Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Toolkit

Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) TOOLKIT

The Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has one principal aim - to help PCTs implement NICE Guidelines for people suffering from depression and anxiety disorders. The Government is committed to improving access to psychological therapies and announced additional funding to increase services over the next three years. 

This Commissioning Toolkit is designed to help PCTs improve or establish stepped care psychological therapies following NICE guidelines. 

The toolkit is structured around the commissioning cycle and is specifically linked to the World Class Commissioning competencies.  

It brings together a wide range of existing tools and guides and includes positive practice examples throughout.

To download the TOOLKIT - click here

Valuing People Newsletter - Self Directed Support and Families

The latest newsletter is about some of the important things families of people with a learning disability need to know to have more choice and control in their lives.

The focus is on families and ‘self directed support’, or what has been more 

recently called Personalisation. 

The aim of the newsletter is to try and give families some information about 

personalisation and the different ways that it can help people have more 

choice and control in their lives. This is done through stories from 

families who are already ‘doing’ self directed support. 

The Valuing People Support Team asked the families a number of questions

• What made you try self directed support? 

• How has it changed your family’s life? 

• Have you had to overcome challenges along the way and how? 

• Do you have any top tips for other families? 

Follow the link below to download the report and find out what the families had to say:

Click here to read the newsletter

BANNED WORDS

The Local Government Association (LGA) has published a list of 100 words that public bodies should not use if they want to communicate effectively.

Local government leaders say that unless councils talk to residents in a language they understand, the work they do becomes inaccessible. This reduces the chances of people getting involved in their local issues.

The LGA's top 100 'banned words'

1. ambassador
2. agencies
3. beacon
4. best practice
5. bottom-up
6. CAAs
7. can do culture
8. capacity
9. capacity building
10. cascading
11. cautiously welcome
12. champion
13. citizen empowerment
14. community engagement
15. conditionality
16. consensual
17. contestability
18. core message
19. core value
20. coterminosity
21. coterminous
22. cross-cutting
23. customer
24. democratic mandate/legitimacy
25. distorts spending priorities
26. early win
27. empowerment
28. engagement
29. engaging users
30. enhance
31. evidence base
32. external challenge
33. facilitate
34. fast-track
35. flexibilities and freedoms
36. framework
37. fulcrum
38. good practice
39. governance
40. guidelines
41. holistic
42. holistic governance
43. improvement levers
44. incentivising
45. income/funding streams
46. initiative
47. joined up
48. joint working
49. LAAs
50. level playing field
51. localities
52. meaningful consultation/dialogue
53. MAAs
54. menu of options
55. multi-agency
56. multidisciplinary
57. outcomes
58. output
59. participatory
60. partnerships
61. pathfinder
62. peer challenge
63. performance network
64. place shaping
65. predictors of beaconicity
66. preventative services
67. priority
68. process driven
69. quick hit
70. quick win
71. resource allocation
72. revenue streams
73. risk based
74. scaled-back
75. scoping
76. seedbed
77. service users
78. shared priority
79. signpost
80. single point of contact
81. slippage
82. social contracts
83. stakeholder
84. step change
85. strategic/overarching
86. streamlined
87. subsidiary
88. sustainable
89. sustainable communities
90. symposium
91. synergies
92. tested for soundness
93. third sector
94. top-down
95. transformational
96. transparency
97. value-added
98. vision
99. visionary
100. welcome

for further information on the use of plain English follow this link and read the resources on the Plain English Campaign Website:

Link to Plain English Campaign

...all comments are 'welcomed'....

ADVANCING PRACTICE CONFERENCE 2008

Presentations from the 2008 Faculty for Learning Disabilities Advancing Practice Conference are available to view and download

Follow this link:

ADVANCING PRACTICE PRESENTATIONS 2008

The Annual Conference of the Division of Clinical Psychology

The Annual DCP Conference takes place at the Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1 on

WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER to FRIDAY 12 DECEMBER 2008

Deadlines

30 June 2008 - Symposia and papers

1 October 2008 - Posters

to view further details follow this link:

DCP CONFERENCE WEBSITE

A Guide to the Human Rights Act for People with Learning Disabilities

A new booklet has been published to help people with learning disabilities understand the Human Rights Act.

The booklet has been written in easy to understand words - outlining the Act and explaining each of the Articles with examples of how it may be applied 

for example

ARTICLE 5 Right to freedom and security

You have the right to freedom.  You should not be arrested or locked up without a good reason, for instance of the police have reason to think you have done something criminal...

