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Report on services for mentally ill people provided by the Wycombe Health Authority and the social services department of Buckinghamshire County Council
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service. Health Advisory Service, GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health and Social Security. Social Services Inspectorate. Oxford Region
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health and Social Security. Social Services Inspect
- Publication year:
- 1987
- Pagination:
- 28p.
- Place of publication:
- Sutton
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Evaluation of the implementation of the mental health review in Somerset: methodology
- Authors:
- GULLIVER Pauline, PECK Edward, TOWELL David
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 8(3), June 2000, pp.13-19.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article is the first of two discussing the evaluation of the implementation of joint commissioning and integrated provision of mental health services in Somerset. The article presents the methods of evaluation, and explores the potential limitations and environment factors impacting on the effectiveness of data-collection methods.
Self-assessment for mental health
- Authors:
- le GRAND Damaris, KESSLER Earl
- Journal article citation:
- Management Issues in Social Care, 3(4), 1996, pp.1-2.
- Publisher:
- OLM Systems
The authors talk about the Avon Mental Health Measure, which is a means of assessing the needs of users with mental health problems. MEASURE stands for Management Evaluation And Service User ResponsE and the document has five sections: physical, social, behaviour, access, and mental health. The aim of the document is to give more control to the user. Finds out how effective the Avon Mental Health Measure is.
Thriving Babies: Confident Parents: pilot evaluation
- Authors:
- TURNPENNY Agnes, et al
- Publisher:
- What Works for Children's Social Care
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 109
- Place of publication:
- London
A pilot evaluation of the Thriving Babies: Confident Parents (TBCP) programme, a multiagency partnership of local authority children's services (Early Help and Social Care) and two voluntary sector providers with a national scope: Barnardo's and Home-Start. The Partnership has provided a perinatal support to babies both pre- and post-birth and their (prospective) parents who are recognised as having specific vulnerabilities including: learning difficulties; mental ill health; domestic abuse; substance misuse; social isolation; being in care or a care leaver; or having had a child previously removed from their care. The evaluation suggests that this pilot programme has been well implemented and has started to become consolidated in Manchester. The programme has demonstrated strong evidence of promise in terms of its impact. Key learning from the pilot study regarding the implementation of a model like this includes the importance of: having a clear model with clear aims and desired outcomes; early and sustained messaging and "publicity" about the model across all statutory and partner services (just at the start is not enough); sustained leadership support for implementation beyond a short pilot phase and into "mainstreaming"; having a multi-disciplinary panel as a platform to "receive" referrals, hold multidisciplinary discussions about, and undertake detailed planning in relation to, individual families; highly committed staff who have the capacity to engage effectively with parents in this cohort, to work effectively with children’s social care services as well as a range of partner organisations, and to learn new skills; regular, high-quality supervision for operational staff; regular review and monitoring of outcomes for children and families. (Edited publisher abstract)
The emotional and behavioural difficulties of looked after children: foster carers' perspectives and an indirect model of placement support
- Authors:
- SARGENT Kay, O'BRIEN Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 28(2), Summer 2004, pp.31-37.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Draws on an evaluation of a joint social services and health authority project set up to support carers and professionals responsible for children in foster placements. They also seek to give foster carers' perspectives on their foster children's difficulties and the services offered and discuss the issues and implications arising from an indirect approach to providing this support.
Making the right connections
- Author:
- MacDONALD Kate
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, December 2003, pp.29-31.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at the key role schools and colleges have in identifying and supporting vulnerable young people with serious mental health difficulties. Also reports on the Hull Connexions pilot project which was developed to improve young peoples access to mental health services and to create links between organisations working in Hull. The project aims to create a model for dealing with mental health issues in Connexions and secondary schools; enable rapid assessment and early intervention; develop appropriate skills and knowledge to enable staff to assess and support young people with mental health problems in schools. The interagency-link team is made up of professions from health, education and social services.
Evaluation of the implementation of the mental health review in Somerset: results after fifteen months of data collection
- Authors:
- GULLIVER Pauline, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Managing Community Care, 9(1), February 2001, pp.14-21.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
This article presents the second set of results from the evaluation of the implementation of joint commissioning and combined provision of mental health services in Somerset. Looks specifically at the impact of the changes on users and carers; the impact on professional staff; identification of the aspirations and view of the agencies involved in the joint commissioning and joint provision of mental health services in Somerset.
The Taps project 40: quality of care provisions for the elderly mentally ill - traditional Vs alternative facilities
- Authors:
- WILLIS Walter, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 13(4), April 1998, pp.225-234.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article evaluates some aspects of care reprovision for psychogeriatric patients. Seven hospital wards are compared with four community settings, established as part of the reprovision programme for Friern Hospital in London. Each facility was assessed for policy and programme, social climate and physical characteristics; staff attitudes in regard to their tasks, training needs and job satisfaction were also explored.
From rhetoric to reality: perspectives of mental health users on the development of a user forum in South and East Belfast
- Authors:
- McCULLOUGH Billy, HASSON Felicity
- Journal article citation:
- Breakthrough, 2(3), 1998, pp.5-14.
The concept of empowerment for users of mental health services is regularly debated. This article seeks to evaluate the developing process and difficulties of a user forum set up in South and East Belfast based on collaborative arrangements between statutory Social Services and a voluntary agency, the Northern Ireland Association for Mental Health (NIAMH). The research focuses specifically on the views of users through a series of interviews with already established groups and individuals from within the community and hospital.
Is social work effective: research findings from the Social Work Research Centre, University of Stirling
- Author:
- UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING. Social Work Research Centre
- Publisher:
- University of Stirling. Social Work Research Centre
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 86p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Stirling
Brings together research done at the centre over the last 8 years into the effectiveness of social work. This was centred around 4 themes: the effectiveness of community care; social work and criminal justice; the effectiveness of different organisational contexts in social work; and prevention.