When seeking support for a mental health condition, young people are often required to navigate a complex system of statutory and voluntary sector service. What can we learn from existing advocacy models to improve young people’s awareness and take up of various health services? […]
Catching up with our digital progression in health and social care
The progression in the use of digital technologies to support virtual services in the health and social care sectors has been fast. What have we seen and how can we catch up? […]
Domestic abuse and Covid-19 what next?
Covid-19 has had a direct impact on the rise of domestic abuse. How has government responded and what do we need next to support survivors. […]
We need to prevent Covid-19 halting the progress we have made on health and work.
Reflections on our learning and experience of innovations in health and work and what we can do to minimise impacts Covid-19 will have on employees with health conditions […]
Youth in the time of COVID-19: How is the pandemic impacting under 25s?
COVID-19 has disrupted day-to-day life for young people who face uncertainty about their education and career prospects and social distancing impacting significantly on regular social engagements. How can youth organisations adapt? […]
Shifting to “employerability”
Considering issues at the point that they intersect with others can often shed light into ways to approach some of the more intractable challenges in policy and service provision. Considering employment and health alongside each other makes it clear that the quality of the job is paramount. […]
Can trauma informed practice transform the criminal justice system?
Exploring the relationship between experience of trauma and involvement in the criminal justice system. Emerging approaches from Scotland which have potential to transform justice outcomes across the UK […]
What makes a good outcomes framework?
A fundamental must do across public and third sector organisations is to be able to understand and evidence the change you are creating. Measuring outcomes is the bread and butter of organisations, and certainly the area of focus of a large portion of our work here at Rocket Science. […]
There is more to gain from employment than income
Employment can have a positive impact on people’s mental health and wellbeing. In the final of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, we look at what mental health services gain from integrating employability into their service provision […]
How employability providers are adapting
In this second of a three-part blog series on employability and mental health, we talk through four lessons of how employability providers are adapting to the mental health challenge […]
