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The crisis project workbook: guidance on setting up innovative mental health crisis projects led by service users and survivors
- Author:
- MENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 101p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This workbook is based on the experience of seven voluntary sector projects that were part of the Mental Health Foundation Adult Crisis Service Development Programme, which ran from 1997-2002. As part of its Adult Crisis programme, the Mental Health Foundation funded seven community-based crisis services in England: two residential services, two safe houses and three telephone helplines. This workbook highlights key issues to be aware of when establishing a crisis service and suggests some of the ways they can be tackled. It uses several methods of presenting ideas and information to help develop projects. It includes: examples of experiences of the seven Mental Health Foundation-funded crisis projects to demonstrate the many issues that need to be considered when setting up a crisis project; checklists to assist identification of what has been achieved and what still needs to be done; and group exercises and handouts to stimulate thinking and debate on key issues and to assist decision-making.
Advice and guidance on the funding of aftercare under section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Local Government Ombudsman
- Publisher:
- Commission for Local Administration in England
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Section 117 of the Mental Health Act 1983 requires district health authorities and social services authorities (SSAs) to provide aftercare services for any person who has been discharged from compulsory detention in hospital until they are satisfied that the person concerned no longer needs such services. Many SSAs have made charges in relation to aftercare services and, in particular, residential accommodation. But recent clarification of the law has confirmed that charges may not be made. As a result, it is now clear that some people have been charged wrongly by SSAs for accommodation and others have funded their own accommodation, thinking that they would have to pay, when this should have been provided free. This has raised issues about the extent to which authorities are liable for financial restitution, and some have sought either to make retrospective decisions that services are no longer being provided under section 117 or to apply cutoff dates when determining repayments.
Rights, risks and limits to freedom: principles and good practice guidance for practitioners considering restraint in residential care settings
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 40p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This guidance sets out a number of general principles that the Commission believes apply to the use of restraint in any setting. These general principles should be taken into account when restraint is being considered in the care of any person who has a mental learning difficulty, dementia or other mental disorder. The guidance aims to help guide thinking on the use of restraint and encourage all care staff to consider their actions and the impact that those actions may have on the people they are caring for. This guidance cannot give answers to every situation residents and care staff find themselves in. The document also includes sections on particular types of restraint and interventions that can lead to the freedom of movement and liberty of residents being limited in some way.