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An approach to staff training in residential services for people with mental health problems: a report of a demonstration project carried out as part of the Caring in Homes' Initiative's training for care staff programme
- Authors:
- PERETZ Liz, PAYNE Chris, YOULL Penny
- Publisher:
- Social Care Centre for Practice and Staff Development
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 32p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Raised voices
- Author:
- HIGGINS Ray
- Journal article citation:
- Health Service Journal, 22.7.93, 1993, pp.30-31.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes the Richmond Fellowship Advocacy Project based in a long-stay psychiatric hospital in Wakefield, and the reactions of front-line staff to user involvement and empowerment.
Quality lifestyles for older people with dementia: training workshops for staff based on the principle of normalisation
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, BENSON Sue
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- Booklet, teaching aids in pack.
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Booklet designed to be used in training exercises on delivering services to and relating to older people with dementia or mental health problems. Includes exercises to stimulate discussion about the needs of this user group. The package is also designed to for a wide range of settings, including: multi-agency groups; staff from health, voluntary, and social services; in teams; with purchasers and policy makers; with partners, friends and family members; and as induction material for new staff.
Introducing NVQs into a private residential home for people with mental health problems
- Authors:
- STOREY Sheila, JORGENSEN Gert
- Publisher:
- Social Care Centre for Practice and Staff Development
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 24p.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
An account of a process of introducing a quality assurance system into a private residential home, which enables staff to benefit from NVQ's.
Developing strategies for providing services to the mentally ill chemically abusing population
- Authors:
- LYMAN Scott R., PULICE Richard T., McCORMICK LuAnn L.
- Journal article citation:
- Administration in Social Work, 17(4), 1993, pp.97-108.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Outlines the process used by a suburban county in New York to create a planning and needs assessment process which involved administrators, managers, staff and, to some extent, clients in developing a long range plan to integrate services for a very difficult to serve population.