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Promoting care and justice: report of the Mental Health Foundation's regional conference on improving services for mentally disordered offenders
- Editor:
- NEWMAN Caroline
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 55p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Contains conference papers on: defining terms and identifying issues; multi-agency approaches; needs assessment and service delivery; and suggestions for core tasks for improving services to offenders with mental health problems and for research and development work.
Mentally disordered offenders: inter-agency working
- Author:
- PETCH Edward
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 7(2), September 1996, pp.376-382.
- Publisher:
- Routledge
Looks briefly at the benefits and importance of inter-agency working in the assessment and referral of mentally disordered people within the criminal justice system.
Direct support
- Author:
- LINEHAN Tim
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.2.95, 1995, p.30.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
A scheme has been set up in West Dorset to help offenders with mental health problems. Mendos, the Mentally Disordered Offenders Scheme discovered quite soon after its establishment that women in this situation had been ignored. Looks at a new initiative to provide a service to women.
Wasted opportunities
- Author:
- BEECH Sarah
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Today, March 2004, pp.27-29.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Place of publication:
- Hove
Looks at how the multiple needs of ex-offenders with mental health problems might be better managed. Highlights link-worker schemes established by Revolving Doors Agency which aim to connect the client with the many services they require such as housing, primary care, benefits and drug and alcohol support. The service shows the benefits of interagency working. The article also provides an overview of a CD-ROM tool kit developed by the Revolving Doors Agency which can be used to evaluate existing provisions and identify where gaps lie.
Multi-agency review framework
- Authors:
- SEDDON Toby, TRUMAN Crispin
- Publisher:
- Revolving Doors Agency
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 78p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The multi agency framework is a tool for use by local agencies to assess how well multi agency arrangements in the community for people with mental health problems in contact with the criminal justice system are working in their local area.
Mentally disordered offenders: improving services
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 2p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Letter accompanying a report on the SSI project on mentally disordered offenders.
Jumping through hoops: how are coordinated responses to multiple disadvantage meeting the needs of women?
- Author:
- SHARPEN J.
- Publishers:
- AVA, Making Every Adult Matter, Agenda, St. Mungo's
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 12
- Place of publication:
- London
Explores the experiences of local areas who are coordinating services for people facing multiple disadvantage due to homelessness, substance misuse, mental health and criminal justice services. Specifically it looks at how services are responding to women’s needs and how services such as domestic and sexual violence services, are involved in coordinated approaches. It draws on research carried out in areas using the Making Every Adult Matter (MEAM) Approach or those who are part of the Big Lottery’s Fulfilling Lives programme. This involved in-depth research in five areas and a survey sent to 24 areas. The research explored: understanding of the experiences and support needs of women experiencing multiple disadvantage; whether good practice was being followed; the impact of a more coordinated approach and what services need to do to improve support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. The report makes five recommendations, including for MEAM Approach and Fulfilling Lives areas to ensure that they are involving women-specific services in their partnerships, to ensure that partnerships are shaped by the voice and experience of women facing multiple disadvantage, and for services to develop a clear understanding of what it means to be ‘gender informed.' (Edited publisher abstract)
Understanding the whole family: the role of families in the lives of people with severe and multiple disadvantage
- Authors:
- GOOD Frances, MARRIOTT Christina
- Publisher:
- Revolving Doors Agency
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 42
- Place of publication:
- London
This literature review looks at the role of families in supporting and inhibiting positive outcomes for individuals with severe and multiple disadvantage. It is the third in a series of reviews on severe and multiple disadvantage funded by the Lankelly Chase Foundation. The paper uses a life-course approach, exploring the role of the family in prevention and early intervention; intervention and treatment; and the maintenance of recovery. It focuses on five areas of disadvantage: criminal behaviour, substance misuse, mental illness, homelessness and domestic violence and abuse. It refers to examples of interventions throughout. The review highlights both positive and negative contributions of families for those recovering from severe and multiple disadvantage. For some individuals families support and unconditional love was seen as critical in sustaining recovery and protecting them from further risk. For others, families were seen as contributing to criminal behaviours and addiction due to punitive and mistrustful attitudes which could leave individuals isolated. There is also additional risk of a cyclical effect of one family member facing SMD disadvantage, impacting the development of disadvantages in the life of another family member. The review highlights the need for the negative influences a family can have on an individual facing SMD to be considered in the formation of policy and practice and for services to look at the multiplicity of issues individuals face. (Edited publisher abstract)
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.
Mentally disordered offenders: improving services
- Author:
- ROBBINS Diana
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 50p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report summarising the findings of a project undertaken by a team of SSI Inspectors and NHSE colleagues in 7 local authorities in England. The project aimed to monitor progress on the development of a multi agency approach to services for mentally disordered offenders. Includes sections on: developing a plan; working together; joint commissioning; arranging care management; designing and providing services; and training.