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Leading from the front: putting the people back into people management
- Author:
- LOCKETT Helen
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Leadership in Public Services, 6(3), September 2010, pp.48-52.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Mental health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, are common in the working population. This article suggests that every organisation should have a comprehensive strategy that promotes mental health, provides effective return to work support and proactively responds to mental ill health in the workplace at an early stage. The article describes the scale of the issue and draws on leadership research to explore how this could be used in the workplace to build a culture able to respond to and manage mental health effectively at work. It outlines how the Centre for Mental Health has addressed some of these issues by working with the Australian charity, beyondblue: the national depression initiative. The Centre has made beyondblue's highly successful National Workplace Programme available in the UK in order to build management competencies so that managers have the skills and knowledge to act.
Occupational therapy in mental health: managing stress and burnout
- Authors:
- BASSETT Hazel, LLOYD Chris
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 64(8), August 2001, pp.406-411.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Stress and burnout for human service workers has received increasing attention over a number of years. It has been suggested that health care professionals may be particularly at risk of stress and burnout because of the amount and type of direct client contact that makes up their work. For workers in the field of mental health, additional stressors are present owing to organisational restructuring and new models of care. Mental health occupational therapists may be vulnerable to stress and burnout owing to the nature of their work, the types of clients they see, the changed work environment and professional issues. It is recommended that occupational therapists become aware of the factors contributing to stress and burnout and develop strategies to maintain their wellbeing in the workforce.
The management and supervision of Approved Social Workers: aspects of law, policy and practice
- Authors:
- CAMPBELL Jim, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, 23(2), May 2001, pp.155-172.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
This article reports on the first extensive survey of Approved Social Worker (ASW) activity in Northern Ireland. It begins with a review of literature that identifies the complexity of legal and professional functions expected of ASWs, in the context of mental health legislation in the UK. Findings include high levels of perceived competence reported by practitioners, but diversity in the management of the service, and some problems in multi-disciplinary working. The emergency, out-of-hours duty teams in which many ASWs were employed appeared to vary in organization and operation. Service users and carers were generally dissatisfied with the responses to crisis services and appealed for adequately funded community supports. At a time when the review of the Mental Health Act 1983 is taking place, the authors suggest that ASWs can still perform an important statutory role, on condition that there is a more consistent approach to training, re-approval and funding of community-based services.
Mental health: performance management - myth or reality? A personal view
- Authors:
- HODGE Hilary, JOBBINS Carole
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Review, 2(3), September 1997, pp.5-7.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
Discusses the complexities of performance management by providers and commissioners of mental health services.
Rebuilding for safety
- Author:
- GEORGE Mike
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 7.11.96, 1996, pp.20-21.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Training has been identified in a new report as the foundation stone on which mental health services must be built. Reports on a blueprint for the future and tests professional reactions.
Values into action: tools for development and training
- Author:
- PAYNE Chris
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Practice and Staff Development, 4(2), January 1995, pp.57-80.
- Publisher:
- PEPAR Publications
Summarises a number of packages that have a common aim of establishing a sound value base for services, particularly for older people and adults with learning difficulties and mental health problems.
Formal observation in the acute in-patient setting: policy, training and practice
- Author:
- DENNIS Sharon
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Health Care, 2(1), September 1998, pp.26-28.
- Publisher:
- Pavilion
Formal observation in the in-patient setting is an essential part of risk management. Describes how, following a serious incident inquiry, one London mental health trust reviewed its formal observation policies and issued revised guidelines to its acute admission wards.
Developing a systematic method analysing serious incidents in mental health
- Authors:
- VINCENT Charles, STANHOPE Nicola, TAYLOR-ADAMS Sally
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Mental Health, 9(1), February 2000, pp.89-103.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- London
Formal, quasi-legal, inquiries into homicides, suicides and serious incidents, even when sensitively and carefully conducted, may be experienced as persecuting to staff, excessively blame-oriented and damaging to an already weakened service. This article describes a structured and systematic method of investigating adverse incidents on an acute psychiatric ward which draws attention to the wider organisational context as well as to the actions or omissions of individuals. An analysis of a serious incident, albeit one from which no permanent harm resulted is also presented. Detailed analysis provides information both about specific management problems and more general unsafe features of an organisation, such as deficiencies in training or supervision, and problems in written or verbal communication, both between staff and between staff and patients.
Safer services: National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness
- Author:
- APPLEBY Louis (director)
- Publisher:
- University of Manchester. School of Psychological and Behavioural Sciences
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 102p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Manchester
Interim research report, part of a project aiming to gain a better understanding of the circumstances surrounding suicides and homicides committed by people with mental health problems. Makes detailed recommendations and draws attention to issues such as: regular training of staff in recognition, assessment and management of risk of suicide and violence; safety on wards; access to specialist help and advice for families; and services making provision for patients with severe mental illness and alcohol or drug misuse as part of mainstream mental health services.
Crossing bridges: training resources for working with mentally ill patients and their children
- Authors:
- MAYES Kate, DIGGINS Marie, FALKOV ADRIAN
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 1998
- Pagination:
- 1v.,looseleaf.
- Place of publication:
- London
Part of a training pack designed to be a resource for managers and practitioners in all agencies who are working to improve services for families where mentally ill adults are living with dependent children. The training materials can be used to: bring together senior managers from relevant local agencies to discuss and plan change, the training of staff and how any service or practice developments will take place; bring together operational managers to formulate strategies to develop and build on good practice; and to increase understanding of the ways in which parental mental ill-health can impact on children. Accompanied by a reader aimed at managers, practitioners and trainers.