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Desirable outcomes of of WORKSTEP: user and provider views
- Authors:
- MEAH Angela, THORNTON Patricia
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department for Work and Pensions
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 110p.
- Place of publication:
- London
In this report disabled people said it was important to set themselves goals and experience achieving them. Achieving things through their jobs, they said, encouraged them to set goals outside work, like learning to travel independently or to drive. Going to work gave disabled people the chance to meet new people and make friends. This was especially important to people with learning disabilities who complained of feeling bored when ‘stuck at home’. The routine of work was important to people with mental health conditions. They said it offered a distraction from their condition and gave them a sense of an ‘ordinary life’. Disabled people said that having a job was a sign of ‘wellness’ and getting on with life.
Developing an outcomes model for disabled children in Scotland
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 67
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
Disabled children have broadly the same aspirations as non-disabled children and the outcomes they would like to achieve are therefore similar. However, for many disabled children and young people, there are fundamental outcomes that need to be achieved as a foundation for others, including and especially, communication. This project focused on better understanding ‘outcome models’ for all children and young people and for children and young people in the diverse and challenging context of disability. This research was commissioned by the Scottish Government’s Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Division to identify and develop an outcomes model based on Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), and the SHANARRI indicators of wellbeing (“Safe, Healthy, Achieving, Nurtured, Active, Respected, Responsible, Included”) for disabled children and young people in Scotland. It was to include both children with disabilities as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and those defined as having additional support needs in the context of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. The project was modified early on to focus on mapping outcomes work that is already in progress, and to identify the essential components of outcomes models. (Edited publisher abstract)
Developing an outcomes model for disabled children in Scotland
- Author:
- CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government Social Research
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Pagination:
- 3
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This research was commissioned by the Scottish Government’s Children’s Rights and Wellbeing Division to identify and develop an outcomes model based on Getting It Right for Every Child (GIRFEC), and the SHANARRI indicators of wellbeing, for disabled children and young people in Scotland. It was to include both children with disabilities as defined by the Equality Act 2010 and those defined as having additional support needs in the context of the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004. The project was modified early on to focus on mapping outcomes work that is already in progress, and to identify the essential components of outcomes models. These research findings summarises the main report's findings. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and employment: shaping a new agenda
- Author:
- GROVE Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 8(2), April 1999, pp.131-140.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Examines the principles which should underpin mental health employment services and suggests that they should be viewed through the conceptual framework of the social model of disability. Proposes a framework for a locality service constellation which focuses upon support into open employment and job creation measures.
Predictors of adult quality of life for foster care alumni with physical and/or psychiatric disabilities
- Authors:
- ANCTIL Tina M., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 31(1), October 2007, pp.1087-1100.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This American study used quality of life and resilience as theoretical frameworks for evaluating predictors of outcomes for adults who received foster care services alumni of foster care and were diagnosed with a physical or psychiatric disability while in foster care. First, outcomes for foster care alumni with and without physical and psychiatric disabilities (N = 1,087) were compared according to quality of life variables. Second, using only participants with disabilities (N = 578), stepwise regression analyses were performed to determine whether risk and protective factors were associated with specific outcomes. Alumni with disabilities had significantly lower economic and health outcomes; and reported lower educational attainment, more difficulty paying monthly bills, more psychiatric diagnoses, lower self-esteem, and worse physical health than those without disabilities. For alumni with disabilities, receiving special education services and experiencing sexual abuse while in foster care were significant risk factors for poor self-esteem; conversely, receiving services and resources that prepared foster care alumni for leaving foster care (e.g., protective factors) predicted better outcomes. By expanding the quality of life outcomes analyses to investigate the impact of risk and protective factors on outcomes of foster care alumni with disabilities, this study fills a gap in the literature by assessing outcome differences within the foster-care population. The study found protective factors were associated with more educational attainment and higher self-esteem in adulthood. Conversely, those who received special education services and experienced sexual abuse while in foster care may be at the greatest risk of poor self-esteem and therefore, could benefit from services that enhance self-esteem.
Learning self-determination: lessons from the literature for work with children and youth with emotional and behavioral difficulties
- Author:
- ACKERMAN Beth
- Journal article citation:
- Child and Youth Care Forum, 35(4), August 2006, pp.327-337.
- Publisher:
- Springer
Children and youth with disabilities perform more poorly in transitional outcomes than their non-disabled peers. Programs are facing many changes because of these outcomes. Definitions are being revised, and new categories of exceptionalities are being recognized. Accountability measures are being put in place for people with disabilities. However, there is an important, current issue identified by researchers and individuals with disabilities - the issue of self-determination. This article explores how self-determination can and should be taught to children and youth with disabilities.
Social service users' own definitions of quality outcomes
- Author:
- JOSEPH ROWNTREE FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 4p.
- Place of publication:
- York
The Shaping Our Lives project, working in partnership with Black User Group (London), Service User Action Group (Wakefield), Ethnic Disabled Group Emerged (Manchester) and an alliance of user groups in Waltham Forest (London), looked at the application in practice of on-going work about what service users meant by 'user-defined outcomes'. Both the research and the development projects covered a range of experiences - including those of older people, mental health users, minority ethnic communities and disabled people and involving 66 users in all.
Prevalence and outcomes for parents with disabilities and their children in an Australian court sample
- Authors:
- LLYWELLYN Gwynnyth, McCONNELL David, FERRONATO Luisa
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 27(3), March 2003, pp.235-251.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
This study reviewed the court files of all care and protection matters initiated by the statutory child protection authority and finalized in a 9-month period (n=285) at two Children's Courts in New South Wales, Australia. Results found that parents with disabilities featured in almost one-third of the cases. Parental psychiatric disability was most prevalent, followed by parental intellectual disability. Significant associations were also found between parental disability and court outcome with a disproportionately large number of children of parents with intellectual disability being made wards of the state.
A textbook of social work
- Authors:
- SHELDON Brian, MACDONALD Geraldine
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 429p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This publication is a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to social work practice. It strikes a balance between the need for social workers to understand the social, economic, cultural, psychological and interpersonal factors which give rise to clients' problems, and the need for them to know how best to respond with practical measures. Divided into three accessible parts, the text covers context and theory in the first part and social work skills and methods in the second part. The final part looks at the major specialisms, including, among others, chapters on: children, people with mental health problems; older people; chronic illness and physical disability; learning disability; juvenile and adult offenders; substance misusers.
Monitoring adult protection referrals in 10 English local authorities
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, STEIN June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(3), September 2000, pp.19-31.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper reports the results of a study of the monitoring of adult protection referrals in 10 local authorities during six months in 1998.The information provides a useful window on the effectiveness of current policies and provides a baseline from which to anticipate the implications for workload and service planning of recent government guidance.