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Interagency collaboration in vocational rehabilitation for persons with mental health problems: the perspective of the service users and the professionals
- Authors:
- GERMUNDSSON Per, HILLBORG Helene, DANERMARK Berth
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 26(6), 2011, pp.699-713.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
There is, within the European Union, a pronounced aspiration and policy that persons with disabilities should be fully involved in the community, which includes opportunities to gainful employment. Despite this, a very large amount of disabled people remain unemployed, especially persons with mental health problems. This study aimed to investigate how people with mental health problems and caseworkers in different agencies experience the vocational rehabilitation process from an interagency collaboration perspective. The study participants were 20 professionals (16 women and 4 men) working with vocational rehabilitation, and 8 service users (4 women and 4 men) who had been on sick leave for from about 18 months to up to 5 years. Interviews with service users were carried out on 2 occasions approximately 6 months apart, and focused on the individual’s initial and ongoing rehabilitation process. Four focus groups were conducted with the professionals. Analysis of the data revealed a number of hindering factors portrayed and discussed in 6 themes: the time available for rehabilitation; management; new ways of working; absence of an actor; continuity; and consensus. The article concludes by discussing the implications for interagency collaboration in the field of vocational rehabilitation.
The Aylesbury story - development of new work and daytime opportunities for people with mental health problems in Aylesbury Vale
- Authors:
- DALEY Mike, et al
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 4(2), May 2000, pp.6-15.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Describes the successful transformation of an outdated industrial therapy unit into a range of services that meet the diverse needs of individuals in an economically mixed locality. Looks at the planning process, the importance of partnership working and the lessons learned.
Employment as part of the recovery continuum
- Author:
- RODDIS Tony
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 2(2), June 1997, pp.16-21.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Looks at a case study examining the role of employment and training schemes for adults with a severe and enduring mental illness from the perspective of psychiatric support and aftercare workshops (PSAW), a registered charity providing services in the south-east of England for that client group. Argues that employment and training schemes have the potential to damage clients unless they are part of integrated and progressive community-based services.
An employment opportunities service: good practice in vocational rehabilitation
- Author:
- BURKE Hazel
- Journal article citation:
- ReHab NetWork, 41, Spring 1996, pp.7-9.
- Publisher:
- National Vocational Rehabilitation Association
MIND in Manchester has sought to develop employment opportunities for people with mental health problems. An innovative pilot project, INROADS into Employment, indicated which gaps in provision between mainstream employment services and health and social services provision.
Multi-agency working in criminal justice: control and care in contemporary correctional practice
- Editors:
- PYCROFT Aaron, GOUGH Dennis, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 272p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This textbook brings together the theory, policy and skills relevant to working in a multi-agency setting within the criminal justice system. It is published at a particularly relevant time as the professional qualifying arrangements for probation officers are changing and a “mixed economy” of correctional practice is emerging. Wide-ranging chapters provide in-depth reviews and important insights into multi-agency work in this environment and acknowledge the challenges and tensions inherent in recent developments. The authors outline the legislative and policy framework in the criminal justice system and evaluate professional and organisational conflicts within multi agency contexts. They also highlight key offender groups and issues associated with desistance from crime. The book is expected to be a valuable resource for academics and students and key reading for policy makers, managers and practitioners involved in or studying correctional work, through the Probation or Prison services, or other agencies.
Widening the loop: the co-ordination of rehabilitation services for people with disabilities
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Inter-Departmental Group on Disability. Sub-Group on the Co-ordination of Rehabilitation Services for People with Disabilities
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Inter-Departmental Group on Disability
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 19p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report looking at ways of improving communication and co-ordination of service planning and delivery between national and local statutory and non-statutory agencies concerned with rehabilitation, education and training (including employment) for people with disabilities.
Collaborative community mental health care
- Editors:
- WATKINS Mary, et al
- Publisher:
- Arnold
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 384p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes papers on: teamwork among professionals involved with disturbed families; integrating hospital and community services; policy and finance for community care; primary health care; day care and rehabilitation services; community care, community compulsion and the law; the role of the voluntary sector; managing the psychiatric emergency in the community; interventions with long-term clients; coping with drug and alcohol misuse; shifting into community focus; dealing with psychosis in families; liaison psychiatry and primary health care settings; long-term medication and the responsibilities of the team; daily living skills for clients in the community; support for community psychiatric nurses in multidisciplinary teams; principles of evaluation; evaluating community services; and multidisciplinary care in the community for users with mental health problems - guidelines for the future.