Turning Point has produced a range of toolkits
and good practice guides for social care professionals.
Guidance on supporting Complex Needs
A
practical guide for support staff working with people with a
learning disability who have mental health needs.
Supporting Complex Needs Guide (600k)
Guidance for Commissioners on the Independent Mental
Capacity Advocate Service
Turning Point was funded by
the Department of Health to produce guidance for commissioners on
the Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) service. Local
authorities and NHS trusts have a statutory duty to instruct IMCAs
from April 2007.Published October 2006.
Guidance for Commissioners on the Independent Mental Capacity
Advocate Service (422k)
Dual diagnosis toolkit: mental health and substance
misuse
A practical guide and reference source for frontline staff working
with adult clients who have a combination of substance misuse and
mental health problems. Produced in partnership by Turning Point
and Rethink. Published: Aug 2004.
Dual diagnosis toolkit (663k) Accompanying materials are also
available to download from www.rethink.org/dualdiagnosis.
Protocol and good practice guidelines for working with
crack users
Published: July 2005.
Protocol and good practice guidelines for working with crack
users in generic substance misuse services.
Protocol and good practice guidelines for working with
crack users in Wales
Published: August
2005.
Protocols and good practice guidelines - Wales (bilingual)
(347k)