The Scottish Government

2003

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2: METHODOLOGY
CHAPTER 3: MAPPING PROFORMA AND TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS FINDINGS I: STRUCTURE AND ORGANISATION OF MHO SERVICES
CHAPTER 4: MAPPING PROFORMA AND TELEPHONE INTERVIEWS FINDINGS II: MHO SERVICE DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 5: PRACTITIONER QUESTIONNAIRE FINDINGS
CHAPTER 6: FOCUS GROUPS FINDINGS
CHAPTER 7: KEY THEMES AND CONCLUSIONS
CHAPTER 8: REFERENCES
ANNEX 1: MHO FOCUS GROUP FORMAT
ANNEX 2: MHO SURVEY, SWSI 1998: THE WAY AHEAD

Tables

Table 3.1: Activity levels within LAs for the 12 months from April 2001 to March 2002 under areas of the Mental Health (Scotland) Act (1984)
Table 3.2: Activity levels within LAs for the 9 months from April 2002 to December 2002 under areas of the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act (2000)
Table 3.3: MHO staffing complements
Table 3.4: Staff grades of practising MHOs
Table 3.5: Deployment of MHO staff
Table 5.1: Satisfaction with support
Table 5.2: Access for MHO respondents to specialist advice within LAs
Table 5.3: Supervision of MHO work by team type
Table 5.4: Satisfaction with supervision and workload management
Table 5.5: MHO assessment of training opportunities

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