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The National Health Strategy No Health Without Mental Health

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avoidable acute demand on care and health services” (2014:7). As Weinstein (2014) points out, at the governmental level an explicit acknowledgement has been given to the social factors that can play an important part in contributing to an individual’s mental health. The National Mental Health Strategy No Health without Mental Health (2011) provides a mental health strategy that sits very well with social work values, in that it's framed from a social action perspective, such as enabling people in their communities to promote mental health whilst placing focus on the whole person and their capability for growth, self-management, and recovery (HM Government 2011). The strategies aims are as follows more people will have good mental health. More …show more content…

As the PCF states, this can be achieved. Again within social work assessment and intervention, by identifying and addressing social exclusion and its cause and effects on mental health, such as poor housing, unemployment, and poverty within the family unit. These issues, as fore mentioned are very often linked to an individual’s mental health. As Tew et al (2014) found in his longitudinal studies, improving a person’s socio-economic factors such as those mentioned, rather than medical interventions can have a major determining influence in longer term recovery. As social workers, we could be described as link professional, as we provide the link between many agencies and specialist services (Manktelow 2008). Through creating an action plan for the individual’s needs and providing self-directed support, signposting and providing information in regards to welfare, housing and employment we can help the service user aim towards these needs on their terms, subsequently meeting one of the core aims of the No Health without Mental Health (NHWMH) (2011) strategy to give “individuals a greater sense of purpose, the skills they need for living and working, improved chances in education, better employment rates and a suitable and stable place to live.” (HM Government 2011:7). Whilst also adhering to the Care Act 2014’s promotion of wellbeing, in which it defines participation in work, education, training or recreation; social and economic wellbeing; domestic, family and personal relationships as core elements (DoH

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