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Understanding homelessness and mental health
- Authors:
- CARE SERVICES IMPROVEMENT PARTNERSHIP. Housing Learning and Improvement Network, GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publisher:
- Care Services Improvement Partnership. Housing Learning and Improvement Network; Great Britain. Department for Communities and Local Government
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 12p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This Housing LIN Briefing No24 describes the difficulties faced by people with mental health problems who are living in insecure accommodation, the mental health services with whom they are in contact and suggests ways of ensuring appropriate care and supportecan be delivered. It is intended for providers of mental health services but is also relevant to providers of accommodation and support services, and health and social care commissioners.
Towards a shared future: a commissioning guide
- Author:
- REVOLVING DOORS AGENCY
- Publisher:
- Revolving Doors Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 48p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Defining young adults with multiple needs as 16-24 year olds who experience a number of vulnerabilities such as mental health problems, drug and/or alcohol misuse, homelessness, lack of legitimate income, contact with the criminal justice system and legal problems, this document is intended as a guide for commissioners, service providers and others working in the health, criminal justice, local government and voluntary sector. It outlines the challenges faced by young adults with multiple needs, including case examples, and explores 3 approaches to improving commissioning services for them: commissioning across age transitions, where services continue to engage with young adults through the transition years of 16-24, commissioning across a range of needs, where resources are pooled across a range of service areas to facilitate support, and commissioning across criminal justice settings to provide continuity of support. It concludes that young adults with multiple needs are a distinct group facing particular challenges, and that commissioners working together to commission across service boundaries has the potential to transform the lives of young people, improve communities and deliver savings.
British psychiatric morbidity survey
- Authors:
- JENKINS R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 173, July 1998, pp.4-7.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
There is mounting evidence of the increasing global health burden of mental illness. As part of the agenda to improve information and understanding about mental illness the Department of Health commissioned a survey to provide a baseline for 'Health of the Nation Targets', and to inform those commissioning services of local and national needs. This article presents a short overview of the programme to date.
Mapping the maze: services for women experiencing multiple disadvantage in England and Wales
- Publishers:
- Agenda, AVA
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 47
- Place of publication:
- London
The report of the Mapping the Maze project, set up to map specialist support available for women affected by substance use, mental ill-health, homelessness and offending and highlight gaps in provision. The report also provides a model of good practice for working with women affected by substance use, mental ill-health, homelessness and offending. The model has four broad components: organisational ethos, safe and enabling environment, approach to working and organisational practice: It was developed through the results a literature review, consultation with women accessing services and consultation with professionals who deliver or campaign for specialist interventions for women. Key findings from the study include: the belief amongst women that specialist women’s services are the best way to meet their needs, that good services are often about the culture of the service and the staff rather than any one specific element of service design, and that specialist services for women experiencing disadvantage are under-resourced. Recommendations from the project for government, commissioners and service providers are set out in the final section. These include the need for a cross-government approach and funding stream for women experiencing multiple disadvantage and joined-up funding across local areas to deliver improved support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. (Edited publisher abstract)
Evidence from the frontline: how policy changes are affecting people experiencing multiple needs
- Author:
- DRINKWATER Nicola
- Publisher:
- Making Every Adult Matter
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
People with multiple needs experience several problems at the same time, such as mental ill health, homelessness, drug and alcohol misuse, offending and family breakdown and often have ineffective contact with services. This is the interim report of a two year project to capture the experiences and views of people with multiple needs and exclusions and the practitioners who support them. Specifically the report explores how access to benefits and the way in which services are commissioned affect people who have with multiple needs. The report summarises the results of a survey of over 140 local services that work with people with multiple needs across England, including homelessness, criminal justice, mental health, and substance misuse services. The findings suggest that recent welfare reforms are having a negative impact on people with multiple needs, leading to financial and personal strain. Although commissioners saw multiple needs as increasingly important, cuts in the former Supporting People funding were a concern. The overall effect on individuals included their mental health and wellbeing; employment and finances; accommodation and food; offending and personal safety. (Edited publisher abstract)
Lead professional roles to improve outcomes of socially excluded adults (PSA 16): final report
- Authors:
- JONES Naomi, SHELDON Ruth, PENFOLD Clarissa
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Task Force
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 103p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a summary of a study aimed at understanding what factors contribute to good lead professional practice in delivering PSA16 outcomes. The Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement (PSA) 16 is part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review and aims to increase the proportion of socially excluded adults in settled accommodation and in employment, education or training. The lead professional is a key element in the delivery of these outcomes and takes responsibility for ensuring that a client’s needs are identified and met as fully as possible. There are currently named lead professional roles for three of the client groups who are the focus of PSA16: personal advisers working with young people leaving care; offender managers working with offenders under probation supervision; care co-ordinators working with mental health service users. There is currently no named lead professional role for people with learning disabilities. Findings highlighted the importance of: enabling more face-to-face contact, both between professionals and service users and between professionals themselves; creating trusting relationships and shared objectives between service providers and professionals, through addressing practical and cultural barriers; ensuring that targets and assessment processes are meaningful and relevant to front-line staff and service users; developing commissioning processes which are evidence based, systematic, open to small innovative providers and strategic rather than reactive and responsive to local need; ensuring that all aspects of service commissioning, management and evaluation have more involvement from frontline staff and service users.
Housing and health - a joint approach: the Manchester experience
- Author:
- BARTLE Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 3(3), September 2000, pp.23-26.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Manchester Healthy City project has carried out a major consultation with communities over the action plan for the Healthy City initiative. The four clear themes were housing and homelessness, the environment, crime and disorder, and mental health. These have formed the basis for key areas of work in which housing takes a lead role. This article identifies some of the joint initiatives which are going on in the various areas of strategic planning, commissioning and service delivery.
People who are homeless: mental health services; a place in mind; commissioning and providing mental health services for people who are homeless
- Editors:
- WILLIAMS Richard, AVEBURY Kina
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 166p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this thematic review is to offer information and guidance on the commissioning and provision of mental health services to people who are homeless. While the review is mainly addressed to NHS managers, much of the material relates to the social services and housing departments of local authorities. The main thrust of this report is on joint working. The authors of the review are aware that homelessness on its own, or in association with mental health problems, is not always recognised as a major issue by health and social services managers, and that the particular needs of a highly vulnerable group of people may, therefore, remain unmet. This report examines the characteristics of the homeless population and identifies the specific challenges that it presents both to managers, in their development of strategy for commissioning, and to front-line providers in services. This report identifies examples of good practice across England and Wales.