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The liaison worker's tale
- Author:
- WALKER Julie
- Journal article citation:
- Housing Care and Support, 14(1), 2011, pp.27-30.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper presents a first person account of someone in the role of Mental Health and Housing Liaison Officer. The role involves dealing with any housing related issues that mental health service users may be experiencing, and involves working with people who are receiving services from inpatient, primary and secondary mental health services. The post is jointly funded by the Council and the Primary Care Trust (PCT). The paper offers insight into a day in the life of a liaison worker, including information about how they work and communicate with clients and their various different situations. It demonstrates that communication is central to delivering good and appropriate services for clients. It argues that joint working between housing and mental health needs to become the norm.
Development of joint user/patient outcome measures for older adults with mental health problems
- Authors:
- WALTON David, FULLERTON Michael, PATEL Seraphim
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 12(4), 2011, pp.210-216.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea collaborated with older adults mental health teams in Kensington and Chelsea to pilot joint user outcome measures for older adults with mental health problems and their carers. This article explains the project to develop and test the user outcome form, which included consultation with the borough's Older Adults Service User Group. The questionnaire, issued to users at review, covered a range of issues to meet both health and social care outcome requirements. During the pilot survey of user self-reported outcome measures, 45 forms were issued to users at review and 30 responses were received. The article reports on the results, noting that users and carers reported high levels of satisfaction and positive outcomes, and that both users and staff indicated that they preferred user reported outcomes to activity or process-based performance measures. The authors discuss the implications for collaborative working.
Signposts: see me, hear me, talk to me: talk to my family as well: working together to improve outcomes for young carers in families affected by enduring parental mental illness or substance misuse
- Authors:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services; Association of Directors of Children's Services
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 29p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This signposting paper brings together some resource material with the aim of stimulating local conversations to improve support for young carers and their families. The focus of this paper is on young carers who give care and support in families affected by enduring parental mental illness or substance misuse. The paper starts by summarising some key messages around 4 themes: identification of young carers; engaging with young carers; successful frontline services; and building strategic leadership and partnership. The next part of the paper summarises key themes arising from discussions at the workshop ‘Listening, Learning and Leading’ held by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in May 2011. The paper concludes with the section ‘Growing Local Conversations’ which offers discussion points for further local exploration. These discussion points are listed under the themes: tackling challenges to self-identification by young carers; engaging young carers and meeting family support needs; pursuing successful front line partnerships for whole family approaches; and building strategic leadership and partnership for sustainable outcomes. These suggested local conversations need to embrace young carers and their families.
Signposts: working together to improve outcomes for young carers in families affected by enduring parental mental illness or substance misuse
- Authors:
- ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES, ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF CHILDREN'S SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Association of Directors of Adult Social Services; Association of Directors of Children's Services
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 30p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The focus of this paper is on young carers who give care and support in families affected by enduring parental mental illness or parental substance misuse. The aim of the paper is to bring together some resource materials to support Directors of Adult and Children’s Services in stimulating local conversations and offer a basis for improving support for young carers and their families. The paper summarise some key messages around 4 themes: challenges to self-identification by young carers; engaging young carers and meeting expectations; successful front line partnerships for whole family approaches; and building strategic leadership and partnership for sustainable outcomes. The next part of the paper ‘Listening, Learning and Leading’ summarises a workshop organised by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services in May 2011 which drew on the experience of participants involved in working with young carers. The paper concludes with ‘Growing Local Conversations’ which offers discussion points for further local exploration.
Parental mental health and families: working together with parents
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This e-learning module sets out the principles that support partnership working with parents experiencing mental health problems. It considers how to use these principles to help families affected by parents with mental health difficulties to access and use support. It also examines how to use the family model to help balance the needs of the parent with those of the child when making decisions about child care. Individual sections cover: Partnership with parents; Early intervention and access; Exploring parenting issues; and Dealing with complexity.
