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Evaluation of the Shared Lives Mental Health Project
- Authors:
- HARFLETT Naomi, JENNINGS Yasmin
- Publisher:
- National Development Team for Inclusion
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 62
- Place of publication:
- Bath
An evaluation of a project to support the development of Shared Lives as an option for people with mental ill health. The project has supported seven local Shared Lives schemes to develop, demonstrate and market a financially viable and commission ready approach to Shared Lives mental health support, and to generate learning about what works. Drawing on data collected through a mixed methods evaluation approach, this report describes the impact and learning from the project. The evaluation has found evidence of the positive impact that having support through a Shared Lives arrangement – whether it is day support, short breaks or long-term arrangements – can have on the lives of people with mental ill health. There are examples of improvements in general wellbeing and increased participation in community life, as well as specific examples where people’s mental health has stabilised and hospital stays have been prevented. The impact goes beyond those in Shared Lives arrangements to family members of those being supported, Shared Lives carers and their families and communities that people are supported in. Although some of the seven project schemes experienced challenges and frustrations and in some cases growth was slow, all saw increases in the number of new arrangements for people with mental ill health and all saw increases in the number of Shared Lives carers offering mental health support. (Edited publisher abstract)
An evaluation of the 'IPS in IAPT' Psychological Wellbeing and Work Feasibility pilot
- Authors:
- STEADMAN Karen, THOMAS Rosemary
- Publisher:
- The Work Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 68
- Place of publication:
- London
Report on the pilot of a scheme to help people with mental health problems, who are claiming Employment Support Allowance, find paid work. The scheme provided employment support based on the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) model, alongside the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme. The evaluation shows that across the different participant groups, and across the pilot sites, there was considerable positivity about the IPS and IAPT service, including in those sites that did not already have a similar service in place. The report outlines a series of recommendations, including: enhancing the partnership relationship between IPS and IAPT providers; enhancing parallel provision of IPS and IAPT services; enhancing partnership working with Jobcentre Plus; and considering broadening of eligibility criteria. (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding the impact of JRRP for people with mental health conditions
- Authors:
- TAYLOR Rebecca, LEWIS Jane
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2008
- Pagination:
- 33p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This reanalysis explores an unexpected finding from the evaluation of the Job Retention and Rehabilitation pilot, namely that people with mental health conditions who used the pilot services had a lower rate of return to work than those who did not. Quantitative and qualitative data collected during the evaluation of the pilot provided evidence supporting a number of plausible explanations. These included the possibility that there may have been less scope to boost health and workplace services for people with mental health conditions and delayed returns to work due to a focus on the same employer, waiting for a more complete health recovery, and dependency on the service provider. There was no evidence to indicate that the interventions were deficient for the mental health group, nor did the data suggest that the design of the trial was likely to have caused the negative impact.
Mental health crisis intervention: a review of theory and practice with particular emphasis on the Coventry team
- Authors:
- NEWTON Steve, PIDD Frankie, SMITH Dave
- Publisher:
- Coventry Social Services Department, Coventry Health Authority
- Publication year:
- 1989
- Pagination:
- 108p., tables, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Discusses the theory of crisis intervention and describes the work of a crisis intervention team.
Breaking the silence on mental health
- Author:
- CARERS TRUST
- Publisher:
- Carers Trust
- Publication year:
- 2021
- Pagination:
- 21
- Place of publication:
- London
A toolkit for young carer services on how to empower young carers and young adult carers with knowledge and confidence to have a voice and take action. This resource provides: examples of youth participation work and success achieved throughout the project; top tips for services considering youth participation work; feedback from young carers and young adult carers who were involved in the project about what it meant to them; good practice case studies demonstrating partnership working. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing trauma-informed resettlement for young custody leavers. A practitioner's guide
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Sam, LIDDLE Mark, GOODFELLOW Pippa
- Publisher:
- Beyond Youth Custody
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
This practitioner briefing outlines key features of trauma-informed approaches to working with young offenders leaving custody. It highlights the importance of carrying out resettlement work with an awareness of possible trauma in the backgrounds of young custody leavers and with an understanding of the way in which such trauma can affect behaviour and engagement. It outlines four key features: staff awareness, training and support; assessment; approaches to working with young offenders; and consideration of the therapeutic window. It also looks at the implications that trauma and its effects might have for resettlement practice and at the impact the right kind of interventions can have. It concludes that developing trauma-informed approaches to resettlement work has the potential to deliver more productive and long-standing positive impacts for custody leavers, particularly those considered to be the most difficult to engage. A short practice example of the iCoN clinically-led outreach trauma service is included. (Edited publisher abstract)
BME groups and mental health: presentation and evidence to the Centre for Social Justice mental health review 18 October 2010
- Author:
- NATIONAL MENTAL HEALTH DEVELOPMENT UNIT
- Publisher:
- National Mental Health Development Unit
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 12p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Data shows that people from black ethnic groups are four times more likely to have psychosis than white people; were younger, more likely to be unemployed, to have left school at age 18 years or before; more likely to come from an unskilled social class and to claim adherence to some form of religion. Launched in 2005, the Delivering Race Equality in Mental Healthcare (DRE) programme was a five year action plan for achieving equality and tackling race discrimination in mental health services in England. The DRE action plan required NHS services to deliver on three key aims by 2010: equality of access; Equality of experience; and equality of outcomes. This report highlights many of the known facts about mental health issues across the entire population, and makes recommendations for future action plans. It includes sections on parental mental health, violence and abuse, crisis resolution, early intervention and assertive outreach.
