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November 2011

30/11/11

Mental health, employment and the social care workforce
This briefing summarises evidence on what prevents people with mental health problems from working or retaining work in social care and what can be...
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30/11/11

mental health transitions for children and young people
This guide is for all staff working with young people with mental health problems who need to move from one service to another that...
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30/11/11

Listening to Experience: an independent inquiry into acute and crisis mental healthcare
Crisis and acute mental health services provide for people when they are at their most unwell and vulnerable. Between Autumn 2010 and Summer 2011,...
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30/11/11

Completing the revolution: transforming mental health and tackling poverty
This Centre for Social Justice report warns that Britain is hampered by an "unfinished revolution in mental health care" and that further reforms are...
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30/11/11

New publication: Burning issues in Learning and Teaching about Mental Health
This collection of Burning Issues has been compiled by the Mental Health in Higher Education project (mhhe) and the Higher Education Academy (subject centres)...
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September 2011

23/09/11

User-led-organisations: new resource
The development of User-Led Organisations (ULOs) is central to the Government's Vision for Adult Social Care . Research in Practice for Adults (ripfa) held...
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23/09/11

New HEA lead for social work and social policy
The Higher Education Academy has appointed Vida Douglas as Discipline Lead for Social Work and Social Policy.  See here for her September 2011 ebulletin.
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02/09/11

Do the right thing: how to judge a ward
Royal College of Psychiatrists report setting out ten standards for adult inpatient mental health care. The purpose of this occasional paper is: (a) to...
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01/09/11

Mental health, resilience and the recession in Bradford
Which coping strategies helped unemployed people in Bradford during times of recession?This research explores the mental health impacts of unemployment. Researchers spoke to 16...
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August 2011

30/08/11

Social Work Education Grant consultation
The Social Work Education Support Grant (SWEG) is a Department of Health fund to support universities and employers in providing practice learning opportunities for...
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30/08/11

Enjoy, achieve and be healthy: new report
Enjoy, achieve and be healthy: the mental health of Black and minority ethnic children and young people. The mental health needs of Black and...
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26/08/11

The future for personalisation?: service users, carers and digital engagement
This study examines the relevance of social media to the development of personalised social care in general, and to self-directed support in particular. It...
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24/08/11

Human Rights in Healthcare
The aim of this new website is to promote a human rights based approach in health and social care and be a web resource...
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21/08/11

Personalisation and Dementia - new materials
As the final part of the Mental Health Foundation's Dementia Choices project a series of films illustrating and explaining self-directed support and dementia have...
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17/08/11

Health and wellbeing: special issue of social work education
The latest issue of Social Work Education has a focus on health and wellbeing and will be of interest to mental health educators, across...
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16/08/11

Crossing Boundaries: New Ian Light Award report
The involvement of service users/carers in social work education has acquired increasing significance in recent years, the mandate for which is partly provided by...
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09/08/11

Journal of MH training, education and practice - Call for papers
Editors: Di Bailey, Nottingham Trent University and the Mental Health Research Network in England, UKPeter Ryan, Middlesex University, UK The Editorial team of The...
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04/08/11

MIND book of the year award - shorlist announced
Today Mind announces the shortlist for the Mind Book of the Year Award 2011.Now celebrating its 30th year, this well-established literary prize celebrates writing...
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04/08/11

Our invisible addicts: new report
The proportion of older people in the population is increasing rapidly, as is the number of older people with substance use problems - such...
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04/08/11

Intelligent Kindness: Reforming the Culture of Healthcare
Intelligent Kindness is a powerful new approach to healthcare reform. Ballatt and Campling argue that the NHS is a system that invites society to...
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