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Learning from experience: involving service users and carers in mental health education and training
- Authors:
- TEW Jerry, GELL Colin, FOSTER Simon
- Publisher:
- Mental Health in Higher Education
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 62p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Nottingham
Contains a general introduction to the topic and drawing on a range of current initiatives, pointers towards good practice in relation to each of the components of effective involvement. A range of evaluation tools are offered which may be useful in charting progress and identifying the next steps to be taken.
Principles to practice: the worker's guide to implementing the common core principles to support good mental health and wellbeing in adult social care
- Author:
- SKILLS FOR CARE
- Publisher:
- Skills for Care
- Publication year:
- 2014
- Pagination:
- 28
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
Skills for Care produced 'Common core principles to support good mental health and wellbeing in adult social care' to ensure that staff working in social care services know how to support and promote good mental health and overall wellbeing. This guide demonstrates how each of the ten principles and the two key areas can be applied in practice. Each principle is accompanied by a good practice example based upon real life situations and dilemmas from a range of social care settings. The guide will help learning and development for social care staff within any setting. (Original abstract)
With inclusion in mind: the local authority’s role in promoting wellbeing and social development Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 sections 25-31
- Author:
- SCOTLAND. Scottish Government
- Publisher:
- Scotland. Scottish Government
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
This document provides aspirational guidance and best practice, and includes tools and background information, to enable individuals and services in local authorities to understand and fulfil their duties under Sections 25-31 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003. These duties have an impact on all aspects of life that come under the aegis of local authorities, such as education, leisure services, economic development and housing. Thus, the tools and practices given here are pertinent to all local authority services, not just social care. The duties under Sections 25-31 of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 sit within a policy framework that addresses inequalities and the promotion of wellbeing. By fulfilling their duties under the Act, local authorities may well find that they are simultaneously meeting the requirements of other Acts.
Service user experience in adult mental health services
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CARE EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2013
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
The NICE care pathway, which aims to ensure that users of adult mental health services have the best possible experience of care from the NHS. This pathway recommends how health and social care professionals and providers can achieve this within the NHS. Areas covered include access to care, assessment, community care, hospital care and discharge, transfer of care, and care and support of service users across all points on the care pathway. (Edited publisher abstract)
Depression in adults with a chronic physical health problem: treatment and management
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH AND CLINICAL EXCELLENCE
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 397p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
This draft national clinical practice guideline was commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and developed within the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH). The guideline is intended for adults with depression and chronic health problems and covers the care provided by primary, community, secondary, tertiary and other healthcare professionals who have contact with, and make decisions concerning the care of, adults with depression and chronic health problems. It makes recommendations for the treatment and management of people with depression and chronic health problems, starting with an introduction to the topic of depression and chronic physical health problems and an explanation of the methods used to develop the guideline, and then providing the evidence that underpins the recommendations about the treatment and management of people with depression and chronic health problems, including personal accounts from service users and carers offering an insight into their experience, and looking at the identification of depression in people with chronic physical health problems, service-led interventions, psychosocial interventions, and pharmacological interventions.
Mental health, service user involvement and recovery
- Editors:
- WEINSTEIN Jenny, (ed.)
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 224p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Written cooperatively by service users and academics, this book provides an overview of service user involvement in mental health, its origins and current practice and policy. It conveys a vital connection between recovery and involvement, offering a framework of values and helpful strategies to promote meaningful user participation. By sharing their personal narratives and views, service user authors demonstrate how taking control of their own care facilitates a swifter and more satisfying recovery. The book further acknowledges the bilateral value of user involvement in the development of mental health services, student learning, collaborative research and challenging social stigma, providing examples and critical appraisal of how this is currently being implemented. The book offers guidelines for good practice that will be relevant to health and social care practitioners, service users, students, researchers and educators.
Consenting adults? Guidance for professionals when considering rights and risks in sexual relationships involving people with a mental disorder
- Author:
- MENTAL WELFARE COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Publisher:
- Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 44p.
- Place of publication:
- Edinburgh
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is an independent organisation working to safeguard the rights and welfare of people with mental illness, learning disability or other mental disorder. This guidance was produced in response to legal, ethical and practical issues concerning sexual relationships raised with the Commission in its work with people with mental disorder and those involved in their care. The guidance is intended to provide a framework for discussion of issues that need to be considered when assessing risk and considering the need for intervention in a person's sexual life. It covers the legal framework, capacity to consent, significance of a person's diagnosis, sexual risks arising from a person's mental disorder or social situation, staff knowledge and attitudes, family attitudes, cultural or religious values, the living situation and support and protection, statutory investigative duties, intervention following investigation, and legal interventions.
Do you see me?: recognising, understanding and caring for people with dementia, depression and delirium
- Author:
- LET'S RESPECT
- Publisher:
- Let's Respect
- Publication year:
- 2011
- Pagination:
- 130p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Aimed primarily at staff working in care homes who want to know about the mental health needs of older people in order to improve practice and standards of care, this guide is based on the journey of any person entering the care home world. It is designed to be used as a resource in induction of new staff, in staff supervision sessions, in group discussions and in training. The approach emphasises the importance of knowing the service user, their story and who they are. The guide covers the welcoming environment and aspects of design and layout, life story work and the benefits of life story for carers, health and wellbeing in later life including delirium, dementia and depression, everyday living and quality of life, rights, capacity and decision-making, death, dying and end of life care, and staff health and wellbeing at work. A list of useful resources is included.
Made to measure: bespoke services for young adults examples of promising practice
- Authors:
- DEVITT Kerry, LOWE Kevin
- Publisher:
- Young People in Focus
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 54p.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Designed to highlight the work of services working exclusively with young adults, and to inspire and encourage others to create similar projects, this guide is intended to be used by frontline staff, service commissioners, policy makers, and by young adults themselves. The research on which it is based took place between October 2009 and June 2010. It included primary case study research, involving interviews and focus groups with professionals and young adults from 6 projects and services in England, and desk-based research, collating information about organisations working with young adults, aged 16 to 25, across the UK. The case study projects are: Switchback (based in London, for young men moving back into the community after prison), The Yard Project (based in Lowestoft, for young adults who find it difficult to sustain education, training or employment), Bridging the Gap (based in Brighton and Hove, for young people with mental health needs), IceBreak (based in Plymouth, for young adults who are experiencing severe emotional distress), Young Addaction Derby (for young adults who require support for drug use), and Young Carers Transition Service (based in Worcester, for young adult carers). The publication provides examples of promising practice together with the views of staff involved in setup and delivery, of young people benefiting from the services, and of service commissioners. It includes messages and top tips on supporting services for young adults, and a directory of young adult services.
Developments in direct payments
- Editors:
- LEECE Janet, BORNAT Joanna, (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 305p.
- Place of publication:
- Bristol
This book charts the change, critically evaluating progress, take-up, inclusion and access to direct payments by different user groups. With contributions from campaigners, academics, practitioners, direct payment users and personal assistants, the book: provides an overview of the history of direct payments; presents findings from key research into direct payments and disabled people, older people, carers, people with mental health problems, people with learning difficulties and disabled children; discusses the implementation and development of direct payments provision; compares developments in the UK with those in North America.