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Benefits and work for people with mental health problems: a briefing for mental health workers
- Authors:
- SEEBOHM Patience, SCOTT Judy
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 8p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Mental health service users often want to return to work, but after six months of sickness absence, only half ever succeed. Many are unsure or misinformed about how to make the journey into employment without feeling financially or emotionally insecure. It is important for mental health support workers in every field to have some knowledge of the benefits system – this briefing enables them to offer accurate guidance which will help service users make the move into employment with reduced risk to their wellbeing or their income. The briefing identifies seven major disincentives to work which must be tackled by policy makers before returning to employment can become a clear, easy process for service users. Under the present system, people may experience no financial gain, or even a drop in income from working, they may be unable to get financial support for practical needs at work, and they may be forced to undergo an untimely medical review.
Beyond the sheltered workshop: balancing continuity with change
- Author:
- NEUMANN Anton
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 8(4), November 2004, pp.24-29.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
In common with many other agencies, Richmond Fellowship Employment and Training (RFET) has been grappling with the problem of how to modernise its sheltered workshops to meet the changing employment and training needs of clients. A further complication is how to make these changes while continuing to provide services for people who are unlikely ever to cope with open employment. Describes how RFET is managing this difficult balancing act and the obstacles encountered.
Hard to believe: a film about mental health and spirituality
- Authors:
- HOLE Ben, (Director)
- Publisher:
- MIND
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- (64 mins), DVD
- Place of publication:
- Purley
This film tells the story of three service users, looking at how their spirituality was regarded within the mental health services they used, and the role that spirituality played in recovery. As well as illustrating some of the all too common negative attitudes to spirituality within the UK's mental health system, it uses examples of good practice to show how mental health services can work better to meet people's spiritual needs, and also how faith communities can develop better understanding and support for people with mental health problems.
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.
In the driving seat
- Author:
- THORP Samantha
- Journal article citation:
- Care and Health Magazine, 10.8.04, 2004, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Care and Health
Looks at reasons for the reluctance of some practitioners to discuss using direct payments with their clients. Also highlights work in Essex, who has been successful in implementing direct payments.
Can we talk?: using facilitated dialogue to positively change student attitudes towards persons with mental illness
- Authors:
- SCHEYETT Anna, KIM Mimi
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 24(1/2), 2004, pp.39-54.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
To facilitate the recovery of people with mental illness (users of mental health services), social workers must be strengths-focused and believe in the potential for service users growth and improvement. Describes a facilitated dialogue process between service users and master's level social work students in the USA that had a goal of positively shifting students' attitudes towards consumers. Pre/post-tests using standardised instruments, as well as post-dialogue semi-structured interviews, showed that the dialogue was effective in improving student attitudes towards consumers. (Copies of this article are available from: Haworth Document Delivery Centre, Haworth Press Inc., 10 Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580).
Coaching for recovery: a key mental health skill
- Author:
- BOYLE Don
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 8(1), February 2004, pp.23-27.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Discusses the potential of coaching in mental health. It reports on the work being done by Oxleas NHS Trust, Bexley Council and First Step Trust in partnership with Doing-it Personal and Corporate Coaching to equip managers, workers and service users with the new skill of coaching. Also provides an overview of the GROW model of coaching. Explains how coaching can enable mental health professionals to work confidently with service users to help achieve their individual aspirations and potential.
Working with families in mental health: some pointers from research
- Author:
- EGAN Patrick
- Journal article citation:
- Irish Social Worker, 22(1), Autumn 2004, pp.29-30.
- Publisher:
- Irish Association of Social Workers
This article looks at one model of how mental health professionals relate to carers and families. It then goes on to consider some research on aspects of the family environment, and the impact that mental illness has on how clients and families relate to one another. Finally it offers suggestions as to how this material might be relevant to our approach to social work in mental health.
A matter of principle: the nearest relative under the Mental Health Act 1983 and proposals for legislative reform
- Author:
- RAPAPORT Joan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 26(4), 2004, pp.377-396.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Social Role Valorisation theory, advanced to enhance the lives of disadvantaged groups of people, and has addressed community care and lay advocacy for patients and users but has ignored the roles of relatives and carers. The nearest relative was introduced as a legal category under the Mental Health Act 1959 without a theoretical base, although it was perceived as a safeguard and a way of supporting advocacy for patients. Discusses recent proposals to reform legislation, which would enhance the role of patient advocacy whilst the nearest relative will be replaced by the new roles of nominated person and carer. Also reports on nearest relative research completed as part of a PhD thesis which investigated conceptual and ethical issues surrounding the powers of the nearest relative; what relatives and services users know of these powers; how rights being assigned to the nearest relative are currently being exercised; and whether the rights and powers are appropriate and whether there are any recommendations for reform. A total of 36 carers, 21 service users and 24 ASW's participated in the focus groups for the research.
Learning about service user involvement in mental health research
- Authors:
- TELFORD Rosemary, FAULKNER Alison
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 13(6), December 2004, pp.549-559.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Service user involvement in mental health research is a relatively new concept for health professionals. The aims of this paper were to investigate: how far service user involvement in mental health research appears to have been understood, how far it is happening, reasons why service users get involved in research, and barriers to closer involvement from both service user and researcher perspectives. The literature was examined to explore the extent of service user involvement in mental health research, and ways in which service users are carrying out research. It was concluded that while there is little empirical research in this area, increasingly service user involvement in mental health research can be found in the peer-reviewed domain, and at all levels of the research process. The alternative literature (including what is commonly called the grey literature) offers a rich source to learn from. Consideration of the barriers to closer service user involvement highlights likely challenges to traditional researcher-led ideologies and processes.