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Mental Health Day and Employment Review. Informal consultation March 2006 to February 2007. Introduction. National policy context Southend Commissioning Framework 2006-09. Table of Services Involved. Conclusions from Day Review.
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Mental Health Day and Employment Review Informal consultation March 2006 to February 2007
Introduction • National policy context • Southend Commissioning Framework 2006-09
Conclusions from Day Review • Many service users considered their day services to be ‘life savers’ providing peer support and structure to day. • 30 – 50% of people with severe mental health problems are unemployed and do not have structured day activity • Building based drop in services are segregated and do not support integration • Building based services do not meet the needs of young people, women or the black and minority ethnic population.
Proposed model – 08/09 • Rethink RISE will pilot reducing the opening times of building based services by over 50% but maintaining a presence at all three sites • Rethink RISE use existing resource to pilot the development of community bridge builders (up to 5 WTE posts), strengthen befriending service by 2 WTE and employment specialists by 2 WTE. • Southend Mind pilot the development of the community bridge builders (up to 3.5 WTE) and community development worker (0.5 WTE) • SEPT will develop plans to concentrate on the development of the therapeutic aspects of the Queensway Resource Therapy Centre • Evaluation points at 1st April 08 and 31st September 2009
Conclusions from Employment Review • Key ingredients in place but no clear pathway back to work • Funding for Castle Point and Rochford employment specialist is due to end in June 2007 • Chasm between voluntary and statutory sector • Insufficient work focus within supported employment project (Rethink Hadleigh)
Proposed model – 08/09 • Clear pathway • 4.5 employment specialists within clinical teams • Supported employment projects offering time limited support and work focussed stepping stone • Supported employment projects becoming social enterprises • Evaluation points 1st April 2008 and 31st September 2009
Formal consultation • 12 week consultation period. Consultation document to be available to: • The primary care trust stakeholder list • Service users and carers who use current day services • The 8,500 members of South Essex Partnership Foundation Trust • South Essex Partnership Foundation Trust • Rethink • Southend Mind • The general public via a public meeting advertised in the local press • The mental health public, patient involvement (PPI) forum • The Local Implementation Team • The Black and Minority Ethnic Local Implementation Team The women’s Local Implementation Team