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Evaluation of the Shared Lives Mental Health Project
- Authors:
- HARFLETT Naomi, JENNINGS Yasmin
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 62
- Place of publication:
- Bath
An evaluation of a project to support the development of Shared Lives as an option for people with mental ill health. The project has supported seven local Shared Lives schemes to develop, demonstrate and market a financially viable and commission ready approach to Shared Lives mental health support, and to generate learning about what works. Drawing on data collected through a mixed methods evaluation approach, this report describes the impact and learning from the project. The evaluation has found evidence of the positive impact that having support through a Shared Lives arrangement – whether it is day support, short breaks or long-term arrangements – can have on the lives of people with mental ill health. There are examples of improvements in general wellbeing and increased participation in community life, as well as specific examples where people’s mental health has stabilised and hospital stays have been prevented. The impact goes beyond those in Shared Lives arrangements to family members of those being supported, Shared Lives carers and their families and communities that people are supported in. Although some of the seven project schemes experienced challenges and frustrations and in some cases growth was slow, all saw increases in the number of new arrangements for people with mental ill health and all saw increases in the number of Shared Lives carers offering mental health support. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
Still left out?: the rough sleepers '205' initiative one year on
- Author:
- TEIXEIRA Ligia
- Publisher:
- Crisis
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 31p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The Rough Sleepers initiative was created in May 2009 by the Mayor’s London Delivery Board as part of the work being done to end rough sleeping in the capital by the end of 2012. This report begins with an overview the initiative. It examines the characteristics and experiences of the 45 individuals in the list who were still sleeping out in April. The next section looks at some of the barriers that these long term rough sleepers face to accessing and maintaining accommodation. The final section begins with an outline of the strengths of recent efforts to tackle entrenched rough sleeping and it then goes on to identify some of the weaknesses and gaps in current provision for clients. Recommendations include working with rough sleepers to build a sustainable relationship of trust. Opportunities for tiered or staged involvement at residential projects, such as taster visits or stays in different schemes, should be widely available for clients. All frontline staff engaging with clients need to be trained and supported to recognise and work with this group’s emotional and behavioural issues. Reflective practice should also become widely available to frontline staff working with rough sleeping clients.
Evaluation of the Scottish recovery indicator pilot in five health board areas in Scotland
- Authors:
- McLEAN Joanne, WHITEHEAD Indiya
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 81p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This evaluation is concerned with the Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI). The SRI enables the assessment of whether and how organisations, and those who work in them, are ensuring that individuals who use their services and their carers’ needs are met in terms of their rights to equality, social inclusion and support to recover. The SRI data is collected from a range of sources, including: assessments and care plans, service information, policies and procedures and interviews with service providers and service users. The evaluation objectives are to assess the relevance and appropriateness of the tool to a variety of settings, identify what preparation organisations and individuals need before using the tool and how best the tool should be used, identify whether the tool may be able to measure changes in services and the potential for the use of SRI as a means of promoting change, and to assess whether service users and carers feel added benefit from being involved in the piloting of SRI. The evaluation explored and reviewed the developmental process of the SRI from the perspectives of all of the groups of individuals involved and included local pilot site group discussions, documentary analysis of a completed SRIs and interviews with SRI administrators, service-user and service-provider group participants, a review of any action planning documentation and focus groups with those involved in action planning/implementing change.
Evaluation of the Scottish recovery indicator pilot in five health board areas
- Authors:
- McLEAN Joanne, WHITEHEAD Indiya
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This Research Findings paper is based on the evaluation of the Scottish Recovery Indicator (SRI) which was piloted in five health board areas in Scotland. The SRI enables services to examine whether individuals who use services and their carers’ needs are met in terms of their rights to equality, social inclusion and support to recover.
Plan 2 Change: evaluation final report
- Authors:
- McLEAN Joanne, SCHINKEL Marguerite, STEVENSON Ruth
- Publisher:
- Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
The Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health (SDC) was commissioned by the Craigmillar Pilot Peer Support Service Steering Group to undertake an evaluation of Plan2Change. Plan2Change is an innovative project based in Craigmillar where a gap in access to support services for those who have considerable mental health difficulties and related life problems has been identified between primary and secondary care. Plan2Change offers a recovery oriented service and is staffed by Peer Support Workers who have lived experience of mental health problems and are able to use their own experiences of recovery to help others to recover. The aims of the evaluation were to assess the impact of the Plan2Change and inform the future development and sustainability of Plan2Change. Impacts are likely to be seen for individual service users, Peer Support Workers and other staff, and the wider service and support system within the Craigmillar community. A theories of change methodology was used to conduct the evaluation over three phases: baseline, impact and reflection. This comprised a broad review of context and systems, as well as in-depth interviews (by phone and face-to-face), workshops, and satisfaction questionnaires.
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.
Edinburgh Connect evaluation: final report
- Authors:
- McCOLLAM Allyson, WOODHOUSE Amy
- Publisher:
- Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 64p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Edinburgh Connect is a mental health service for looked after and accommodated children which aims to promote and enhance the mental health of this group. In mid 2003, the Scottish Development Centre for Mental Health (SDC) was commissioned through the Changing Children’s Services Fund to undertake the evaluation of Edinburgh Connect (EC). The evaluation had four key aims: to track progress in relation to the identified strategic and operational objectives, to inform the continuing development of the Edinburgh Connect service , to examine, from the perspectives of a range of stakeholders, the factors that facilitated and inhibited the effectiveness of the team, and to identify key learning points and recommendations for the longer term development of local service responses to meet the mental health needs of looked after and accommodated children and young people.
Borderline five years on: achievements of a telephone support service
- Author:
- OUTSIDE THE BOX DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT
- Publisher:
- Outside the Box Development Support
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
Borderline is a voluntary organisation which is located in Scottish Borders. It provides a telephone support service to people who are experiencing emotional distress includes people who have a mental health problem, people who are in crisis, people who are socially isolated and people who are looking for emotional support during a time of distress. A review of the service is presented. The purposes of the review were to chart the progress that had been made during the past 5 years, to identify to impact of the service for the people who use it, and to help it plan for the future. The review used the records kept by the project, feedback from callers and from other people who could observe the impact for callers, and feedback from people associated with Borderline.
Building on experience: evaluation and mental health projects
- Authors:
- McCOLLAM Allyson, WHITE Julia
- Publisher:
- Scottish Association for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 62p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Guide to evaluation methods and to the practical issues to be considered when carrying out evaluation in a mental health settings. Opens up debate about how to gauge the success of mental health services over and above the more traditional qualitative approaches. Aimed at all those involved in managing, developing and providing services for people with mental health problems.