How can we develop effective mental health support? New Research in Practice resources explore the concepts, definitions and benefits of good mental health. The resources are open access for Mental Health Awareness Week.
Having an awareness of mental health is essential for ensuring that care and support is holistic and person-centred. In a new series of videos, Jo Holloway-Green explores effective support and examines the impact of negative stigmas on everyday interactions. She also considers how we can best support practitioners whose experiences may affect their own family lives.
In a new blog, Martin Hampton shares his experiences of anxiety as a social worker. He explores the impact on personal and professional life; and how acknowledging the emotional demands of work reduces anxiety.
The resources aim to support practitioners, and the people they work with, to sustain positive mental health.
Mental health awareness: Video learning resources
Mental health awareness in social care is essential. These resources can help you to consider what effective support might look like and how the effect of mental health stigma can be seen in everyday interactions.
Anxiety in social work
Martin Hampton shares his experiences of anxiety as a social worker, and the impact this can have on personal and professional life.
What is good mental health?
In a short clip below, Jo Holloway-Green explores the concept and definitions of good mental health from a subjective and person-centred perspective.
The clip is part of a new video learning resource that explores:
- The concept and definitions of good mental health.
- A summary of mental health treatment and the C.H.E.C.K. mnemonic.
- How we can best support practitioners with whose life experience includes social work involvement in their own family lives.
Every person has a unique pattern of strengths and challenges so it is important that we take a person-centred approach, tailored to each individual.
Supporting practitioner wellbeing: Practice Guide (2022)
This guide aims to support you, as a social care practitioner, to repair, maintain, grow and sustain your mental health and wellbeing, to allow you to flourish and continue to support others effectively in your professional practice.
Supporting neurodiversity in our organisations
New Research in Practice resources explore how organisations can support neurodivergence in the workplace. The resources are open access to support Neurodiversity Celebration Week.
Person-centred approaches to adult mental health: Frontline Briefing (2018)
Person-centred care and support is a fundamental principle within adult social care. This Frontline Briefing explores how this can be applied in mental health settings and services, using research and evidence to support practitioners in seeing the person not the diagnosis.
Supporting wellbeing remotely: Leaders' Briefing (2021)
This briefing aims to provide evidence-informed guidance to help social care organisations support the wellbeing of practitioners and teams who are working remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. It is designed to support sector leaders with responsibility for children and families and adults in making decisions which support wellbeing for practitioners in frontline roles.