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Social services provision
- Author:
- POWELL Roland
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1995
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Fact sheet setting out what services social services departments provide for people with mental health problems.
Caring for people: community care in the next decade and beyond; implementation documents; specific grants for provision of social care for people with a mental illness
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1990
- Pagination:
- 7p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Draft guidance on the proposed mental illness specific grant. (CCI 5)
A comparison of service users placed out of their local area and local rehabilitation service users
- Authors:
- KILLASPY Helen, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 18(2), April 2009, pp.111-120.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
This study aimed to assess service users in out of area treatments (OATs) for suitability for relocation to local rehabilitation and supported accommodation and to compare characteristics of OATs with local rehabilitation service users in order to identify gaps in local provision. Over the first 30 months, 51 OATs were identified and 40 reviewed. Standardized assessment data were compared with local rehabilitation service users' data. Individuals placed in OATs had a greater range of diagnoses and more had alcohol dependency than local service users. Ratings of social function were similar. Though severity of challenging behaviours was greater for OATs clients, few were “hard to place” in community settings. Of 25 (63%) OATs assessed as suitable to move, 13 (33%) relocated, all to more independent accommodation. Associated financial flows were reinvested into new local highly supported flats. The authors conclude that a significant proportion of individuals placed in OATs can successfully relocate to more independent local facilities.
The cheque's in the post
- Author:
- EATON Lynn
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 6.11.97, 1997, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how although many mental health patients have been moved out of long-stay hospitals and into the community, much of the money for services remains stubbornly locked up in the NHS.
A bright new future for mental health service users in Inverness
- Author:
- -
- Journal article citation:
- Integrate News, 51, January 1995, pp.20-21.
Describes the services offered by Birchwood House in Inverness, a unique nursing home development for people recovering form mental illness.
Tapping into experience
- Author:
- ROWLEY David
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 19.1.95, 1995, p.20.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Looks at how Suffolk SSD's pilot project to give community care users input into training has broken down barriers with practitioners.
The Impact of the Mental Illness Specific Grant in the Northern Region
- Author:
- BARNES Diana
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 7(1), 1995, pp.19-30.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Summarises the findings of a research study into the use of the Mental Illness Specific Grant in the north of England between 1991 and 1993. Charts the opportunities and achievements of the grant which has supported over 90 community mental health projects in the region, but while the success of the policy is undeniable, its short term nature raises issues for the service users in this very unresourced area of community care.
Piece of mind
- Author:
- LUCAS Jo
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Today, 19.11.92, 1992, pp.14-15.
- Publisher:
- British Association of Social Workers
MIND's annual conference is to be held at the end of November 1992. In the light of this the author asks users of mental health services what they expect from social workers.
The mental block
- Author:
- IVORY Mark
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 21.5.92, 1992, p.23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Co-operation between SSDs and health authorities is weakest in mental health : community services will not flourish while agencies baulk at sharing responsibility.
Mental illness specific grants: monitoring of proposals for use 1991/92
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health. Social Services Inspectorate
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 90p.,tables,diags.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Report on the impact of the first year of the grant on social services departments. Sets out the policy background to the grant. Identifies contributions the specific funding arrangements are likely to make to the planned expansion of social care services to mentally ill people, and looks at progress achieved in implementing the priorities in the community care white paper.