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Briefing note on establishing multi-agency protocols for responding to mental ill health and learning disabilities
- Author:
- NATIONAL POLICING IMPROVEMENT AGENCY
- Publisher:
- National Policing Improvement Agency
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 5p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This briefing note is designed for police officers and staff when developing joint protocols with partner agencies to govern the response to people with mental ill health or learning disabilities. Multi-agency protocols help to ensure effective referrals and improved service delivery; they also contribute to the appropriate and efficient use of police resources and that of other agencies. Multi-agency protocols between the police and other agencies may need to cover situations that arise in a criminal justice capacity – where the person with mental ill health or learning disability is a victim of crime, a witness to crime or suspected of or known to have committed a crime. Also, situations arising in a health care capacity where police may be: acting in support of healthcare agencies dealing with someone experiencing a mental health crisis; supporting a person experiencing mental ill health until healthcare professionals are involved; responding to families and carers of people with mental ill health or learning disabilities who have concerns about them; and responding to members of the public seeking a service from the police in relation to suspected mental ill health or learning disabilities on the part of an individual.
Developing a capable dual diagnosis strategy: a good practice guide
- Authors:
- HUGHES Liz, GORRY Ann, DODD Tom
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 11p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This document, for commissioners and lead providers of services involved in the care and treatment of people with a dual diagnosis, describes how a Dual Diagnosis Strategy will set out the vision and values for local service provision and be the focal point for collaboration between all key stakeholders at a local level. People with a dual diagnosis of mental health and substance use often have multiple and complex long term needs, which require a comprehensive, coordinated, seamless, multi-agency response. However, due to a variety of factors (such as resources, lack of clarity around local service responses, and a lack of workforce skills), this group often fail to receive good quality and consistent care. A robust local Dual Diagnosis Strategy will set out the vision and values for local service provision, and be the focal point for collaboration between all key stakeholders at a local level. A successful strategy will be able to account for the varying needs of all groups and will be comprehensive and flexible in its approach. This document is designed to support the development of a capable dual diagnosis strategy built on recommendations from national policy guidance and best practice.
Guidance for mental health services in exercising duties to safeguard people from the risk of radicalisation
- Author:
- NHS ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- NHS England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Redditch
This guidance is designed to support providers and staff working in NHS mental health services to exercise their statutory and professional duties to safeguard vulnerable adults, children and young people at risk of radicalisation. It sets out expectations and considerations that providers and professionals should take into account. It is structured into four key components: Prevent responsibilities of mental health providers – outlining the safeguarding pathways that should be in place, the roles and responsibilities of key staff and training requirements; Prevent referrals from mental health providers – outlining the processes for referring to Prevent and working in partnership with police; Role of mental health providers in the Prevent process – outlining information sharing and considerations relating to detention under the Mental Health Act; and Referrals into mental health services from Prevent – ensuring timely access to services to those at risk of radicalisation with mental health needs and considerations for the prioritisation of cases. It includes examples based on real cases and flowchart diagrams to illustrate Prevent in a mental health context. (Edited publisher abstract)
Better care for people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol/drug use conditions. A guide for commissioners and service providers
- Author:
- PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- Public Health England
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 66
- Place of publication:
- London
This guidance supports the commissioning and provision of effective care for people with co-occurring mental health and alcohol/drug use conditions. It is aimed at commissioners and providers of mental health and alcohol and drug treatment services. It also has relevance for support services that have contact with people with co-occurring conditions, including people experiencing mental health crisis. The guidance supports the principles of ‘everyone’s job’ and ‘no wrong door’, which emphasise the joint responsibility of alcohol and drug, mental health and other services to work collaboratively to meet the needs of people with co-occurring conditions. It encourages commissioners and service providers to work together to improve access to services which can reduce harm, improve health and enhance recovery, enabling services to respond effectively and flexibly to presenting needs and prevent exclusion. Links to additional resources are included. The guidance supports implementation of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and represents an action from the Mental Health Crisis Care Concordat national action plan. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
Child and adolescent mental health services: an operational handbook
- Editors:
- RICHARDSON Greg, PARTRIDGE Ian
- Publisher:
- Gaskell
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 214p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a crucial time for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). They have to integrate with all the other current children’s initiatives and develop in line with the Children’s National Service Framework to ensure the mental health needs of all children are met. The book explains in operational terms how services can be delivered in ways in which children, families and other agencies can understand, that are as local to the child and family as possible, that are helpful to educational, social, voluntary and other partner agencies and that allow clear commissioning processes. The operation of each of the four tiers of service provision is clearly described with specific examples at each tier.
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.
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.