Boundary Busting in the Role of the Community Mental Health Worker

1976 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morton O. Wagenfeld ◽  
Stanley S. Robin
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Mental Health Worker

scholarly journals An evaluation of the transition from BAME community mental health worker to IAPT low intensity psychological wellbeing practitioner

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naheem Hakim ◽  
Andrew R. Thompson ◽  
Gail Coleman-Oluwabusola
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Behavioural Therapy ◽  
Psychological Wellbeing ◽  
Mental Health Worker ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Low Intensity ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme started in 2008, but it contained little provision for specifically meeting the needs of Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups. The purpose of this evaluation was to describe the experience of transition from BAME community mental health worker (CMHW) to IAPT low-intensity psychological wellbeing practitioner (PWP) in order to identify possible gains and losses for the former communities served, and the factors that might contribute to successful training of people with BAME expertise. Four former CMHWs who had transitioned into working as PWPs were interviewed. Semi-structured interviews were used. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. Six major themes were identified with the benefits of training emerging as an important factor for the participants in enhancing their role. Three of the themes interconnected and focused on the impact for BAME communities in terms of access to service and barriers. Evident in the interviews were descriptions of adaptations that were made as a result of CMHW having access to both new and old skills. Finally, two themes focused on the participant recommendations as to how IAPT services might become more culturally responsive. The findings suggest that there can be significant benefits for services to provide IAPT training to people already providing culturally specific services. The participants reported that low-intensity cognitive behavioural therapy (LICBT) was effective, but only when cultural sensitive adaptations were made. The evaluation has some clear recommendations as to how IAPT services might seek to offer culturally responsive CBT. Suggestions for carrying out further practice-based evaluations are made.

Mental health in the job corps: An exploration of the role of the mental health worker in programs of education and training

1969 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 367-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee B. Macht ◽  
William J. Bicknell ◽  
Donald J. Scherl ◽  
Elizabeth Ozawa
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Mental Health Worker ◽  
Job Corps ◽  
And Training

The Role of the Mental Health Worker in a Housing and Accommodation Support Initiative for Indigenous Australians

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (4) ◽  
pp. 307-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Maree Sayers ◽  
Michelle Cleary ◽  
Glenn E. Hunt ◽  
Oliver K. Burmeister
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Indigenous Australians ◽  
Mental Health Worker

A Follow-up Evaluation of an Undergraduate Community Mental Health Worker Training Program

1981 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart M. Keeley ◽  
Jeffrey S. Kreutzer
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Training Program ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Field Experience ◽  
Mental Health Worker ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
Worker Training ◽  
Health Worker Training

Detailed post-graduate data about careers of students having had field experience are supportive.

scholarly journals Australian mental health worker attitudes towards cCBT: What is the role of knowledge? Are there differences? Can we change them?

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline L. Donovan ◽  
Catherine Poole ◽  
Natasha Boyes ◽  
Jennie Redgate ◽  
Sonja March
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Worker ◽  
Mental Health Worker ◽  
Worker Attitudes
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