Report 48: Mental health, employment and the social care workforce
Published: October 2011
This report summarises evidence on what prevents people with mental health problems from working or retaining work in social care and what can be done to enable them to work. It provides a summary of a range of policy and programmes designed to enable people with mental health problems to gain, retain and regain work, with specific focus on employment in social care.
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Summary
Key messages on mental health, employment and the social care workforce.
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Introduction
Facts about mental health and employment, and structure of this report.
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The importance of mental health in employment
Social justice, rights and economics, and the benefits of enabling people with mental health issues to work.
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Barriers to working
Obstacles to working, including discrimination, worries about disclosure, poor work conditions and lack of support.
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Law, policy and guidance
Summary of government policies and strategies on work and mental health and national guidance documents.
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Mental health and social care work
Valued and stressful aspects of social care, and working experiences of people with mental health problems.
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What helps in gaining employment?
Summary of interventions and reasonable adjustments with evidence and economic evaluation of what works.
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Who helps with gaining employment?
Roles of GPs, occupational health staff and human resources staff, and what they need to be more effective.
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