The Ten Essential Capabilities

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National Institute for Mental Health in England
The Ten Essential Capabilities A framework for
the whole of the mental health workforce
Peter Lindley, a/Director of Practice Development
Training, SCMH 16 July, Learning Teaching
About Mental Health in Higher Education Novotel,
Nottingham
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Introduction

• The context for this afternoons discussions
• Background development
• Methodology
• The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities
• Implementation
• Links with other frameworks
• Conclusion

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Background

• 1997 Pulling together core competencies
• A proliferation of competency frameworks
• 2000/2001 The Capable Practitioner Framework
• Results of National Mapping 2001
• National Occupational Standards/ Knowledge
  Skills Framework
• A call for a single unifying framework

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The Capable Practitioner Framework
Ethical Practice
ALL MUST HAVE
Values attitudes for modern mental health
practice
Knowledge
The foundation of effective practice
Working in partnership to deliver care
Process of Care
SOME MUST HAVE
Evidence based Bio-psycho-social health
promotional approaches to care
Interventions
Application of these capabilities to specific
service settings
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Methodology

• 2003 national steering group
• Followed by consultation with
• Service users carers
• Practitioners
• Managers
• Educators

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The Aims

• To set out the shared capabilities that all staff
  working in mental health services should achieve
  as a minimum part of their pre-qualifying
  training
• The ESC are the building blocks for all staff
  working in mental health
• Also likely to have value for all staff working
  in services which have contact with people who
  experience mental health problems

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The 10 Essential Capabilities
Working in Partnership
Challenging Inequality
Respecting Diversity
Identifying Peoples Needs
Practising Ethically
Developing the Capable Practitioner
Making a Difference
Promoting Recovery
Providing User Centred care
Promoting Safety
Personal Development Learning
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Links to other frameworks
The Capable Practitioner Framework (knowledge,
skills and attitudes)
The Knowledge and Skills Framework (for
effective practice and career development)
The Mental Health National Occupational Standards
(detailed competences to support Knowledge and
Skills Framework)
The Ten Essential Shared Capabilities for Mental
Health Practice
Values Based Practice (see appendix B)
Evidence Based Practice
Figure 6 Flow diagram of the roles of VBP and
EBP in training
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Links to other initiatives

• Values based practice
• NICE Guidance implementation
• BME Strategy
• Social Exclusion
• Personality Disorder
• Acute Inpatient
• Early Intervention

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Implementation Strategy

• A data-base of teaching learning resources
• A national electronic network for capability
  development on NIMHE Knowledge Community
• Work with workforce development
  confederations,professional bodies, HEIs..
• A joint strategic approach to ET with
  NHSU/NIMHE/SCMH and key stakeholders to develop
  capacity and direction for local implementation.

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Conclusion

• ESC provide a common framework for education,
  teaching and learning for mental health practice
• That integrates service users carers concerns
  with the aspirations of practitioners service
  providers
• They provide a strategically important
  integration of education and training with the
  effective delivery of the ESC in the workplace

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National Institute for Mental Health in England
THE TEN ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES A FRAMEWORK FOR
THE WHOLE OF THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE
The National Institute for Mental Health
England The Sainsbury Centre for Mental
Health Joint Workforce Support Unit
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This afternoon

• What will it take to implement the Essential
  Capabilities in education and training?
• What might be some of the blocks barriers?
• What could be some effective ways of overcoming
  the barriers?
• What needs to happen next?