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.

Prevention: Promoting wellbeing

Part of Prevention and wellbeing

This film for health and social care commissioners focuses on services designed to improve or maintain older people’s independence, health and wellbeing. These services are specifically aimed at reducing loneliness in later life.

Social care and clinical commissioning for people with long-term conditions

How working with adult social care can help clinicial commissioning groups manage the care of people with long-term conditions

Think child, think parent, think family: interim evaluation report

interim evaluation of parental mental health guidance pilots.

Think child, think parent, think family: a briefing for senior managers

This briefing looks at how senior managers can improve the health, wellbeing and life chances of parents with mental health problems and their families. Better joined-up working between services for adults with mental health problems and children’s services is essential to achieving this.

Practice development: collaborative working in social care

SCIE guide to collaborative working in social care

Changing social care: an inclusive approach

This Guide examines what will support the changes in adult social care to ensure that the people who use services are at the heart of their own care and support.