New Thinking About Mental Health and Employment

Bob Grove, Jennifer Secker, Patience Seebolm

• Part 1: Work with security when you can, security when you can't. Sheep and goats: new thinking on employability. What do service users want? Working wounded. What's kept me working? Part 2: Hitting the bottom and getting back. Up. Getting back to work: what do we know about what works? Employment support in the UK: where are we now? Recovering a life: an in-depth look at employment support in the UK. Putting the community back in community care. A whole system approach. Unlocking potential in Sheffield. Unlocking the potential of young black men. What's worked for us. Part 3: Avoiding the slippery slope. Getting off the slippery slope: what do we know about what works? Getting off the slippery slope: an example from the UK. Early intervention: a hand up the slippery slope. Conclusion: the end of all our exploring.

"'Delightful. Remarkable. Magic. This volume beautifully brings together the perspectives of service users, advocates, professionals, researchers and policy makers. Effective services can and should enable those with serious mental health problems and disabilities to return to functional work and meaningful vocational roles: this is a fundamental goal that is eminently attainable. The message should be clear to all.' Robert E Drake, in the Foreword"