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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.
Social work practice in mental health: an introduction
- Authors:
- BLAND Robert, RENOUF Noel, TULLGREN Ann
- Publisher:
- Allen and Unwin
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 272p.
- Place of publication:
- St. Leonards, NSW
This text aims to be a comprehensive guide to professional practice for social workers whose clients have mental health issues. It is written to provide a knowledge base for practice with people with the most commonly-encountered mental health problems. Two key themes permeate the book: the importance of appreciating the lived experience of mental illness, and of establishing partnerships based on incorporating a consumer perspective into the various mental health works. The authors emphasise the healing potential in relationships between consumers, carers and service providers. The book is organised in two parts. The first outlines the context in which social work practice in mental health operates including; theoretical, policy, legal, conceptual, and medical issues. The second part focuses on various practical aspects of social work practice such as; assessment, case management, the challenge of some practice settings, family work, community work, and the application of the principles of partnership to work with individuals and their families, as well as multidisciplinary teams and agencies.
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.
A common sense approach to working with defendants and offenders with mental health problems
- Author:
- BRYANT Linda
- Publisher:
- Together: Working for Wellbeing
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 27p.
- Place of publication:
- London
It is widely acknowledged that people with mental health issues are overrepresented in all parts of the criminal justice system. This guide is targeted at frontline criminal justice agency staff to support them when dealing with people with mental health problems. It aims to provide professionals such as police officers, probation officers, security and court staff with practical advice on what to do and which agencies to go to for help. The guide describes a 4-step approach: spot the potential issue; understand the impact of the surroundings; ask questions to find out more; and respond. The final step of the approach advises how to signpost to, and work in a joined-up manner, with other health and social care agencies and includes information on helping the person to register with a GP. Quick reference guides are also included covering the issues of: mental health, alcohol and substance misuse; learning disabilities and learning difficulties; and self-harm and suicide.
Filling the gap....
- Author:
- BAWDEN Matthew
- Journal article citation:
- Connect, 39, Spring 2010, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- Homeless Link
This article describes the service provided by Look Ahead’s Bayswater Hostel in Westminster for rough sleepers with low levels of mental health problems. Traditionally, these people are excluded from specialist mental health services due to lack of formal diagnosis, difficulties engaging with statutory mental health teams, or drug and alcohol use. Formally a medium support hostel for rough sleepers aged 18-30, Bayswater underwent a major transformation in 2008. The new service offers a safe and tranquil environment for those rough sleepers who don’t typically thrive in general hostel environments due to their increased vulnerability. Bayswater Hostel has adopted an approach called Positive Pathways which shifts emphasis from a customer’s support needs to consider the many different aspects that make up their lives. The support work rests upon 4 key pillars: positive identity; stable relationships; healthy, wealthy and wise; and home and community. The staff work with small groups of 4 or 5 customers to enable them to provide a high level of support, and links have been developed with mental health services. The article also describes how the hostel provides a comfortable environment to avoid abandonment by the customers, and the attempts made by the hostel to tackle stigma and discrimination.
'I didn't like just sittin' around all day': facilitating social and community participation among people with mental illness and high levels of psychiatric disability
- Authors:
- MUIR Kristy, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 39(3), July 2010, pp.375-391.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
People with mental illness can be profoundly disabled and at risk of social exclusion. This article argues that if certain support is available, supported housing models can assist people with high levels of psychiatric disability to participate meaningfully in the community. The authors report on the findings of a longitudinal evaluation of the Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative Stage One (HASI) supported housing model, a partnership between the New South Wales Government Departments of Health and Housing and non-government organisations in Australia. The evaluation included 633 interviews and surveys with clients and mental health service, non-government organisation and housing provider staff. The article describes how an individualised supported housing programme can contribute to increasing the social and community participation of people with mental illness who were previously excluded from their communities, the workforce and education.
A child and adolescent mental health service for children with intellectual disabilities - 8 years on
- Authors:
- WRIGHT Barry, WILLIAMS Chris, SYKES Marcella
- Journal article citation:
- Psychiatrist (The), 34(5), May 2010, pp.195-199.
- Publisher:
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
Children with intellectual disabilities are more likely to have mental health problems than children without intellectual disabilities. This paper reports on the last 8 years in the development of a child mental health learning disability service in York. The growth, challenges and pitfalls faced by the service are charted. The paper also shows how a service can cope with rising demand without the development of waiting lists and how a specialist service can be embedded within a generic child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) as a tier 3 team. This has the advantage of allowing easy networking, joint training, joint working and secondments. It also avoids unnecessary service access issues where different services may not have complimentary referral criteria, leading to service gaps; it therefore provides equity of access within local services, and integrates the team within discussions about new developments and commissioning. The article argues that this is a healthy service model that meets the needs of local children with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities and concomitant child mental health problems.
How can we make mental health education work?
- Authors:
- RETHINK, INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY
- Publisher:
- Rethink; Institute of Psychiatry
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 18p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This report has been written for people interested in breaking down stigma and discrimination attached to mental ill-health. It provides an overview of some of the steps to consider when setting up an anti-discrimination programme and reports on the success of one such project. Section 1 explores "stigma busting" approaches. Section 2 describes Kent Mental Health Awareness in Action project which involved the Institute of Psychiatry, World Psychiatric Association, and two local awareness groups. Section 3 is an evaluation of the Kent Workshop Programme. The report concludes with recommendations for how mental health education can be made to work.