Research has shown that work opportunities can play a key role in recovery from mental health problems. Describes the Expanding Opportunity Through Partnership, a two year programme that offers tailored development support to NHS trusts and social services departments who are being supported to modernise their work rehabilitation services and to work with other local agencies to create a broader range of options - for education and training, sheltered work and paid employment.
Research has shown that work opportunities can play a key role in recovery from mental health problems. Describes the Expanding Opportunity Through Partnership, a two year programme that offers tailored development support to NHS trusts and social services departments who are being supported to modernise their work rehabilitation services and to work with other local agencies to create a broader range of options - for education and training, sheltered work and paid employment.
Appropriate job re-entering (Danish abbreviation: VAP) was a project initiated by the country of Vejle in Denmark and part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). It aimed to qualify people with a psychiatric diagnosis on a personal, social and professional level to re-enter the job market following one or more periods of hospitalisation and medical care. VAP has now been succeeded by a similar project, called the Freno Group, starting this year. Explains how the project has demonstrated that people with a diagnosis of mental illness are able to do work which demands a high level of competence.
Appropriate job re-entering (Danish abbreviation: VAP) was a project initiated by the country of Vejle in Denmark and part-funded by the European Social Fund (ESF). It aimed to qualify people with a psychiatric diagnosis on a personal, social and professional level to re-enter the job market following one or more periods of hospitalisation and medical care. VAP has now been succeeded by a similar project, called the Freno Group, starting this year. Explains how the project has demonstrated that people with a diagnosis of mental illness are able to do work which demands a high level of competence.
Subject terms:
independence, mental health problems, mental health services, rehabilitation, deinstitutionalisation, employment, empowerment;
This article describes the Cherry Tree Nursery which came about because users of mental health services in East Dorset wanted meaningful occupation which would enhance the quality of their lives.
This article describes the Cherry Tree Nursery which came about because users of mental health services in East Dorset wanted meaningful occupation which would enhance the quality of their lives.
Subject terms:
mental health problems, mental health services, quality of life, rehabilitation, therapeutic horticulture, therapies, therapy and treatment, employment;
Critically examines seven standards proposed by the National Service Framework for Mental Health covering, mental health promotion, primary care and access to services, effective services for severe mental illnesses, caring for carers, and preventing suicide.
Critically examines seven standards proposed by the National Service Framework for Mental Health covering, mental health promotion, primary care and access to services, effective services for severe mental illnesses, caring for carers, and preventing suicide.
Subject terms:
learning disabilities, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, quality assurance, rehabilitation, severe mental health problems, social care provision, standards, user participation, assessment, attempted suicide, carers, diagnosis, health care, health education;
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry, 10(2), September 1999, pp.245-248.
Publisher:
Routledge
Paid work holds a central place in the lives of most people of working age, not only as a source of income, but also for the psychological satisfactions and social supports work can provide. The absence of work is just as significant for those people who are unemployed. This article is a brief discussion of the psychological effects of unemployment.
Paid work holds a central place in the lives of most people of working age, not only as a source of income, but also for the psychological satisfactions and social supports work can provide. The absence of work is just as significant for those people who are unemployed. This article is a brief discussion of the psychological effects of unemployment.
Subject terms:
mental health, mental health problems, offenders, psychology, quality of life, rehabilitation, self-concept, self-esteem, socioeconomic groups, stress, unemployment, community mental health services, gender;
Social Work Research, 23(2), June 1999, pp.89-100.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Research indicates that many individuals with psychiatric disabilities often experience the onset of mental illness in young adulthood. Supported education programmes have developed as psychosocial rehabilitation interventions in response to this finding. This article discusses the appropriateness of supported education as a social work intervention.
Research indicates that many individuals with psychiatric disabilities often experience the onset of mental illness in young adulthood. Supported education programmes have developed as psychosocial rehabilitation interventions in response to this finding. This article discusses the appropriateness of supported education as a social work intervention.
Subject terms:
long term outcomes, mental health, mental health problems, mental health services, outcomes, rehabilitation, schizophrenia, schools, severe mental health problems, social work methods, young people, community mental health services;
Report based on a joint initiative by the Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment, Employment Service, and voluntary organisations to develop inter-agency partnerships and user involvement in rehabilitation, education, training and employment services for disabled people, people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems, and people with sensory impairments.
Report based on a joint initiative by the Department of Health, Department for Education and Employment, Employment Service, and voluntary organisations to develop inter-agency partnerships and user involvement in rehabilitation, education, training and employment services for disabled people, people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems, and people with sensory impairments.
Subject terms:
joint working, learning disabilities, joint planning, mental health problems, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, sheltered employment, social care provision, supported employment, training, user participation, voluntary organisations, adults, central government, education, employment;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
Publication year:
1999
Pagination:
2p.
Place of publication:
London
Letter accompanying a report based on a joint initiative to develop inter-agency partnerships and user involvement in rehabilitation, education, training, and employment services for people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems, disabled people, and people with sensory impairments.
Letter accompanying a report based on a joint initiative to develop inter-agency partnerships and user involvement in rehabilitation, education, training, and employment services for people with learning difficulties, people with mental health problems, disabled people, and people with sensory impairments.
Subject terms:
joint working, learning disabilities, joint planning, mental health problems, physical disabilities, rehabilitation, sheltered employment, social care provision, supported employment, training, user participation, voluntary organisations, adults, central government, education, employment;
The National Service Framework (NSF) for mental health is intended to drive up quality and remove the wide and unacceptable variations in provisions. This NSF sets national standards and defines service models for promoting mental health and treating mental illness. It also puts in place underpinning programmes to support local delivery and establishes milestones and a specific group of high-level performance indicators against which progress within agreed time-scales will be measured. The NSF for mental health concentrates on the mental health needs of working age adults up to 65, and covers health promotion, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care, and encompasses primary and specialist care and the roles of the partner agencies. The NSF also touches on the need of children and young people, highlighting areas where services for children and adults interact, for example the interface between services for 16 – 18 year olds, and the needs of children with a mentally ill parent.
The National Service Framework (NSF) for mental health is intended to drive up quality and remove the wide and unacceptable variations in provisions. This NSF sets national standards and defines service models for promoting mental health and treating mental illness. It also puts in place underpinning programmes to support local delivery and establishes milestones and a specific group of high-level performance indicators against which progress within agreed time-scales will be measured. The NSF for mental health concentrates on the mental health needs of working age adults up to 65, and covers health promotion, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care, and encompasses primary and specialist care and the roles of the partner agencies. The NSF also touches on the need of children and young people, highlighting areas where services for children and adults interact, for example the interface between services for 16 – 18 year olds, and the needs of children with a mentally ill parent.
Subject terms:
joint working, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, performance evaluation, performance management, primary care, quality assurance, rehabilitation, social care provision, standards, treatment, therapy and treatment, assessment, carers, diagnosis, health care, health education;
GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. National Health Service
Publisher:
Great Britain. Department of Health. National Health Service
Publication year:
1999
Pagination:
31p.
Place of publication:
London
Summary of national service framework setting out standards for mental health service provision. Aimed at both health and social services, and includes health promotion, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care, including support to carers, and encompasses primary and specialist care and the roles of partner agencies.
Summary of national service framework setting out standards for mental health service provision. Aimed at both health and social services, and includes health promotion, assessment and diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation and care, including support to carers, and encompasses primary and specialist care and the roles of partner agencies.
Subject terms:
joint working, mental health problems, mental health services, multidisciplinary services, performance evaluation, performance management, primary care, quality assurance, rehabilitation, social care provision, standards, treatment, therapy and treatment, assessment, diagnosis, health care, health education;