Mark Sheldon

The third edition of the National Mental Health Development Unit (NMHDU) news briefing is now available to download. As well as a round up of NMHDU programme developments; this edition has a particular focus on employment and mental health.

Some items covered in this edition include

Key Developments in Policy & Practice

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) supporting people back to work

Download Briefing 3 here

SCIE – At a glance 22

This At a glance briefing examines the implications of the personalisation agenda for community-based health and social care staff supporting people with a learning disability.

Key Messages – Personalisation for community learning disability staff means:

• all staff work to develop a partnership between themselves and those who want a personal budget
• staff perform an enabling role which gives people with learning disabilities choice and control
• work to support users to undertake a self assessment, make best use of the Resource Allocation System to secure funding and help people to develop a support plan
• ensuring people have the right information about what they can purchase
• collating unmet needs and giving this information to commissioners to help them develop greater choice in the market
• the task includes the development of community and natural supports to promote people’s independence, autonomy and active citizenship
• all staff should have good training, support and development opportunities to enable

Download this briefing via SCIE site here