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Doing what works: individual placement and support into employment
- Author:
- SAINSBURY CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 7p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has published 'Doing what works: individual placement and support into employment'. This briefing paper states that people with severe mental health problems are much more likely to get and keep jobs if services use the most effective methods of supporting them into employment. It describes the Individual Placement and Support scheme and suggests that it is the most effective approach to enabling people to gain and retain the jobs they want. However, the paper states that it is only effective if all seven of its key principles are in place.
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.
It pays to look after your workforce: introductory information on wellbeing at work - why, how and who?
- Author:
- SCOTTISH MENTAL HEALTH AND EMPLOYMENT NETWORK
- Publisher:
- Scottish Mental Health and Employment Network
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 8p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
A leaflet aimed at employers about supporting people with mental health problems into or within work is presented.
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.
Business minds
- Authors:
- FITCH Chris, et al
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 11(4), November 2007, pp.30-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Reports on the Business Minds demonstration project which investigated whether mainstream business advice services could help people with mental health problems set up their own businesses. An established business advice centre was selected as a demonstration site and the research evaluation programme focused on identifying process and development lesson. The article includes advisers experiences of working with people with mental health problems.
Stay well - stay working
- Authors:
- EDMONDS Vicky, NEUMANN Anton
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 11(4), November 2007, pp.10-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In February 2007 Richmond Fellowship launched its RETRAIN job retention service for people with mental health problems. The authors describe why the service was developed and how it aims to help people experiencing difficulties at work.