First response service for people in mental health crisis
A new community-based crisis mental health service – ‘first response’ (FRS) – provides timely access to safe, effective, high-quality care for people in mental health crisis. FRS provides assertive and responsive support and triage for anyone experiencing mental health crisis, including face-to-face assessment if needed.
Read more about the first Trust to undertake a Perfect Week in a Mental Health Setting
The Vocational Rehabilitation Service is occupational therapy-led and forms part of the core community services provided by Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT).
The multidisciplinary service is designed to meet the employment needs of people with complex mental health problems and recovery is the fundamental principle underpinning the care. The service offers individuals support in their personal recovery journey to achieve their employment goals with hope, optimism and confidence. Read the inspirational case studies here
Maternal Mental Health and Support
Read the inspirational work of one nurse and her mission to help parents going through mental health struggles during pregnancy and after the birth of their children
Implementing a Systematic Psychological Approach upon Coral Lodge – a locked mental health rehabilitation unit at Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber (RDaSH) NHS Foundation Trust #rdashisfab
Our aim: - is to help inpatient staff develop skills in reflection and self- awareness, and improve understanding of how the approach of the staff team can make a crucial difference in facilitating the recovery of individuals with severe mental health problems or personality disorder issues.
Good Practice Group: - A weekly, multi-purpose Good Practice Group has been set up on the unit, and is attended by all team members who are on duty. On alternate weeks, the group is a staff support session aimed at helping staff to reflect on their practice and their working experiences, and come together to offer mutual support and solve problems.
In the other sessions, case studies, relevant theories, and psychological formulations are fed back to the staff team, and are used to inform systemic behaviour support plans for individual patients.
Read more about the impact that this has made here