Evaluation of the fit for work service pilots: first year report
- Authors:
- HILLAGE Jim, et al
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 128p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In March 2010, 11 pilot Fit for Work Services (FFWS) were established to provide personalised, case-managed support for workers in the early stages of sickness absence or ill-health in order to expedite return to work and support job retention. This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the first year. The research comprised: management information; over 200 interviews with stakeholders, providers and others; the first wave of a 2-wave telephone survey of over 300 FFWS clients; interviews with a panel of 64 FFWS clients drawn from 4 pilot areas; and interviews with 30 General Practitioners. By the end of March 2011, 6,726 people had taken up the service offered by the pilots. Nearly all FFWS clients were employed and two-thirds were ‘presentees’ (attending work but at risk of sickness absence) rather than absentees. This report describes the findings of the evaluation in relation to: the pilot take-up; engagement and referrals; the client journey through the service; and outcomes. It finds that 62% of the clients who were supported by the pilots in the first year had been discharged by the end of March 2011. Three-quarters of absentees who were discharged were back at work by the time they left. Qualitative evidence from clients indicates that the FFWS provided significant support to return to work. Without this support, in some cases the return would not have happened at all, and in others it was made quicker, easier or more sustained.
Evaluation of the fit for work service pilots: first year report: research summary
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In March 2010, 11 pilot Fit for Work Services (FFWS) were established to provide personalised, case-managed support for workers in the early stages of sickness absence or ill-health in order to expedite return to work and support job retention. This report presents the findings from an evaluation of the first year. The research comprised: management information; over 200 interviews with stakeholders, providers and others; the first wave of a 2-wave telephone survey of over 300 FFWS clients; interviews with a panel of 64 FFWS clients drawn from 4 pilot areas; and interviews with 30 General Practitioners. By the end of March 2011, 6,726 people had taken up the service offered by the pilots. Nearly all FFWS clients were employed and two-thirds were ‘presentees’ (attending work but at risk of sickness absence) rather than absentees. This research summary describes the findings of the evaluation in relation to: the pilot take-up; engagement and referrals; the client journey through the service; and outcomes. It finds that 62% of the clients who were supported by the pilots in the first year had been discharged by the end of March 2011. Three-quarters of absentees who were discharged were back at work by the time they left. Qualitative evidence from clients indicates that the FFWS provided significant support to return to work. Without this support, in some cases the return would not have happened at all, and in others it was made quicker, easier or more sustained.
Mental health promotion and mental illness prevention: the economic case
- Editors:
- KNAPP Martin, MCDAID David, PARSONAGE Michael, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 43p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental ill health is the largest single cause of disability in the UK, contributing almost 23% of the overall burden of disease compared to about 16% each for cancer and cardiovascular disease. The economic and social costs of mental health problems in England are estimated at around £105 billion each year. This report presents the key findings of a project on the economic case for mental health promotion and prevention, based on a detailed analysis of costs and benefits for fifteen different interventions. The interventions were: health visiting and reducing post-natal depression; parenting interventions for children with persistent conduct disorders; school-based social and emotional learning programmes to prevent conduct problems in childhood; school-based interventions to reduce bullying; early detection for psychosis; early intervention for psychosis; screening and brief intervention in primary care for alcohol misuse; workplace screening for depression and anxiety disorders; promoting well-being in the workplace; debt and mental health; population-level suicide awareness training and intervention; bridge safety measures for suicide prevention; collaborative care for depression in individuals with Type II diabetes; tackling medically unexplained symptoms; and befriending of older adults. The estimated economic pay-offs per £ of expenditure from each of these fifteen models is presented.