A Life in the Day: Volume 8 Issue 2

Editorial

Life on the borderline

Laury Desmond describes her personal journey from despairing teenager to self‐harming college student to psychiatric patient. Now she is battling back from the edge to forge a…

Learning journeys

Olga Snell reviews a new handbook for tutors and managers in adult education offering information and guidance on supporting people with mental health difficulties.

Making the hole square

Janine Pinion maps the road travelled so far in creating a helpful environment for students with mental health problems (and the staff who support them) at Wirral Metropolitan…

What is work? Qualifying in vocational rehabilitation

The first cohort of students has recently completed the first module towards the MSc in vocational rehabilitation at Sheffield Hallam University.

From caterpillars to butterflies

Modernising a sheltered workshop into a new, vocational service providing individual placement support was a painful but ultimately rewarding and worthwhile experience for Hilary…

Social outcomes of employment: the experience of people with mental ill health

Despite it being a central focus of government policy, there is a lack of research into the experience of employment for people with mental health problems, especially with regard…

Winners all: supporting people to stay in work

Despite significant progress being made in recent years towards creating more inclusive workplaces, there is still a great deal more that needs to be done truly to embrace…

Network page

In this issue we offer profiles of Wakefield JobNet and Catering Plus ‐ both employment initiatives developed by Wakefield Metropolitan District Council. Wakefield JobNet is an…