In this edition of the Impact Project Newsletter, the team introduce a new section in which they give a brief tip for improving case management. The publication also focusses on ‘helping the workforce to help themselves’. To read the newsletter please follow this link Impact-Project-Newsletter16-December 11.
Art from within is an exhibition of work made by Mental Health Service users from HM Pentonville Prison. It comprises a variety of media from the Creative Therapies programme provided through the Prison’s Day Care Centre. The centre addresses the rehabilitation, recovery and management of mental health problems through the therapeutic value of art. Art [...]
Mental health and Justice is a major two year research project funded by the Big Lottery Fund and led by Victim Support. The research is investigating whether people with mental health problems are more likely to be victims of crime. It is also exploring the barriers people with mental health problems face to reporting crime [...]
The Impact Team Newsletter is now available on the PD website. This edition describes the team’s current thoughts on the Impact Personality Disorder Project model (in Camden & Islington) and they give an update on the evaluation of prison recalls.
There is only one month left to respond to the joint Department of Health/National Offender Management Service consultation ‘Offender Personality Disorder Pathway Implementation Plan’. To submit your views about a new pathway approach for the treatment and management of offenders with serious personality disorders follow this link for a copy of the consultation document. The [...]
The consultation on the joint Department of Health/National Offender Management Service ‘Offender Personality Disorder Pathway Implementation Plan’ is seeking your views about a new pathway approach for the treatment and management of offenders with serious personality disorders. This consultation closes on 12 May 2011, after which a summary of responses will be published. For a [...]
The Impact Project* has been running for over a year, attached Newsletter Oct-Dec 10 is an update of what has been achieved since the project was initiated, and an outline of the plans for the future. “We have been really busy since the project was fully implemented in September 2009 and have taken 26 frontline [...]
A York project is helping women make the transition from secure services to more independent living. Garrow House, a 12 bed high support residential service for women with complex needs and forensic histories (opened in 2009), is one of four Department of Health national pilot schemes set up to trial new step-down provision from low [...]
The policy paper (Under the Radar – Women with Borderline Personality Disorder in Prison), published recently by the Centre for Mental Health, calls for better diversion from custodial sentences for women with a personality disorder and increased training for prison staff. Written by Matt Fossey and Georgia Black, it is available free to download from [...]
The Guardian ran the following article on July 9 a couple of days after the conference: ‘Complex Families: Multisystemic Solutions’. A scheme to keep challenging young people out of care or prison through intensive family support won the backing of government ministers yesterday who said it might offer a cost-effective way to deal with antisocial behaviour.