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Implementing what works: the impact of individual placement and support regional trainer: briefing
- Author:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Individual Placement and Support (IPS) is now internationally recognised as the most effective and efficient way of supporting people who experience a mental illness into competitive employment. This briefing paper reports on the results of a pilot project to speed up the implementation of IPS across mental health services in Sussex through the creation of a ‘regional trainer’ role. The role was based on the State Trainer model that was developed and is widely used in the United States. A ‘regional trainer’ was employed for a year in Sussex to ensure fidelity to the IPS model in mental health and employment services. During the 12 months of the pilot the number of people using the trust's mental health services who obtained paid work through the IPS service more than doubled the target of 125, with 286 people finding paid employment. Key to the success of the regional trainer was their ability to encourage cultural change, which accepts employment as part of an individual’s recovery, and the use of regular ‘fidelity reviews’ to determine how well the principles of IPS are being applied in practice and to make recommendations for improved outcomes. The findings indicate that wider use of the regional trainer role could help mental health and employment services across the UK to support more people into paid work.
Community learning mental health research project: phase two evaluation report
- Authors:
- IPSOS MORI, CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, LAWSON Liz
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Education
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 89
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
This report evaluates phase two of the Community Learning Mental Health (CLMH) Research Project, which started in 2016. The project aimed to identify the potential for adult and community learning courses to help people develop the tools, strategies and resilience to manage, and aid recovery from, mild to moderate mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. The aim of the evaluation was to assess the potential for this educational approach to empower and support individuals with mild to moderate mental health problems. It also explored the relative impact on participants’ mental health and wellbeing outcomes of three different approaches to course delivery: Group A – courses with a focus on managing symptoms of mental health problems, where all participants were experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems; Group B – courses with a focus on traditional community learning topics (e.g. yoga, digital skills, painting), where all participants were experiencing mild to moderate mental health problems; Group C – courses with a focus on traditional community learning topics, where participants were a mix of learners with and without mental health problems. The evaluation found that of the three groups, group A had the largest proportion of learners from the target group who showed a significant improvement in their symptoms, for both depression and anxiety. Group A learners were also more likely to report improvement in their overall mental health and in other aspects of their life such as taking a positive approach to things, making progress in learning, and handling knockbacks. Group A learners also showed the greatest improvement in average wellbeing. The findings collectively indicate that group A had the most positive outcomes, followed by group C, with outcomes for group B being the least positive. The report outlines a number of lessons have been identified as part of this evaluation and concludes that while most people will not experience significant improvement in or recovery from their mental health problem, the evidence suggests that the offer has a place in helping people to manage and/or live with their mental health problem. (Edited publisher abstract)
The mental health strategy, system reforms and spending pressures: what do we know so far?
- Authors:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, et al
- Publisher:
- Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Government’s 2011 mental health strategy, ‘No Health Without Mental Health’, set out a vision for both improved mental health for all and better support for people with mental health problems. The aim of this study was to evaluate the delivery of this strategy. A brief questionnaire was sent to 24 national organisations to identify key themes from intelligence they had received to date from their members. This was followed up by either a face-to-face or phone interview with the 17 organisations that responded. The interview focussed on how delivery of the strategy was being influenced by pressures on public spending and the emerging reforms in health local government and other public services. This research paper summarises the main findings of that process and the implications of these findings for mental health policy and practice in England. The findings suggest that the strategy’s practical impact on service commissioning and provision has been limited; knowledge of the strategy among commissioners in particular is variable and there is little evidence that it is being used as a guide to local decision making.
Coping Through Football: evaluation report 2018
- Authors:
- CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
- Publisher:
- Coping Through Football
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 11
- Place of publication:
- London
Evaluation report of Coping Through Football, an innovative project to improve mental health and physical health outcomes of young people and adults experiencing mental health problems. The project was started by London Playing Fields Foundation in 2005 in collaboration with NELFT (North East London Foundation Trust) and Leyton Orient Trust, shows how football can help people with severe mental health conditions have a better quality of life and better health. The report looks at the origins of the project, how it has been delivered since 2007 followed by a summary of the five studies of the evaluation. The evaluation was led by University College London, with economic analysis of the programme's costs and benefits provided by the Centre for Mental Health. The results of the evaluation found there was nearly a doubling of weekly exercise, a widening of social networks, an increase in self-esteem and other positive lifestyle changes, such as healthy eating and smoking. In addition, over half of the participants went on to volunteering, education and training or employment. There was also a reduction in the number of overnight hospital stays for those who were involved in the project. Although difficult to attribute cost savings, the analysis suggests that the project’s social and economic benefits are likely to far outreach its costs. (Edited publisher abstract)