Social Inclusion Strategy Living a Full Life

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Social Inclusion StrategyLiving a Full Life

• Julie Leeson and Pam Stirling

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• Improving the lives of those who use our
  services by working to reduce Social Exclusion
  and by acting with social responsibility is one
  of the key strategic aims of SHSC
• Living a full life is an all age strategy
  developed following informal consultation with
  staff governors and service users.

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National and Local Drivers

• Mental Health and Social Inclusion Report 2004
• Excluded Older People 2005
• Valuing People 2004 Valuing People Now 2009
• The Social Excluded Adults Public Service
  Agreement 2007
• Making Recovery a Reality 2008
• The Sheffield Mental Health Inclusion Strategy
  2007
• New Horizon in Mental Health 2009 / 10

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The Strategy sets out

• How we will develop and deliver services that
  promote an support social inclusion
• How we promote inclusivity in everything we do as
  an organisation
• How we will use our influence with partner
  organisations and across the community of
  Sheffield to promote social inclusion for our
  service users and carers.

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To date

• Strong commitment to development and services
  that promote social inclusion
• Considerable progress
• Employment strategy and action plan 6.9
• Physical Health policies and many areas in
  Trust
• Accommodation information pack has been
  published and distributed
• Links into PSA agreements on accommodation and
  employment
• BUT much work has been undertaken by small
  numbers of individuals not embedded
  sufficiently into the organisations

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New Horizons
Social Justice Access Recovery
Productivity Education
Relationships
Public Mental Health Mental capital
Social capital Building resilience
Early years etc
High Quality Service
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Policy influencers

• Mental Health Resilience and Inequalities
  WHO/Mental Health Foundation
• Mental distress . A response to inequalities
  involving relative deprivation across society
  requiring social as well as individual solutions.
• Higher national levels of income inequality are
  liked to higher prevalence of mental illness. As
  countries get richer rates of mental illness
  increases

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Priorities- WHO

• Social cultural and economic conditions that
  support family life
• Education that equips children to flourish
• Employment opportunities, pay and conditions that
  promote and protect mental health
• Partnerships between health and social care
  sectors to address social and economic problems
  that are a catalyst for psychological distress
• Reducing policy and environmental barriers to
  social contact

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Foresight Mental capital and well being

• Mental capital cognitive ability, emotional
  intelligence
• Mental wellbeing able to develop potential,
  work productively and creatively with
  strong relationships and contribute to
  their community
• Measures to address the changes in society
• Eg older people preserve their mental capital
  and reverse negative stereotype to use their
  mental capital

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Best evidence

• Debt as stronger risk factor than low income
• Stigma sustained and integrated approach
• Target high risk groups children, drug users,
  prisoners
• Campaigns for lifelong learning
• Basic skills, new technologies, cut digital divide

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• Financial incentives to motivate and empower
  demand for work
• Work schemes, access to work, offer good value
  for money
• Ensure mental health in the workplace
• Address cognitive decline
• Promote environments to enable older people to
  flourish
• Diverse players acting in concert eg stigma
  (government, media, mental health professionals,
  educators Time for Change)

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New model for Social Inclusion

• Refined work streams
• Action plan to be developed focusing on key areas
  that cut across several work streams
• Delivery of most of the plan through the
  directorates
• Continued sharing of good practice
• Monitoring through Quality and Risk

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Serious change?

• Co-production of mental wellbeing challenges
  governance
• Shift to really following NICE guidelines eg Work
  for people with schizophrenia
• Experts in own mental health, role of mentors,
  volunteers
• Cross city championing
• and EPIC, Crown Hill, Sweets and Treats!

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Reduce Risk Factors
Promote Protective Factors