunities for people with mental health problems. This article reports on their success and highlights the work of Pembrokeshire FRAME and Biz Match Ltd.
National programme for improving mental health and well-being small research projects initiative 2006: making an impact: exploring how to measure the mental health impacts of working in a social firm
- Authors:
- McDERMID Leona, et al
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This study aimed to begin to support the development of an evidence base for mental health improvement through employment in Social Firms, by identifying potential indicators and ways of measuring mental health impacts. A brief literature review was undertaken of studies and publications, from peer reviewed and internet sources, relating to indicators for measuring mental health impacts of working in a Social Firm. Workshop discussions and interviews were held with Social Firms’ managers and service users working in Social Firms to inform the choice of indicators and tools.
About time: commissioning to transform day and vocational services
- Authors:
- LOCKETT Helen, SEYMOUR Linda, POZNER Adam
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 104p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
People with severe mental health problems must be offered more and better practical support to achieve their hopes and ambitions, according to a new Sainsbury Centre guide for health and social care commissioners. About Time, by Helen Lockett, Linda Seymour and Adam Pozner, sets out how day and vocational services can make radical changes to offer people the support they need to build the lives they want for themselves. It argues that investment is tied up in day and vocational services which often only offer sheltered and segregated support for people with mental health problems rather than giving people the support to get jobs and pursue their interests. About Time shows how primary care trusts and county council commissioners can turn their services around by finding out what their users want, drawing on the available evidence of what works and building new forms of support. It shows that involving service users from the start of a process of radical change is crucial to its success.
Mental health service users' experiences of returning to paid employment
- Authors:
- BOYCE Melanie, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 23(1), January 2008, pp.77-88.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Research into mental health and employment has focused largely on people who are unemployed. This paper reports the experiences of 20 clients of employment support agencies in the UK who had succeeded in returning to work. A number of barriers to getting back to work were identified, but receiving employment support could enable people to overcome them. There was consistency with previous studies of factors associated with high and low levels of job satisfaction. Even those participants who were less satisfied with their jobs identified benefits and none described any negative effects. The quality of the employment support provided was important, including advice and counselling during the job search, enabling informed choice about disclosure and support in work. Job retention targets are required for funding programmes in addition to placement targets. Further research into the timing and processes of disclosure and into occupational health screening processes would be helpful.
Mental health and employment
- Authors:
- SAINSBURY Roy, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 164p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report presents findings of a qualitative research project commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to investigate the relationship between mental health and employment. The research was conducted during 2007 by the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York and the Institute for Employment Studies. The study was designed to address a gap in knowledge about the circumstances that lead people to claim Incapacity Benefit because of a mental health condition and what factors contribute to people with mental health conditions returning to work after a period on Incapacity Benefit. The study also explored employers' understanding and experience of dealing with mental health conditions in the workplace.