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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.
The importance of collaborative theory in older people's services
- Authors:
- ANDREWS Tresa, READ Jessica
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Integrated Care, 17(2), April 2009, pp.35-40.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The article shows how Southwark and Salford have attempted to bring alive government guidance by developing a mental health resource for those working at the intersection with integrated mainstream care. The solution was the Southwark Mental Health Intermediate Care team and Salford Intermediate Care Psychology and Counselling services. Although a local context receptive to partnership working was important, connecting collaborative theory with practice was crucial to the successful development of this resource.
An adult protective services' view of collaboration with mental health services
- Authors:
- TEASTER Pamela B., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Elder Abuse and Neglect, 21(4), October 2009, pp.289-306.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Adult protective services (APS) and mental health services (MHS) staff may need to work together when they respond to the needs of victims and people at risk for abuse, neglect, self-neglect and exploitation. The purpose of this study was to understand effective APS-MHS collaborations (e.g., leadership, organisational culture, administration and resources in predicting success). A survey that was sent to members of the National Adult Protective Services Association (NAPSA) revealed that both APS and MHS have strong commitments to protecting clients' rights and autonomy, but there appear to be differences between the two with regard to implementation, apparent in cases involving clients with diminished mental capacity who are at imminent risk, but who refuse help. Strengths of APS-MHS collaborations included improved communication and better service for at-risk clients.
Services in the community for adults with psychosis and intellectual disabilities: a Delphi consultation of professionals' views
- Authors:
- HEMMINGS C.P., UNDERWOOD L.A., BOURAS N.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 53(7), July 2009, pp.677-684.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
There remains a severe lack of evidence on the effectiveness of community services for adults with psychosis and intellectual disabilities (ID). There has been little consensus even of what services should provide for this service user group. A consultation of multidisciplinary professionals was carried out by using a three-round Delphi exercise. Participants were recruited nationally. They rated their views on the importance of 139 items for the care of adults with psychosis and ID. These included 85 routine service components, 23 service user characteristics for those needing a more intensive service and 31 more intensive service components. Forty-nine out of 52 participants completed all three rounds of the Delphi consultation. Consensus of opinion (≥80% agreement as essential) was obtained on 18 of the routine service components, nine of the service user characteristics and five of the more intensive service components. The routine service components considered essential can be broadly considered under a need for a focused approach on the service user and their illness (e.g. monitoring of mental state) and the added need to work within the wider context of the service user with psychosis and ID (e.g. access to social, leisure or occupational activities). Five of the more intensive service components were considered to be essential (e.g. can react to a crisis that day). However, the routine service components considered essential already contained many components such as out-of-hours support and crisis plans also relevant to more intensive services. the authors conclude that these findings can be used to develop further the evidence base for services in the community for this user group and to assist in the preparation of much needed service evaluation studies.
Lead professional roles to improve outcomes of socially excluded adults (PSA 16): final report
- Authors:
- JONES Naomi, SHELDON Ruth, PENFOLD Clarissa
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Cabinet Office. Social Exclusion Task Force
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 103p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This is a summary of a study aimed at understanding what factors contribute to good lead professional practice in delivering PSA16 outcomes. The Socially Excluded Adults Public Service Agreement (PSA) 16 is part of the 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review and aims to increase the proportion of socially excluded adults in settled accommodation and in employment, education or training. The lead professional is a key element in the delivery of these outcomes and takes responsibility for ensuring that a client’s needs are identified and met as fully as possible. There are currently named lead professional roles for three of the client groups who are the focus of PSA16: personal advisers working with young people leaving care; offender managers working with offenders under probation supervision; care co-ordinators working with mental health service users. There is currently no named lead professional role for people with learning disabilities. Findings highlighted the importance of: enabling more face-to-face contact, both between professionals and service users and between professionals themselves; creating trusting relationships and shared objectives between service providers and professionals, through addressing practical and cultural barriers; ensuring that targets and assessment processes are meaningful and relevant to front-line staff and service users; developing commissioning processes which are evidence based, systematic, open to small innovative providers and strategic rather than reactive and responsive to local need; ensuring that all aspects of service commissioning, management and evaluation have more involvement from frontline staff and service users.
The mental health of children and young people: the EMHA role
- Authors:
- BONE Deborah, KNIGHT Denise
- Journal article citation:
- Community Practitioner, 82(1), January 2009, pp.27-30.
- Publisher:
- Community Practitioners' and Health Visitors' Association
Children and young people frequently experience emotional and mental health problems, and the promotion of mental health is a high priority for those working with this client group. This paper describes the educational and supportive role of the principal author, a recent recipient of the CPHVA Education and Development Trust MacQueen Award, working as a registered mental health nurse within the children's services team of a primary care trust. It describes how the emotional and mental health advisor (EMHA) role has developed, and discusses the initiatives that have been implemented through working closely with an extremely skilled and creative team of school nurses and health visitors. It also highlights development in practitioners' abilities in promoting the mental and emotional wellbeing of young people. The initiatives are discussed together with the EMHA's personal reflections on the role. A comprehensive and systematic evaluation is in progress and will be reported on at a later date.
Practical interventions for young people at risk
- Editors:
- GELDARD Kathryn, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 213p.
- Place of publication:
- Los Angeles, CA
This book brings together contributions from the UK, Ireland and the rest of Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand, that cover existing practices for interventions with young people at risk, that are positive in nature, such as the collaboration between multi-disciplinary teams and young people, joint-working practices and building on some young peoples’ strengths during adolescence, of inherent resilience, peer group support and mentoring, and ability to self care. In addition, Parts III to VIII detail the darker topics of suicide and self-harm, confrontational behaviour (including gangs, bullying and fire-starting), substance misuse, sexual behaviour (including health and sexuality issues), mental health problems (including eating disorders, depression, cult group membership) and marginalised young people and looked after children, with the various, expert contributors giving their ideas on the best methods for risk assessment and practical interventions with vulnerable young people experiencing these difficulties. Themes of anti-oppressive practice, and the importance of culture, values and ethics run throughout the 17 chapters of text as well as the editor’s introduction and summary.