Building capacity for cross-sectorial approaches to the care of families where a parent has a mental illness

Goodyear, Melinda; Obradovic, Angela; Allchin, Becca; Cuff, Rose; McCormick, Francis; Cosgriff, Cheree

doi:10.1080/18387357.2015.1063972

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“…Interestingly, this was the only component of family-focussed practice measured that was predicted by child-focussed training, even though a significant barrier reported by practitioners is not knowing enough about issues for children and their developmental needs to undertake family-focussed practice (Bibou-Nakou 2003;Dean & Macmillan 2001). This is not unexpected, as other similar studies have reported a lack of practice change in family-focussed practice following education-based or awareness-raising training courses (Goodyear et al 2015b). In the present study, these results indicate that it is important to have an understanding about children and their developmental needs to assess the impact of parental illness, but it is not as important for other domains of family-focussed practice.…”

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“…Despite the promotion of family-focussed practice within mental health services in government policy across several countries, including Australia, Finland, Norway, Ireland, and Canada (Falkov et al 2015;Nicholson et al 2015), promoting the care of families where a parent has a mental illness remains a significant challenge for adult mental health services (Goodyear et al 2015a). Part of the issue is that while the benefits of family-focussed practice in mental health are well established (Goodyear et al 2015a;Hosman et al 2009;Reupert & Maybery 2007), significant translation to practice barriers exist in the adoption of evidence-based family interventions to different sectors (Dixon et al 2001;Goodyear et al 2015b;Kavanagh et al 1993;Lauritzen et al 2014Lauritzen et al , 2015. Nonetheless, various family-focussed practices are undertaken by some adult mental health practitioners (Grant, 2014;Maybery et al 2014), although the reasons why some individual practitioners engage with families within these constraints while others do not is not at present clear.…”

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Thinking families: A study of the characteristics of the workforce that delivers family‐focussed practice

Goodyear

Maybery

Reupert

et al. 2016

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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Parenting with mental illness is not uncommon and is often associated with a range of challenges for parents, children, and the family unit. Family-focussed practice involves the provision of services to the wider family system, including children. While family-focussed practice is important to consumers and their families, adult mental health practitioners do not routinely discuss parenting or children with their clients, nor work closely with the whole family. In the present study, we aimed to examine the characteristics of practitioners from Australian adult mental health services associated with family-focussed practices. Characteristics included sex, years of experience, location, and previous training in child and family-focussed practice. A total of 307 adult mental health practitioners from Victoria, Australia, responded to the Family Focused Mental Health Practice Questionnaire and a series of demographic items. The results indicated that particular practitioner characteristics predicted the delivery of family-focussed practice. Practitioner experience, sex, working in a rural location, and previous family- or child-related training were found to be important in the provision of family-focussed practice. More experienced, female, rurally-located, and well-trained practitioners undertake most family-focussed practice. These results suggest that training in family-focussed practice needs to be promoted, with considerations made for differing needs according to the characteristics of the adult mental health practitioner.

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Thinking families: A study of the characteristics of the workforce that delivers family‐focussed practice

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Maybery

Reupert

et al. 2016

Int J Mental Health Nurs

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“…, Goodyear et al . ). Single exposure training models (without ongoing support) or the provision of information alone (through manuals or practically inadequate guidelines for the workforce) are insufficient to promote workforce change (Foster et al .…”

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“…Training does exist in this area (e.g. see Foster et al 2011) though ongoing opportunities for supervision, coaching and monitoring are required to sustain practice change in this area (Lauritzen et al 2014b, Goodyear et al 2015b…”

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Worker, workplace or families: What influences family focused practices in adult mental health?

Maybery

Goodyear

Reupert

et al. 2016

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible summaryWhat is known on the subject?• Family focused practice leads to positive outcomes for parents and children.• There are barriers and enablers for practitioners being family focused.What this paper adds to existing knowledge?• Worker skill, knowledge and confidence about family work are the most important factors associated with family focused practices.What are the implications for practice?• Mental health nurses require specific skill training in family focused practices, time to engage with clients on parenting issues and that there are adequate services to refer family members to. AbstractIntroduction: Family focused practice is thought to lead to positive outcomes for all family members. However, there are multiple barriers and enablers in adult mental health services to practitioners undertaking these actions. Aim: The aim of this study was to examine the relative importance of worker, workforce and family factors to predict family focused practices (FFPs) in adult mental health services. Method: Three hundred and seven adult mental health workers completed a 45 items family focused practice measure of 16 family focused practices. Thesis: It was found that worker skill and knowledge about family work and an ability to assess the degree of parental insight into the child's connections to other family members and the community were important predictors of FFP, along with the closely related-worker confidence. While aspects of the worker, workplace and family each contribute to FFPs, this study highlighted the importance of worker skill, knowledge and confidence as central issues for adult mental health workers. Implications for practice: Study implications include the need for training in specific FFPs, the provision of time to engage with clients on parenting issues and the need 5 to ensure that there are adequate services for workers to refer family members to.

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“…Nevertheless, there have been a number of comprehensive reviews of the evidence relating to professional perceptions of collaborative working which consistently identify the three levels of organisational, cultural and interpersonal factors to be relevant (Atkinson et al 2007;Cameron et al 2015;and Sloper 2004). At an organisational level strong leadership with a commitment to drive integrated working is seen as an important to achieve joint working (Mitchell, 2006;Sloper 2006;Goodyear, 2015 andSalveron, 2015). Furthermore, integrated working has been identified as making increased demands on workers and organisations initially and as a result requires adequate and shared resources to achieve changes in practice (Mcculloch et al, 2004;Sloper, 2006 andMitchell, 2006).…”

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Taking advantage of dissonance: a CPD framework

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Bardsley

Haider

et al. 2017

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Building capacity for cross-sectorial approaches to the care of families where a parent has a mental illness

Cited by 20 publications

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Thinking families: A study of the characteristics of the workforce that delivers family‐focussed practice

Thinking families: A study of the characteristics of the workforce that delivers family‐focussed practice

Worker, workplace or families: What influences family focused practices in adult mental health?

Taking advantage of dissonance: a CPD framework

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