Guidance for professionals

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)