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Mental health and housing
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This factsheet presents facts and selected statistics on the connection between mental health problems, to housing issues and homelessness.
What policies and policy processes are needed to ensure that people with psychiatric disabilities have access to appropriate housing?
- Authors:
- BATTAMS Samantha, BAUM Fran
- Journal article citation:
- Social Science and Medicine, 70(7), April 2010, pp.1026-1034.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
Using data from a South Australian case study of a period of mental health reform (2000-2005), this paper looks at what policy responses are helpful in ensuring that people with psychiatric disabilities have access to appropriate housing, the extent to which issues of housing are addressed in the policy agenda in the mental health sector, and the effectiveness of collaboration between the mental health and housing sector in addressing the provision of appropriate housing. It sets out the Australian and South Australian policy context, analyses data from interviews and focus groups with non-government organisations, consumers, carers and professionals from health, disability and housing sectors, and undertakes a thematic analysis of national and state policies in mental health and housing sectors. The research indicated that, despite a number of inter-sectoral projects and regional networks, the housing and health sectors were essentially separate policy systems with little integration, and that the absence of strategic integration across sectors leads to inadequate housing for people with psychiatric disability, with research participants considering the need for better collaboration as secondary to the need for additional housing, support resources and political commitment. The paper identifies a number of barriers to and enablers of policy agenda setting and collaboration, and discusses policy and policy processes which will support housing outcomes for people with psychiatric disability.
Mental health and housing: developing a care and support pathway
- Authors:
- WELCH Nick, FERNANDES Angelo
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 13(4), December 2010, pp.16-22.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The development of services to enable a managed movement of people with mental health needs to as independent a setting as possible within the community is a key objective of Oxfordshire’s mental health strategy. This article describes the development of the Supported to Independent Living project (SIL); a partnership between NHS Oxfordshire (PCT), the Oxfordshire Supporting People Programme, Oxfordshire County Council Social and Community Services and service users. Oxfordshire has seen vigorous development of community living for people with longstanding mental health needs through the provision of group homes but this has not been uniform across the county. The needs of a diverse, younger, often more mobile and potentially more challenging group of service users for housing with appropriate care and support have not been met. The County Council and the PCT have developed a joint strategy to meet these needs which introduces a pathway of linked accommodation and support arrangements. These range from intensive support through to floating support in the community, and are intended to offer individuals a guided pathway away from specialist services to more mainstream provision. The services are based on the principles of recovery, personalisation and ordinary housing. At the same time as reconfiguring services the strategy has to deliver savings to meet recently imposed cuts.
Looking ahead: future development of UK mental health services: recommendations from a Royal College of Psychiatrists' enquiry
- Author:
- ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 16p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
In February and March 2010, the Royal College of Psychiatrists held hearings, hosted a one-day seminar and invited written submissions to gather the views of more than 50 contributors, including psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, commissioners, trust chief executives, academics, health economists, carers, and medical directors, on the future of UK mental health services. The enquiry considered the need for service redesign in mental healthcare. It aimed to identify areas for future service development that reflect the needs and aspirations of users of mental health services, those who care for them, and also the people who deliver those services. The recommendations provided in this report relate to the following areas: creating efficiencies and improving productivity through redesigned services and care pathways; consultant expertise at the beginning of the pathway; standardised outcomes; investing to save through the development of family mental healthcare; out-of-area treatments; mental health of older people; in-patient care; statutory and voluntary sector partnerships; housing; employment and mental health; substance misuse; relationship between physical and mental health; psychological therapies; and peer support.
With inclusion in mind: an easy read guide
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 15p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This booklet is aimed at people with a mental illness or learning disability. It describes the things that councils can do to make things better for them. In 2003, the Scottish Government made a new law called The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) ( Scotland ) Act 2003. The new law says that local councils must help anyone who has a mental illness or a learning disability get the best from life. Local councils should not provide separate services for people with learning disabilities or mental illnesses, but should make sure that they can use all their services. This booklet lists various ways in which council staff can help people in relation to: their home; their community; their work; their money; their family; their education; art and culture; volunteering; taking part; and their health.
Neighbourhoods with resilience to care: a viewpoint on developing the contributions of housing services for adults at risk of exclusion
- Authors:
- APPLETON Nigel, MOLYNEUX Peter
- Publisher:
- DH Care Networks. Housing Learning and Improvement Network
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 22p.
- Place of publication:
- London
To improve the lives of adults who are at risk of exclusion, it is imperative to implement appropriate housing and related services. Inappropriate housing can reduce the ability of people with poor health or a disability to lead independent lives and participate in the community. As such, the providers of housing and housing related support have had a key role to play in the achievement of Public Service Agreement (PSA) 16 targets. This paper seeks to show those seeking to make a difference for people in these groups, be they commissioners, providers, tenants or service users, how they can use different structures to deliver health and well-being outcomes. The paper describes how the successful delivery of PSA 16 is going to require strategic planning across regional, sub-regional and local planning structures and the joint commissioning and procurement of services. This means that the successful delivery of PSA 16 is going to depend on a number of strategies coming together: the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment; Strategic Housing Market Assessment which is the local authority’s assessment of how the local housing market is functioning and an estimate of the housing and housing related support needs of vulnerable groups in the local area; and the Local Strategic Partnership, Local Area Agreement and the link to that from the Supporting People Commissioning Body.
Independent living for the most excluded: case studies of local authorities and third sector organisations working together to help vulnerable groups into homes and jobs
- Authors:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Office of the Third Sector, GREAT BRITAIN. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Taskforce
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The socially excluded adults public service agreement (PSA 16) aims to ensure that the most socially excluded adults are offered the chance to get back on a path to a more successful life, by increasing the proportion of at-risk individuals in settled accommodation and in employment, education or training. PSA 16 focuses on 4 client groups who are particularly vulnerable to multiple forms of disadvantage: care leavers; offenders under probation supervision; adults in contact with secondary mental health services; and adults with moderate to severe learning disabilities. In 2009 the Office of the Third Sector and the Social Exclusion Task Force investigated 4 places where local authorities have used Supporting People funding to help individuals from PSA 16 groups into jobs and homes, to inform understanding of the third sector organisations which provide these services. This publication describes these 4 case studies, sketching the organisational structures in each place and the ways they help PSA 16 groups and giving contact details for each. The case studies are: Norwood in partnership with Redbridge Local Authority working with adults with learning disabilities; Foundation Housing with Leeds City Council working with ex-offenders; Tyneside Cyrenians and Newcastle City Council working with ex-offenders and people with mental health problems; and St Basils and Birmingham City Council working with young people who have been in care.
Boxed in
- Author:
- NEUSTATTER Angela
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 105, April 2010, pp.18-20.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
One in ten children now officially live in overcrowded housing conditions. This article explores the effect this is having on the wellbeing of young people and looks at what is being done to tackle the problem.