Mental health and wellbeing strategy: consultation

We want to hear your views on what a new mental health and wellbeing strategy for Scotland should look like. We have asked a series of questions, and your answers to these will help us write the final strategy.


Questions – Part 14

Our Vision and Outcomes for the Mental Health and Wellbeing Workforce

Our vision is that the current and future workforce are skilled, diverse, valued and supported to provide person-centred, trauma-informed, rights-based, compassionate services that promote better population mental health and wellbeing outcomes.

To achieve this vision for our workforce and work towards longer term population and public health aims we have started to think about the outcomes that we need to achieve in the short and medium term.

We have consulted with partners and identified a series of outcomes for each of the five pillars of workforce planning set out in the National Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care: Plan, Attract, Train, Employ and Nurture.

14.1 Do you agree that these are the right short term (1-2 years) outcomes for our mental health and wellbeing workforce?

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

Plan

Improved evidence base for workforce planning including population needs assessment for mental health and wellbeing

Improved workforce data for different mental health staff groups

Improved local and national workforce planning capacity and capability

Improved capacity for service improvement and redesign

User centred and system wide service (re) design

Peer support and peer worker roles are a mainstream part of mental health services

Attract

Improved national and international recruitment and retention approaches/mechanisms

Increased fair work practices such as appropriate channels for effective voice, create a more diverse and inclusive workplace

Increased awareness of careers in mental health

14.2 Do you agree that these are the right short term (1-2 years) outcomes for our mental health and wellbeing workforce?

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

Train

Long term workforce planning goals are reflected in and supported by training programmes provided by universities, colleges and apprenticeships

Increased student intake through traditional routes into mental health professions

Create alternative routes into mental health professions

Create new mental health roles

Improved and consistent training standards across Scotland, including trauma informed practice and cultural competency

Our workforce feel more knowledgeable about other Services in their local area and how to link others in to them

Our workforce is informed and confident in supporting self-care and recommending digital mental health resources

Develop and roll out mental health literacy training for the health and care workforce, to provide more seamless support for physical and mental health

Improved leadership training

Improved Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and careers progression pathways

14.3 Do you agree that these are the right short term (1-2 years) outcomes for our mental health and wellbeing workforce?

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

Employ

Consistent employer policies

Refreshed returners programme

Improved diversity of the mental health workforce and leadership

Nurture

Co-produced quality standard and safety standards for mental health services

Safe working appropriate staffing levels and manageable workloads

Effective partnership working between staff and partner organisations

Improved understanding of staff engagement, experience and wellbeing

Improved staff access to wellbeing support

Improved access to professional supervision

14.4 Do you have any comments you would like to add on the above outcomes?

14.5 Do you agree that these are the right medium term (3-4 years) outcomes for our mental health and wellbeing workforce?

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Neutral

Agree

Strongly Agree

Comprehensive data and management information on the Mental Health and wellbeing workforce

Effective workforce planning tools

Good understanding of the gaps in workforce capacity and supply

Improved governance and accountability mechanisms around workforce planning

User centred and responsive services geared towards improving population mental health outcomes

Staff feel supported to deliver high quality and compassionate care

Leaders are able to deliver change and support the needs of the workforce

Staff are able to respond well to change

14.6 Do you have any comments you would like to add on the above outcomes?

14.7 Are there any other short and medium term outcomes we should be working towards? Please specify:

Contact

Email: MentalHealthStrategyEngagement@gov.scot

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