Good practice procedure guide: the transfer and remission of adult prisoners under s47 and s48 of the Mental Health Act
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The aim of this procedure guide is to facilitate timely access to appropriate treatment for prisoners under the Mental Health Act. It covers the process for transferring and remitting remand, unsentenced and sentenced adult prisoners and Immigration Act detainees to and from inpatient treatment under the Mental Health Act. Developed in collaboration with partners from the NHS, Care Quality Commission, Prisons Inspectorate, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Royal College of Nurses, National Offender Management Service, Prison Service and Ministry of Justice, it is intended to promote good practice and support effective joint working between the agencies involved in transfer and remission processes. It includes guidance on determining commissioning responsibility, defining the transfer clock start and stop times, the transfer process, late in sentence transfers, access to the prison estate for visiting health professionals, the legal framework governing prison transfers, and remission to prison. It also provides flowcharts showing the steps required to achieve a good practice time frame for the completion of transfer and remission processes.
Think child, think parent, think family: interim evaluation report
- Authors:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE, ROSCOE Hannah, et al
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 63p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Since September 2009, five local authority areas in England and the five Health and Social Care Trust areas in Northern Ireland have been implementing recommendations from the SCIE guide 'Think child, think parent, think family' when working with parents with mental health problems and their families. This document summarises the evaluation of the first year of the project. The evaluation aims to capture learning about how to implement the guide and to assess early indications of implementing the guidance in a local area. It focuses on the processes and practices that are effective; the barriers and enablers; and the costs associated with implementation. Data used for the evaluation included quarterly progress reports produced by the sites and notes from site meeting discussions. The report covers: the background and aims of the ‘Think child, think parent, think family’ implementation project and evaluation an overview of events in the first year; the project management and governance arrangements, the implementation plans themselves, overall progress of the implementation so far, and learning emerging from the project.
To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? A study from the North of England
- Authors:
- WOOD Emily, WATSON Roger, HAYTER Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Religion and Culture, 14(8), 2011, pp.769-783.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Studies outside the UK have shown that when people with mental health issues visit clergy for help they often do this before, or instead of, seeing health professionals. This paper presents the findings of a research study in one city in the North of England, exploring the nature and extent of Christian clergy’s involvement with people with mental health issues. It presents data on the prevalence and nature of their involvement with mental health issues within their communities, their attitudes towards mental health and mental health services and also looks at the referral practices. In total 39 members of the clergy sent responses after two sets of questionnaires were sent; 21.4% of the 182 that were asked to participate. The authors conclude that the clergy do see people with mental health problems but the frequency varies amongst individuals and is not dependent on denomination. Some members of the clergy reported negative experience of trying to work collaboratively with mental health professionals. Overall these findings agreed with other studies that a very high percentage of British clergy do refer on, unlike North American clergy who rarely do, and this was not related to denomination.
Promoting school mental health with a Systems of Care approach: perspectives from community partners
- Authors:
- POWERS Joelle D., WEBBER Kristina C., BOWER Heather A.
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 9(1-6), 2011, pp.147-162.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
It is estimated that more than 20% of youth aged 5–18 years have a diagnosable mental health problem. The majority of these youth do not get adequate treatment, and many get no treatment at all. The challenge for communities is to overcome obstacles to traditional community-based care that contribute to low rates of treatment for children. A Systems of Care (SOC) approach is being implemented in many U.S. communities in an attempt to promote child mental health through multi-agency service coordination. It is important to identify processes that either hinder or effectively create and sustain these collaborative SOC partnerships. The purpose of this small qualitative study was to identify challenges to the implementation of a SOC approach to school mental health within an urban community. The study involved in-depth semi-structured interviews with 2 SOC liaisons who coordinate mental health services between the community Local Management Entity and the school district. Three themes emerged from the transcripts: multi-layered system; stable leadership and direction; and integration and sustainability. Implications for social work practice are discussed.
Parental mental health and families: working together with professionals
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- Social Care Institute for Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Place of publication:
- London
This e-learning module explores the benefits of multi-agency working with families who are affected by parental mental health problems. It demonstrates how to use the Family Model to strengthen professional working relationships and to consider how the 'team around the child' process can be used to reinforce a 'Think family approach'. Individual sections cover: Partnership with professionals; Multi-agency working; the Family Model and assessment; Professional relationships; and Resolving professional conflicts.