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Supporting people with mental health conditions into paid employment: a briefing for work programme providers
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A briefing paper providing advice for contractors of Work Programme services on helping people with long-term mental health conditions into employment. The paper explains the benefits of the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) approach to supported employment over the traditional 'train then place' model. It outlines the seven basic principles if IPS, presents some of the research evidence that supports its use over other methods, and explains how it can be used with other client groups. The briefing paper also includes ten questions to consider asking of specialist providers of employment support for people with mental health conditions.
Assisting those with mental health problems into employment
- Author:
- INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
One of a series of briefings providing practice-oriented summaries of published evidence, this Insight focuses on helping those with mental health problems into employment. The briefing provides an overview of the current policy context in Scotland and barriers to employment, before summarising recent research evidence. Models and approaches discussed include vocational training, supported employment, and one specific form of supported employment, Individual Placement and Support (ISP). Recommendations for practice are then highlighted.
Mental health and employment
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet provides brief facts and statistics on mental ill health in the workplace. Information is provided on: mental ill health in the working population; mental health and employment; mental health and unemployment; stigma and discrimination in the workplace.
Small steps back to work
- Author:
- GRIFFITHS Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 30.9.10, 2010, pp.26-27.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A talking therapies scheme in Berkshire which delivers cognitive behavioural therapy is exceeding expectations in supporting people with mental health issues into employment. The service is available in a range of formats, including group courses, computerised programmes, guided self-help and one-to-one therapy. 85% of referrals come from GPs and the rest from social workers, health professionals or users themselves.
Employer and employment agency attitudes towards employing individuals with mental health needs
- Authors:
- BIGGS David, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 19(6), December 2010, pp.509-516.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
The positive benefits of paid employment for individuals with mental health needs are well known yet many still remain unemployed. The attitudes of employers and employment agencies that may provide short-term contracts to individuals with mental health needs are important to understand if these individuals are to be given access to paid employment. This study used a mixed methods approach comprising interviews and a follow-up survey. Interviews were conducted with 10 directors responsible for the local recruitment agency in Gloucestershire and 10 employing managers in large businesses. The results of these interviews then informed a follow-up survey of 200 businesses in Gloucestershire. The findings demonstrated that employment agencies would consider putting forward individuals with previous mental health needs to employers. However, employers had a high level of concern around employing these individuals. Employers reported issues of trust, needing supervision, inability to use initiative and inability to deal with the public for individuals with either existing or previous mental health needs. The article concludes that there is a need for employers to have more accurate information regarding hiring individuals with mental health needs.
Mental health in the workplace: an employer's guide
- Author:
- MIND
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5 pamphlets
- Place of publication:
- London
This pack aims to show how employers thinking about mental health in the workplace can benefit both their business and their employers. Five short 'guides' are included. Guide 1: The importance of mental health to business, which illustrates the business benefits of thinking about mental health in the workplaces. Guide 2: Understanding mental health issues which covers some of the myths around mental health and explains some of the signs of mental ill health. Guide 3: Creating a mentally healthy workplace which covers the benefits of support systems and making reasonable adjustments for employees. Guide 4: Recruiting people with mental health problems provides tips on the recruitment process, including adverts, interviews and recruitment support services. Guide 5: The law and mental health at work which highlights aspects of the Equality Act 2010 and The Disability Equality Duty 2006 (DED). Two additional leaflets are provided which cover tips for discussion mental health concerns with an employee and sources of additional help and information.
Common mental health problems at work: what we now know about successful interventions: a progress review
- Author:
- SEYMOUR Linda
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 19p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report examines recent international research evidence on how to help people with depression and anxiety to stay in work or to return after a period of ill health. In 2005 the British Occupational Health Research Foundation published a systematic evidence review of published evidence for effective interventions that help people with depression and anxiety to remain in or return to work. This paper presents the results of an update of that review, examining papers in English from the international literature published between 2004 and the end of 2008. The paper reviews the findings of the updated evidence against the backdrop of recent developments in policy and practice, as well as an increasing understanding and concern about the human and economic costs associated with mental health problems and work. A number of key messages for research, policy and practice are presented. In particular, the evidence confirms that people with common mental health problems do not have to be completely well to return to work, and that, for many, going back to work actually helps their recovery.
Beyond the gate: securing employment for offenders with mental health problems
- Authors:
- LOCKETT Helen, GROVE Bob
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 11p.
- Place of publication:
- London
For people with a history of offending, one of the most effective ways of preventing reoffending and improving their chances of leading a better life is likely to be finding and keeping a job. However, only a small proportion of prisoners in England have jobs to go to on release and employment support offered in the criminal justice system is too often denied to offenders with mental health problems. This briefing paper considers how to support people with mental health problems and offending histories into mainstream employment. Over the last 18 months, Centre for Mental Health has visited prisons, probation services and other sites across the country to find examples of where offenders with mental health problems are being supported into paid work. The evidence from this has been used to produce a set of five key elements of effective practice. These are: employers should play an instrumental role in creating and developing opportunities; recruitment needs to be pragmatic, on the basis of attitude and ‘character’ rather than qualifications or health status; support should be offered to employees and their managers for as long as they need it; opportunities for ‘pre-employment’ and ‘in work’ skills development should be linked to realistic employment opportunities; and criminal justice and other statutory agencies should facilitate effective pathways and access to real work and appropriate skills development while offenders are in the criminal justice system.
Making the journey to learning and work
- Authors:
- LAW Caroline, EWENS David
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health and Social Inclusion, 14(2), May 2010, pp.28-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This article describes selected findings from a research study examining the travel experiences (including walking, using public transport, cars, bikes, or taxis) of people experiencing mental health difficulties, specifically in relation to travelling to learning or work in England. It documents the physical, financial and attitudinal travel barriers which might stop the beneficial effects of learning and working to recovery and social inclusion. Using questionnaires (118 returned), four focus groups and some diary research, the authors found travel difficulties can significantly affect engagement with work, learning and social networks. Eighty-seven percent of respondents reported experiencing anxiety, claustrophobia, panic attacks, bullying or harassment and worrying about safety, security or crime. User views called for wider eligibility for concessionary passes, improved information about more frequent public transport, and short-term provision of discrete, private services by learning and employment providers.
Provider-led pathways: experiences and views of condition management programmes
- Authors:
- NICE Katharine, DAVIDSON Jacqueline
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 153p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Providers in Provider Led Pathways areas are required to offer a Condition Management Programme (CMP) to their customers, similar to the CMP service delivered by the NHS in Jobcentre Plus led Pathways areas. The programme is designed to help people understand and manage their health conditions in preparation for returning to work. The research was designed to provide an understanding of how CMP is operating on the ground in Provider-led Pathways districts. The research was carried out by the Social Policy Research Unit in 2009. The study used individual and group interviews with Pathways and CMP staff and in-depth interviews with CMP clients. The findings show that CMP can help to improve people’s well-being and readiness for work and appears to be an important part of Pathways to Work programme.