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Publication date: 12 June 2017

Paul Jennings and Catherine B. Matheson-Monnet

The purpose of this paper is to describe the design, implementation and evaluation of a small UK case study of a mentoring style pilot intervention integrating a specially trained…

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to describe the design, implementation and evaluation of a small UK case study of a mentoring style pilot intervention integrating a specially trained police officer alongside mental health professionals to support highly intensive service users of emergency services.

Design/methodology/approach

The development of the conceptual framework informing the mentoring intervention is described and its implementation evaluated using a range of qualitative and quantitative outcome measures.

Findings

The four high intensity service users involved in the pilot had internalised the need to participate in recommended recovery pathways. Mental health nurses reported improved compliance with treatment. Although the sample was small, the number of police mental health crisis detentions was reduced by 66 per cent after one year and by 100 per cent after 18 months. Usage of other emergency public services had also drastically reduced, or been eliminated altogether.

Research limitations/implications

Limited time and resources and the need for a solution that could be implemented as soon as possible meant a pragmatic design, implementation and evaluation.

Practical implications

The study indicated that a wider roll out of the new multi-agency mentoring model would be beneficial.

Originality/value

This is the first intervention to integrate mental health professionals and a trained police officer directly into the care pathway of repeated users of emergency public services with complex mental health needs.

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Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2056-3841

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Article
Publication date: 16 March 2020

Talal AlShammari, Paul Jennings and Brett Williams

Emergency medical services (EMS) educational standards in Saudi Arabia have developed at an unprecedented rate, and the rapid pace of development has resulted in a considerable…

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Purpose

Emergency medical services (EMS) educational standards in Saudi Arabia have developed at an unprecedented rate, and the rapid pace of development has resulted in a considerable disparity of educational approaches. Therefore, an empirically based core competency framework should be developed. The aim was to utilize exploratory factor analysis (EFA) in the reduction and generation of a theoretical Saudi competency model.

Design/methodology/approach

A purposive sample was utilized in a national quantitative cross-sectional study design of Saudi Red Crescent Authority (SRCA) healthcare workers. The instrument comprised 41 core competency items rated on a Likert scale. EFA alpha factoring with oblique promax rotation was applied to the 41 items.

Findings

A total of 450 EMS healthcare providers participated in the study, of whom 422 (93.8 per cent) were male and 28 (6.2 per cent) female. Of the participants, 230 (60 per cent) were aged 29–39 years and 244 (54.2 per cent) had 5–9 years of experience. An EFA of instrument items generated five factors: professionalism, preparedness, communication, clinical and personal with an eigenvalue > 1, representing 67.5 per cent of total variance. Only variables that had a loading value >0.40 were utilized in the factor solution.

Originality/value

The EFA model Saudi ParamEdic Competency Scale (SPECS) has been identified, with 27 core competency items and five overarching factors. The model has considerable similarities to other medical competency frameworks. However, some aspects are specifically unique to the Saudi EMS context. The SPECS model provides an academic blueprint that can be used by paramedic educational programs to ensure empirical alignment with the needs of the industry and community.

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International Journal of Emergency Services, vol. 9 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2047-0894

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Article
Publication date: 1 June 1951

WE look before and after at the beginning of 1951. The three cardinal dates in the history of the public library movement—which is only the larger part of the national library…

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WE look before and after at the beginning of 1951. The three cardinal dates in the history of the public library movement—which is only the larger part of the national library service—were 1850 which saw the legal origin of the movement; 1919 when it was set free from the enforced poverty of sixty‐nine years, and 1950 when it reached what until today was its veritable apotheosis. General recognition, such as authority from the Crown to the humblest journal gave to public libraries, was something undreamed of not more than thirty years ago. Perhaps, now that some of the splendour of the commemoration has taken more sober colours, it is well to consider what was gained by it. First, the recognition is there and can scarcely be belittled by anyone hereafter; we stand on a somewhat different platform now. We have the extremely valued recognition of our colleagues from libraries overseas. From these advantages all libraries and not only public libraries will in their own way profit.

