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Falling between the same old cracks
- Author:
- MICKEL Andrew
- Journal article citation:
- Young Minds Magazine, 103, December 2009, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- YoungMinds
The link between poor mental health and homelessness has been known for some time, but a new report reveals there is still ignorance and lack of action among agencies to develop a coordinated response.
Collaboration between mental health and child protection services: professionals' perceptions of best practice
- Authors:
- DARLINGTON Yvonne, FEENEY Judith A.
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 30(2), February 2008, pp.187-198.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This paper provides a qualitative analysis of mental health and child protection professionals' perceptions of best practice when working on cases where there is parental mental illness and there are protection concerns for child(ren). Data were collected as part of an Australian state-wide survey of professionals in both fields. Respondents offered many suggestions for improving interagency relationships, collaborative processes, and outcomes for children and parents. These suggestions encompassed three major content areas: improving communication; enhancing the knowledge base of professionals in both sectors; and providing adequate resources and appropriate service models. Within the three domains of communication, knowledge development and resources, strategies encompassed both formal, organisation-led initiatives as well as more informal initiatives that could be implemented by individuals or small groups. Additionally, strategies were suggested that required implementation at a range of levels of organisational activity, from the front-line workplace to state-wide policy changes. Thus, a complex picture emerges of intersectoral collaboration that comprises several key domains and needs to be implemented at all levels of organisational influence.
Emotional abuse: multi-agency practice guidance
- Authors:
- NOTTINGHAMSHIRE SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD, NOTTINGHAM CITY SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN BOARD
- Publisher:
- Nottinghamshire Safeguarding Children Board
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 30p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
According to the multi-agency practice guidance on emotional abuse produced by Nottinghamshire's Multi Agency Forum on Emotional Abuse, there are three main ways that the issue may come to the attention of professionals: Concerns about parental behaviour -Children's professionals may witness difficult parental behaviour towards a child, such as a child being persistently blamed for everything that goes wrong, persistent shouting and rejection; Concerns about parental attributes -Staff working in adult mental health, alcohol and drug addiction services may become concerned about how a parent is functioning and the impact this may have on their child; and Concerns about the child - professionals may be concerned about how a child is presenting - perhaps if they are unhappy, are bedwetting or poorly behaved - as this may be due to difficult relationships at home.
An employment opportunities service: good practice in vocational rehabilitation
- Author:
- BURKE Hazel
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 41, Spring 1996, pp.7-9.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
MIND in Manchester has sought to develop employment opportunities for people with mental health problems. An innovative pilot project, INROADS into Employment, indicated which gaps in provision between mainstream employment services and health and social services provision.
Jumping through hoops: how are coordinated responses to multiple disadvantage meeting the needs of women?
- Author:
- SHARPEN J.
- Publishers:
- AVA, Making Every Adult Matter, Agenda, St. Mungo's
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the experiences of local areas who are coordinating services for people facing multiple disadvantage due to homelessness, substance misuse, mental health and criminal justice services. Specifically it looks at how services are responding to women’s needs and how services such as domestic and sexual violence services, are involved in coordinated approaches. It draws on research carried out in areas using the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Approach or those who are part of the Big Lottery’s Fulfilling Lives programme. This involved in-depth research in five areas and a survey sent to 24 areas. The research explored: understanding of the experiences and support needs of women experiencing multiple disadvantage; whether good practice was being followed; the impact of a more coordinated approach and what services need to do to improve support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. The report makes five recommendations, including for MEAM Approach and Fulfilling Lives areas to ensure that they are involving women-specific services in their partnerships, to ensure that partnerships are shaped by the voice and experience of women facing multiple disadvantage, and for services to develop a clear understanding of what it means to be ‘gender informed.' (Edited publisher abstract)
Review of children and young people's mental health services. Phase one report
- Author:
- CARE QUALITY COMMISSION
- Publisher:
- Care Quality Commission
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne
This report, the first phase of a Care Quality Commission review, summarises the current knowledge on the quality and accessibility of mental health services for children and young people. It looks at where services need to improve, identifies barriers to high-quality care and identifies factors that contribute to good and outstanding practice. It draws existing research and evidence, the findings from CQC inspection reports child and adolescent mental health services, and the people with expert knowledge of children and young people’s mental health services, including children and young people themselves. The report identifies a barriers to good quality care: a system that is complex and fragmented, with a need for more joint working; increasing demand; staff with insufficient skills or capacity to identify mental health problems; and concerns over the safety of services. The report also identifies how some child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) services are providing good and outstanding care through: involving children, young people and their families; collaborating within services and also between different organisations and services; using creative and innovative ways to provide person-centred care; improving access to services; and training for staff, children and families. The next phase of the review will visit ten sites explore what local areas are doing to overcome the barriers and enablers to improving quality and access in children’s mental health services. (Edited publisher abstract)
Good practice briefing: multiple needs
- Author:
- HOMELESS LINK
- Publisher:
- Homeless Link
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 41p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This collection of articles aims at highlighting good practice in working with people who have alcohol, drug or mental health problems, or a combination of all three. It includes a definition of multiple needs, the future of services, supporting people with multiple needs in their tenancies, specialist provision. Project staff have spent time working with member agencies to identify innovation and broad lessons to be learned by all agencies working with this client group. In particular, the research report, based on a questionnaire we conducted with members, highlights where access to services is currently weak and the briefing shows what can be done by both statutory and voluntary agencies to support often very vulnerable individuals with multiple needs.
Issues in the management of clients with the dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness
- Author:
- BARLOW C.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Learning Disabilities for Nursing Health and Social Care, 3(3), 1999, pp.159-162.
The dual diagnosis of learning disability and mental illness represents a significant challenge to health and social care practitioners and their existing practices. Currently this group has its service delivery undermined by inter-agency wrangling over responsibility for management and resource allocation. The key to resolving these problems lies in effective multi-agency collaboration. This paper examines the taxing problems of assessment, planning and intervention in this arena. It will offer examples of good practice from the Area Child Protection Committee model.
Case records: good practice group; a good practice statement
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Scottish Office. National Health Service in Scotland. CRAG Working Group on Mental Illness
- Publisher:
- HMSO
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 56p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Statement by CRAG Working Group on Mental Illness on proper case record keeping as an essential component on good clinical care. Comments on current issues in record keeping in an increasingly multi-disciplinary mental health care team, including social work, and argues that separate record keeping is inimical to properly integrated patient management.