It's not fair for care staff to lock you in your room, even if they're angry with how you behaved.

to download a copy of the booklet follow this link

A Guide to the Human Rights Act

Accessible text designed by Working with Words

www.workingwithwords.org

Pictures are taken from the Change picture bank

www.changepeople.co.uk

LEARNING DISABILITY WEEK 15th to 21st JUNE 2008

LEARNING DISABILITY WEEK 2008

15th to 21st June 2008

The aim of this years Learning Disability week is to raise awareness of the low levels of employment among people with a learning disability.

Mencap have launched a new website called 'I Want to Work' specifically with this aim in mind

to view the website follow this link

I WANT TO WORK

Free CPD workshops for Division members

Free CPD workshops for Division members

Continuous Professional Development

The Division of Clinical Psychology offers free and almost-free seminars, workshops and other events focused on continuing professional development for clinical psychologists. Most of these events will be free to members of the DCP, while BPS members will be offered reduced rates.

follow this link to find out more

http://psychology-cpd.org/

Disability Equality Duty

What is the disability equality duty?

Disability Equality Duty

The Disability Equality Duty came into force on 4 December 2006.

This legal duty requires all public bodies to actively look at ways of ensuring that disabled people are treated equally. All of those covered by the specific duties must also have produced a Disability Equality Scheme, which they must now implement.

The DED, also referred to as the general duty, sets out what public authorities must have due regard to in order to promote equality of opportunity. Most public authorities are also covered by the specific duties, which set out a framework to assist authorities in meeting their general duty. All public authorities covered by the specific duties must: publish a Disability Equality Scheme (including within it an Action Plan) involve disabled people in producing the Scheme and Action Plan demonstrate they have taken actions in the Scheme and achieved appropriate outcomes report on progress review and revise the Scheme


The Commission has an overview guidance on the duty to give a brief introduction into what it is and what it means for public bodies and disabled people. This document contains information on key dates for the duty, and details of the Disability Equality Scheme and the Action Plan

To download the documents, follow this link

http://tinyurl.co! ! m/4r3nbc

Contribute to the CSCI review of eligibility criteria

How you can contribute to the CSCI review of eligibility criteria

CSCI is carrying out a major review of the eligibility criteria that councils use to decide whether or not a person receives help from the council with social care services.

They are asking for your help in carrying out this review.

There are two ways for you to get involved:

by taking part in their online survey

or

by sending a written submission from you or your organisation

Please complete the survey and send in your submissions by the closing date of the 9 May 2008.

Rob Greig has been appointed Chief Executive of the National Development Team

Rob Greig has been appointed Chief Executive of the National Development Team.

Rob will take up his appointment on the 19^th May 2008 in succession to Joan Maughan as Joan is retiring from full time work with the National Development Team but will become an Associate.

Rob Greig is currently the Government’s National Director: Learning Disabilities for England.

A healthy future: improving the healthcare experiences of people with intellectual disabilities and their families

Wednesday 16 April 2008
Venue: The Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE

Improving the healthcare experiences of people with intellectual disabilities and their families.

Presentations and Speakers Include:


Mental capacity and implications for primary care practitioners
Professor Tony Holland, University of Cambridge

Unequal lives, unequal treatment? Promoting the human rights of people with learning disabilities: an agenda for change, opportunity and challenge
Dr Philippa Russell, Commissioner for Carers

Death by indifference
Beverly Dawkins and Jane Kemp

Quality out of inequality
Dr Graham Martin, General Practitioner, Nuneaton, Warwickshire


Educating health and social care practitioners through parents' experiences
LD Caring Solutions

People with learning disabilities' experiences of having mental health problems
Tuesday Group

Active lives
Bob Bilson, Regional development Manager, Special Olympics GB

Making health action plans a reality
Alison Pointu, Nurse Consultant, learning disabilities, Barnet PCT

For Booking details click below:

Click here

THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ADULTS WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

The Joint Committee on Human Rights published their Seventh report 'A Life Like Any Other? Human Rights of Adults with Learning Disabilities'

copies of the report can be downloaded from:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/40/40i.pdf

and the Easy-read version is also available at:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt200708/jtselect/jtrights/40/40ieasyread.pdf

Further audio archives are also available on the Commttee's website:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/jt/jtrights.htm

DCP Faculty Conference

Advancing Practice Conference

Start Date: 23, April, 2008 End Date: 25, April, 2008

Conference Description

This annual conference will take place at Royal Holloway, University of London.

