SCIE Research briefing 41: factors that promote and hinder joint and integrated working between health and social care services

The aim of this research briefing is to give people who provide and use social care services an overview of the research evidence for joint and integrated working.

Integration: Health and Wellbeing Boards

This film for health and social care commissioners and staff looks at the establishment of a shadow health and wellbeing board and follows its approach to joint working and providing joined-up services to people who use services and carers.

Disabled children and young people: enhancing access to leisure services

This film for commissioners of services for disabled children and young people focuses on an innovative approach to widening access to leisure services and equipment. The film examines how universal services can be effectively upgraded to improve outcomes for disabled children and young people.

Parental mental health and child welfare - a young person's story

The film for mental health staff and children’s services describes the experience of a young woman who looks after her mum and how agencies work together to improve services for parents with mental health problems and their children.

Integration: clinical commissioning groups and long-term conditions

This film for health and social care commissioners and staff looks at how clinical commissioning groups led by GPs can work with social care to improve outcomes for people with long-term conditions. It presents two case studies of how GP practices are working with social care to improve services.

Parental mental health and child welfare - a mother’s story

Learn about one mother’s experience of seeking mental health support for herself and her family. This video sets out in practice how different services worked together with the family to provide the support that was needed.

Think child, think parent, think family: putting it into practice

SCIE has produced Parental Mental Health interim and final evaluation reports and this At a glance briefing summarises what the implementation sites did, and the lessons learned.

Reablement: a key role for occupational therapists

Part of Reablement

This briefing produced with the College of Occupational Therapists summarises research and practice evidence about reablement and explains the contribution that occupational therapists make to reablement services.

Parental mental health and families: working together with professionals

Part of e-Learning courses

This e-learning module explores the benefits of multi-agency working with families who are affected by parental mental health problems. It demonstrates how to use the Family Model to strengthen professional working relationships and to consider how the 'team around the child' process can be used to reinforce a 'Think family approach'. Individual sections cover: Partnership with professionals; Multi-agency working; the Family Model and assessment; Professional relationships; and Resolving professional conflicts.

Parental mental health and families: working together with parents

Part of e-Learning courses

This e-learning module sets out the principles that support partnership working with parents experiencing mental health problems. It considers how to use these principles to help families affected by parents with mental health difficulties to access and use support. It also examines how to use the family model to help balance the needs of the parent with those of the child when making decisions about child care. Individual sections cover: Partnership with parents; Early intervention and access; Exploring parenting issues; and Dealing with complexity.