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Small change, big difference: a civil service line manager's guide to reasonable adjustments for mental health problems
- Author:
- RETHINK
- Publisher:
- Rethink
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 42p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Reasonable adjustments are required by the Disability Discrimination Act to be provided by employers for disabled staff. This publication is a practical guide for civil service line managers about supporting employees with mental health problems, and providing reasonable adjustments. The guide provides information about mental health problems and how they can impact on people at work. It aims to help managers to make adjustments to minimise this impact so that the employee can work most effectively. The guide includes information on: who is entitled to reasonable adjustments; when is an adjustment reasonable; examples of reasonable adjustments for mental health problems; Wellness and Recovery Action Plans; stigma and encouraging staff to be open about their mental health problems; examples of how someone with a mental health problem might be affected at work; how mental health problems are different to stress; and what to do in a crisis.
The management of mental health at work: research paper
- Author:
- HUDSON Maria
- Publisher:
- ACAS
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 81
- Place of publication:
- London
This research explores the management of mental health at work across the public, private and voluntary sectors. The study draws on the results of thirty semi-structured interviews which were undertaken largely across six case study organisations. The findings are discussed in the following areas: discuss organisational challenges and effective organisational response; the experiences of line managers in supporting employees with mental health issues; and the experiences of employees with mental health problems on how supported they felt. The research identified a range of factors within and beyond the workplace that contributed to mental health problems in the workplace. Key challenges to positive mental health within the workplace were found to include organisational change, downsizing and work intensification. Effective organisational responses identified included strong leadership; campaigns to tackle stigma; early warning systems; alternative therapies, such as Mindfulness; and ongoing sources of help and advice. Employees with experience of mental health issues felt that stigma was a key influence on their decision to disclose. They also outline a number of factors that helped them to return to work. The report puts forward learning points to help promote positive mental health at work and highlights key recommendations. These include supporting line managers through training, promoting strong organisational leadership, tackling stigma and empowering staff. (Edited publisher abstract)
Mental health and wellbeing and personality disorders: a guide for criminal justice professionals
- Author:
- NORTHERN IRELAND. Department of Justice
- Publisher:
- Northern Ireland. Department of Justice
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Belfast
This guide aims to provide practical advice and information for criminal justice professionals on recognising, working with, and supporting people who are experiencing mental health distress and who come into contact with the criminal justice system. Section one provides information on why criminal justice professionals are likely to come across people with mental health conditions in the criminal justice system and how to recognise when someone might be experiencing mental health distress. Section two provides a three step guide to working with and supporting someone who may be experiencing mental health distress. This could include victims and witnesses, or individuals who have been convicted of an offence. Section three provides information on the support available for people with mental health problems in different parts of the Northern Ireland criminal justice system. Section four provides more detailed information on the main range of mental health conditions, mental health issues and personality disorders. The guide is relevant for police officers, advocacy and support workers, solicitors, barristers, prosecutors, magistrates, the judiciary and courts and probation, prison, youth justice and Department of Justice staff. (Edited publisher abstract)
The effectiveness of workplace counselling: a systematic review
- Author:
- McLEOD John
- Journal article citation:
- Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 10(4), December 2010, pp.238-248.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Presents the findings of a review on the effectiveness of workplace counselling which examined English language studies published between 1980 and 2005. Workplace counselling is defined here as being internally delivered at work, or externally through, for example, employer financed Employee Assistance Programmes, or sourced independently by employees. Findings are analysed in terms of client satisfaction, psychological functioning, the meaning of work, work behaviour, and negative outcomes. The results showed general effectiveness in alleviating psychological problems, significantly altered sickness absence, and had a moderate effect on attitudes to work. The author discusses his concerns with methodological issues and calls for additional research in order to reiterate that workplace counselling is an evidence based example of good practice.
Whose values?: a workbook for values-based practice in mental health care
- Author:
- WOODBRIDGE Kim
- Publisher:
- Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health
- Publication year:
- 2004
- Pagination:
- 120p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
The book introduces the idea of values-based practice in mental health. It sets out the skills practitioners need to learn to be aware of values, to know how to explore them and to help to resolve any tensions around them. Values-based practice gives mental health staff the skills they need to get below the surface and to build better relationships with their clients and with each other. It helps them to negotiate conflicts of values and to see diversity as an asset to be used rather than a problem to get over. This resource is for continuing professional development and for working with the National Institute for Mental Health in England's 'Framework of Values for Mental Health'.
Good practice in risk assessment and risk management
- Editors:
- KEMSHALL Hazel, PRITCHARD Jacki
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 1996
- Pagination:
- 210p.,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Includes chapters on: risking legal repercussions; risk assessment in child protection; children with disabilities; a framework of risk assessment and management for older people; social work with disabled people; risk management and people with mental health problems; risk and substance abuse; offender risk and probation practice; sex offender risk assessment; and the risk of violence to staff.