‘The Strengths Revolution’ weekly podcast show was launched on 22nd April 2014. Just go into iTunes Store, click the ‘Podcast’ link on the top menu, then put ‘The Strengths Revolution’ into the search box.
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'Working with Strengths' was published in May 2014 as a comprehensive resource for reviewing the literature and reflecting on strengths-based practice as applied to people in contact with services, as well as the strengths-focused development of practitioners, teams and organisations. It draws on the wider business literature as well as health and social care references to broaden the applicability of the ideas.
'Risk Decision-Making' was published in 2013 to help shift the focus from a tick-box culture to the realities of what good practice should be about. The manual and cd-rom provide the resources that should engage senior management in organisations, as well as the practitioners and multidisciplinary teams.
June 2007 saw the publication of the Working With Risk Trainers Manual and Practitioner Manual through Pavilion Publishing. The Trainers Manual provides a flexible two-day training programme, with the option of using any of the individual sessions as stand-alone training resources. The Practitioner Manual provides a set of practice-based risk tools with supporting guidance on how and when to use each. These materials also aim to discuss some of the wider risk issues and identify a key part of current research and literature. The practice-based tools are also supported by completed case examples.
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Jointly written by Practice Based Evidence & ARW, this resource is of importance to everyone in mental health, social care and learning disability services, including primary care.
Primarily aimed at developing assertive outreach, but its focus on a strengths approach is applicable to all parts of the mental health system.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011 at 8:24PM I am very pleased to provide this direct link to my friends and frequent colleagues, Roberta & Andrew Wetherell. Their website has been revamped and re-launched in September 2011, and can be found at ARW Training
Monday, November 29, 2010 at 11:46AM In 2007 the National Audit Office conducted a value for money study into the clinical and economic effectiveness of CRHT teams. Practice Based Evidence, with the service user-led ARW Consultancy, conducted a specific part of the fieldwork interviews and reporting for the study and conducted structured interviews with 25 CRHT team managers and 25 ward managers at 25 sites across England. The report below, A Foot in the Door, details the findings.
The PDF below is an article first published in Mental Health Today March 2008 and reprinted here with their kind permission. Click on the image below to download.
To read the report above you will need free software called Adobe Reader. This software can be downloaded here.