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New Library World, vol. 53 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care, vol. 3 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1757-0980

Article
Publication date: 1 March 1965

George Ottley

THE FUNCTION OF THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN is to conduct requests for knowledge to known or to possible sources. He can sometimes do this by turning with arm‐length familiarity to a…

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THE FUNCTION OF THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN is to conduct requests for knowledge to known or to possible sources. He can sometimes do this by turning with arm‐length familiarity to a bay full of familiar friends —B.N.B., Besterman, Walford, Britannica, Willings ‐ and an increasing number and variety of bibliographical aids to specialized fields in current literature, but a request for wide, intensive and retrospective book coverage of a subject can set him dancing for a whole afternoon.

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Library Review, vol. 20 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

Article
Publication date: 1 September 1979

Clive Bingley

A YEAR having now elapsed since I concluded the sale of Clive Bingley Ltd, and the contract of sale having contained, at my insistence, a provision that I would remain with the…

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A YEAR having now elapsed since I concluded the sale of Clive Bingley Ltd, and the contract of sale having contained, at my insistence, a provision that I would remain with the company for not less than six months (to ensure a satisfactory transfer to the new regime) and not more than twelve months (to prevent the new regime being lumbered with an old fuddy‐duddy), I have now resigned my employment with Clive Bingley Ltd, and with the associated companies set up last year to encompass its projected expansion, namely K G Saur Ltd and KGS Reference Services Ltd. In lieu of my former directorships, I have agreed to act as a consultant to these companies for as long as either of us thinks I can be of service to them, a status which recognises the role 1 have in practical terms been playing during the months since the companies abandoned Pembridge Road for plushier new offices in the West End of London.

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New Library World, vol. 80 no. 9
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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Publication date: 1 January 1996

Teams are pervasive. According to a recent survey, 68 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies were using self‐managed work teams in one form or another in 1994. But not everyone sees…

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Teams are pervasive. According to a recent survey, 68 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies were using self‐managed work teams in one form or another in 1994. But not everyone sees teams as effective. Here are some common problems:

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 17 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Publication date: 1 December 1989

The world of education within the UK is in turmoil. As in other countries there is a blurring between education and training. Teachers at all levels are faced with implementing…

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The world of education within the UK is in turmoil. As in other countries there is a blurring between education and training. Teachers at all levels are faced with implementing the National Curriculum. Polytechnics are coming to terms with their independence from local authorities and dependence for (decreasing levels of) funding on the Polytechnics and Colleges funding Council. The Universities are grappling with their own new funding body — the Universities Funding Council. Students are likely to be faced with taking out ‘top‐up’ loans. The National Vocational Council lurks around the next comer to put in its ‘threepennyworth’.

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Work Study, vol. 38 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0043-8022

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Publication date: 1 March 1997

John R. Stredwick

This paper examines the development of operational and payment systems in a small company that has responded to the entrepreneurial challenge presented by UK legislation promoting…

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This paper examines the development of operational and payment systems in a small company that has responded to the entrepreneurial challenge presented by UK legislation promoting compulsory competitive tendering. An analysis is made of the alignment of reward strategy with the business imperative. A comparison is made of the contrasting approaches relating to risk sharing, flexibility and new patterns of work between the local authority labour force, with its traditional public sector approach to providing services, and David Webster Ltd, which introduced a raft of innovative measures. Implications for the public sector are outlined and discussed. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. and European Research Press Ltd.

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Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, vol. 4 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1462-6004

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Publication date: 1 March 1973

PETER PLIMSOLL, JOHN ALLRED, ALAN R THOMAS, FRANK JANNOCK, FRANK ATKINSON, COLIN OFFOR, IMOGEN DALEY, MALCOLM CAMPBELL and CLIVE BINGLEY

THE CIVIL CODES of most European countries have, for several decades, required official publication of company details in government gazettes. Thus librarians in each EEC country…

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THE CIVIL CODES of most European countries have, for several decades, required official publication of company details in government gazettes. Thus librarians in each EEC country have enjoyed the availability of an official bulletin, published daily or bi‐weekly: in France, for example, it is called Bulletin officiel des annonces commerciales, a daily document of 70–80 double column pages containing full details of registrations, changes and cessations of all forms of business enterprises, (not only limited companies), together with an index to all personal and business names mentioned. The publication started in 1926 and now costs 50 centimes per issue or Frs 60 in France (c £5) per year. Similar documents at comparable prices are published by the other EEC governments and Denmark too.

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New Library World, vol. 74 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0307-4803

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