Programme

Keynote Speaker: Fiona Richie, Health Care Commission In addition, conference themes will include: Legislation and Challenges to the Profession (Mental Health Act 2007, Mental Capacity Act 2005, NWW, Valuing People Refresh0 Challenging Behaviour, Mansell II, and Restrictive Physical Interventions Master Classes in Clinical Practice A draft programme can be downloaded from here: Draft Prog v1 Venue Information and Directions This year the conference will take place at Royal Holloway which is part of the University of London. Royal Holloway is located on the outskirts of London, in 135 acres of beautiful parkland, and is only 10 minutes from both London Heathrow and Windsor. It is also on the direct train line from London Waterloo and Reading and close to the M25, M4 and M3 motorways. Event Booking Information and Contact Details A registration form for this event can be downloaded from here: Conference Details

7th International Conference on the Care and Treatment of Offenders with a Learning Disability

7th International Conference on the Care and Treatment of Offenders with a Learning Disability

27th & 28th March 2008

University of Central Lancashire, Preston

Click to download: Booking Form | Proposed Programme

Social Care Bulletin, Issue 5, January 2008

Social Care Bulletin January 2008


This bulletin has been specially developed for all staff working in social care.
Its aim is to inform,to promote good practice, and to support social care staff in their everyday role, providing up-to-date, easy to read explanations of the latest policy news and initiatives.

Follow this link to download the latest bulletin



http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE&dID=158742&Rendition=Web

Latest Valuing People Support Team Newsletter

Valuing People Support Team
Newsletter Winter 2007/2008
Ethnicity

This newsletter is about people with learning disabilities and
their families from minority ethnic groups.

People from ethnic minorities are still not getting as good a service as other
people.

This newsletter tells you:
• what Valuing People Now says about ethnicity
• what Chris Hatton found out in his second survey of Partnership Boards
across the country
• what is happening nationally and regionally to make things better


To read the Newsletter - follow this link


http://valuingpeople.gov.uk/echo/filedownload.jsp?action=dFile&key=1900

The Association for Supported Living launches new Website

The Association for Supported Living website has been relaunched and is now operational -
follow this link to view the site:

www.a-s-l.org.uk

Current articles include:

a summary of the government's major statement on personalisation entitled "Putting People First"

an excellent article on the new CSCI guide on Supported Living and Residential Care

an account of the Association for Supported Living Annual Conference of November 2007

....well worth taking a look...

Ski Fitness - Be prepared follow these basic fitness exercises!

Exercises 1-2

Ski Fitness Warm-up Stretching Running Circuit training

1. Knee-bends

Flex down through 45 degrees, then push back to standing. Keep your heels on the floor.

2. Jumps on the spot		Circuit Exercises Exercises 1-2 Exercises 3-5 Exercises 6-7 Exercises 8-10 Ski Fitness Warm Up Stretching Running Circuits

New Ways of Working for Applied Psychologists NWWAP

The New Ways of Working for Applied Psychologists sub-group was established in July 2005 and has met every two months up to the launch conference in Leicester in July 2007 when the group had completed its work. The group is jointly chaired by Roslyn Hope (NIMHE, NWP) and Professor Tony Lavender (BPS) and included representatives of carers and users, from the divisions of applied psychology and other professions, including psychiatry, nursing and the allied health professions. Two stakeholder conferences were held in Wolverhampton and Edinburgh. The group has addressed the following seven objectives:

• to review the pre-qualification roles of psychology graduates, including Primary Care Mental Health Workers (PCMHWs), and recommend how they could be developed to contribute to the sustainable delivery of psychological services;

• to review the current training models for applied psychologists, develop and assess alternative models and make recommendations for the future;

• to map the current workforce, identify emerging good practice in new ways of working and develop role descriptions for all levels across the career framework and produce guidance for National Assessors;

• to identify the best models for organising psychological services within Trusts and review the leadership development needs of applied psychologists;

• to identify the best ways that applied psychologists can contribute to the development and work of multidisciplinary teams;

• to identify the way that applied psychologists can improve user access to psychological therapies; and

• to clarify the role, training needs and registration requirements of applied psychologists in implementing the new mental health legislation.

TO find out more follow this link:

Click HERE to access the BPS NWWAP website

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