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The secondary family: the result of strong community partnering
- Author:
- CANT Irene R.
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review Journal, 12(3), October 2007, pp.30-33.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Support for individualism can leave marginalised people feeling even more isolated and hopeless. Families often help but can soon become emotionally depleted. The 'secondary family', created when community agencies partner with one another, can offer hope for stabilisation, if not recovery, for individuals living with mental illness. This article describes a Canadian programme where crisis services are working with police to de-escalate illness. The article describes a Canadian programme where crisis services are working with police to de-escalate psychiatric crisis. Shared goals bring crisis staff and police together to provide compassion, support and follow-up.
Community services for people with mental illness: the social worker's role
- Author:
- SMITH Richard
- Publisher:
- University of Bristol. School of Applied Social Studies
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 38p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
Reviews the shift from hospital care to community care for mentally ill people and examines the role of social workers in the provision of services, in particular in multidisciplinary teams.
A traumatised and traumatising system: professionals' experiences in meeting the mental health needs of young people in the care and youth justice systems in Ireland
- Authors:
- MCELVANEY Rosaleen, TATLOW-GOLDEN Mimi
- Journal article citation:
- Children and Youth Services Review, 65, 2016, pp.62-69.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
It is well recognised that children and young people in the care and youth justice systems typically present with significant and diverse mental health needs. In this study, focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with 26 professionals working in the care and youth justice services in Ireland, representing a range of disciplines, to capture professionals' perspectives of working in this field. A thematic analysis was conducted on the transcribed data. Professionals described frustration and helplessness in the face of what they perceived as inadequate system responses and poor interagency working. Their experiences are conceptualised here as reflecting a traumatised and traumatising system. The implications for practice emphasise the need for staff support through training, collaboration between agencies, and addressing vicarious traumatisation. (Edited publisher abstract)
The mental health needs of low-income pregnant teens: a nursing-social work partnership in care
- Authors:
- PAYNE Nancy A., ANASTAS Jeane W.
- Journal article citation:
- Research on Social Work Practice, 25(5), 2015, pp.595-606.
- Publisher:
- Sage
While the rates of teen childbearing have declined in the United States, adolescents who become pregnant and decide to rear their babies are often from low-income, highly stressed families and communities. This article describes the psychosocial problems of pregnant urban teens and how exposure to interpersonal trauma and current mental health problems may affect their prenatal health behaviour. It will discuss nurse home visiting as a preventive intervention with proven effectiveness in enhancing maternal prenatal health and behaviour and the health and development of children born to mothers at risk, and how a nurse–family collaboration with social workers can facilitate this mission. By providing collaborative care that addresses psychosocial, health, and mental health concerns, interventions like home visiting can reach their full potential. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing an approach to working with hoarding: space for social work
- Authors:
- BROWN Fiona, PAIN Anna
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 26(4), 2014, pp.211-224.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
This paper focuses on the work taking place with hoarding in the Adult Community Social Work team of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF). Collaboration with other agencies, a commitment to supporting people who hoard and some intensive work with service users have been central to the work in LBHF so far. This paper discusses the key role that social workers have to play in supporting people who hoard, with a focus on the importance of relationship-building with service users. It argues that social workers are well placed to support people affected by this condition. (Edited publisher abstract)
Interprofessional support of mental well-being in schools: a Bourdieuan perspective
- Authors:
- SPRATT Jennifer, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interprofessional Care, 20(4), August 2006, pp.391-402.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is increasing international concern about the mental health and well-being of school-aged children, and the school is often seen as the optimum setting to deliver interagency interventions. This paper draws on a Scottish study examining the responses of local authorities, schools and other agencies to challenging behaviour related to poor mental health. It explores the ways in which the presence of workers from other agencies had an impact on the capacity of schools to respond to such issues. In Bourdieuan terms, the study showed that non-teaching workers imported into school developed new forms of 'habitus' leading to effective team work to support vulnerable pupils, but that they often operated in isolation from the wider teaching staff. Different professional cultures created significant barriers, which could be exacerbated by active resistance to meaningful engagement. Consequently, parallel working evolved, where staff from agencies other than education supported pupils experiencing difficulties, but there was little evidence of corresponding changes to ethos or pedagogy to meet the needs of pupils in school. Expertise pertaining to the mental well-being of pupils thus tended to be compartmentalized and was not readily transferred elsewhere, and this led to a disjointed experience for pupils. The evidence strongly suggested that teachers preferred to learn from other teachers. This served to reinforce existing habitus and to isolate them from new ways of thinking. Potential ways of effecting culture change are suggested, through innovative training and development, linked to accountability, to challenge the new mode of parallel working before it becomes the status quo.
Evaluation of a training curriculum for inter-agency collaboration
- Authors:
- JONES Loring, PACKARD Thomas, NAHRSTEDT Kirsten
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Community Practice, 10(3), 2002, pp.23-39.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philapelphia, USA
The goal of this training programme was the development of child welfare practitioners and community professionals who have the ability to respond effectively to complex family problems of child abuse and neglect resulting from substance abuse, mental illness, and domestic violence. A quasi-experimental design utilizing pre- and post measures was used to test the impact of interdisciplinary training. The evaluation shows gains in trainee knowledge, positive attitudes toward collaboration, and the trainees reported more collaboration in their own practice between the pre- and post tests that was sustained in a follow-up.
Mind maze
- Author:
- MUIJEN Matt
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.3.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The last article in the special mental health series discusses the array of agencies, statutory and voluntary, involved in mental health services. The problems involved in defining the functions of each is discussed but more clarity is needed.
A stinging reminder of our shortcomings
- Author:
- BACKHOUSE Richard
- Journal article citation:
- Professional Social Work, September 1994, p.12.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
Local authorities must work closely with special hospitals if co-ordinated care programmes are to be achieved.
The police and social workers
- Author:
- THOMAS Terry
- Publisher:
- Arena
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 204p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Aldershot
Practical text offering guidance to successful inter-agency work between police officers and social workers. Also offers a critical examination of how it is carried out in practice, and contains chapters specifically on child protection, mental disorder, violence in the home, young offenders, and community policing.