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This section contains examples of practice around carer involvement both at an individual level and at a systems level.

	Title: Care training package EM Published: 2008 Summary: The products included in this package provide a complete guidance to the delivery of a Carer Awareness training programme to staff working in the Acute Care Sector for Mental Health. The programme is interactive, involves family carers, and aims to give staff real awareness of what it is like to be a carer of a relative or friend with a mental health condition.
	Title: Involving carers in out of area treatments - A good practice guide Published: 2007 Summary: Carers of people receiving treatment out of area often face additional complications as a result of not being near their relative or friend. This guide aims to provide a framework for good practice to ensure that carers are appropriately involved in their relative’s and friend’s care when they are placed out of area.
	Title: Carer Support Curriculum Published: July 2007 Summary: Scoping exercise to inform the development of a National Mental Health Carer Support Curriculum. Researchers at City University, London were commissioned by the Supporting Carers Better Network to identify what needs to be included in the education and training of mental health staff and carer support workers to address the needs of mental health carers. This will be used to inform the development of a nationally accredited curriculum and training modules.
	Title: Carers summary process and evaluation Published: January 2007 Summary: Carer involvement in Tuilip Learning Opportunities. The aim of this short report is to give some insight into the limited success in involving carers in the Tuilip project to date - Tuilip pilot, Acute Care Network, QMC, Nottingham.
	Title: PP Article Monitoring the Service User and Carer Involvement Strategy Published: January 2006 Summary: The consultation led to a decision that the strategy should be divided into 3 sections: A service user and carer charter, Information packs, An overarching strategy document and also monitoring and evaluation of the strategy.
	Title: PP Article Service User & Carer Information Pack Published: January 2006 Summary: Side by side. The aim of the information pack is to provide standard information trust wide enabling each service to personalise the pack to meet the needs of individual service users and carers.
	Title: PP Article Service User & Carer Involvement Strategy Published: January 2006 Summary: The aim was to formulate a strategy reflecting the national picture and policy underpinning the principles of involvement alongside the trust's commitment to ensure meaningful user and carer involvement at all levels of planning and delivery of its services.
	Title: Triangle intro frame Published: February 2006 Summary: Strategies for improving engagement with informal carers in in-patient settings. This document reviews the challenge of developing a better partnership between services and carers. Title: Closing the triangle Published: September 2006 Summary: This document reviews the challenge of developing a better partnership between services and carers. It outlines six key measures of the partnership and a summary of 12 essential elements for the partnership to succeed.
	Title: Carer pathway checklist Published: August 2006 Summary: Carer pathway checklist for family interventions in adult mental health services.
	Title: Carers Info Published: October 2005 Summary: The information found in this pack is designed to assist the carer in accessing information that will help them to do their job in the most caring manner. It has been written by a carer for carers, someone who knows what it is like.
	Title: Carers supporting recovery leaflet Published: April 2005 Summary: Supporting recovery from psychosis - some practical suggestions for carers. This information leaflet has been written to answer some of the common questions of people who have a family member with psychosis. Local carers have asked for a practical introduction to the challenges of supporting someone with a severe mental illness, what to say and do to help.
	Title: Carers and confidentiality Published: August 2004 Summary: Issues involved in information-sharing. This leaflet is about confidentiality issues which arise between mental health professionals and carers of adults with mental health problems, in particular those who provide on-going help and support, without payment, to a relative, partner or friend.
	Title: Carer assessment framework Summary: Proactive mental health carers forum involved in the development of a carer assessment framework. Title: Carers and confidentiality Published: August 2004 Summary: This leaflet was producd as part of a year long campaign between the Royal College of Pychiatrists and The Princess Royal Trust for Carers. The main aim was to show a trusting partnership can develop between carers, patients and professionals.
	Title: Who cares? Published: June 2003 Summary: The experiences of mental health carers accessing services and information.
	Title: Support carers Published: 2002 Summary: Services to support carers of people with mental health problems. This paper summarises findings of a review of research evidence and current service provision of support of carers of people with mental health problems. Research consisting of a literature review and a consultation exercise was carried out between October 2001 and March 2002.
	Title: Carers group proposal Summary: Proposal to develop a group for families and carers in Central Manchester of people who have recently experienced an early or first onset of a psychotic illness. Manchester Mental Health & Social Care Trust.
	Title: Engagement with young people and their carers Summary: Presentation on engaging young people or any person with psychosis with an emphasis on collaboration with client. Also tips on communication and relationship skill. Very useful teaching tool for ward/community staff, newly qualified or students of health care assistants.
	Title: Commitment to carers Summary: A commitment to Carers: Help for relatives, partners and friends of people with a mental health problem.
	Title: NICE conference Summary: "Enabling carers to cope with a home option" - Family interventions in a mental health crisis resolution/ home treatment - Lindsay Rigby and Louise Boden.
	Title: Presentation ACF carers Summary: Identifying what things need to be different in order to be heard by the health care trust (as a carers group).
	Title: 4 carer pack confidential Summary: Confidentiality and Information Sharing. A form for the authorisation of the release of confidential information.
	Title: Carers & Home CRHT Summary: ‘Enabling carers to cope with a Home Option’ Family Interventions in a Mental Health Crisis Resolution/ Home Treatment by Lindsay Rigby & Louise Boden.
	Title: Carers Group Proposal Summary: Proposal to develop a group for families and carers in Central Manchester of people who have recently experienced an early or first onset of a psychotic illness.

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