Mental Health

Mental health and well being is essential for every member of the community and is now a priority for service providers. There is increasing recognition of the connection between mental health, employment and the criminal justice system.

The Department of Health published No health without mental health: a cross-Government mental health outcomes strategy for people of all ages which set out six shared objectives to improve the mental health and well-being of the nation, and to improve outcomes for people with mental health problems through high quality services. It supports the Government's aim of achieving parity of esteem between physical and mental health.

What this means for the workforce
Understanding the importance of mental health is relevant to the wider workforce and there is increasing recognition of the role that every person plays in supporting mental health. Priority is given to both generic and specialist training.

Resources
National Occupational Standards There are a series of competences to describe what individuals working in mental health services need to do, what they need to know and which skills they need in order to carry out an activity.

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Some policies, strategies and guidance were developed under the previous government and as such may be subject to review by the Coalition Government.