Percentage of adults in contact with secondary mental health services in paid employment - WMCA

The measure shows the percentage of adults receiving secondary mental health services in paid employment at the time of their most recent assessment, formal review or other multidisciplinary care planning meeting.

Adults 'in contact with secondary mental health services' is defined as those aged 18 to 69 who are receiving secondary mental health services and who are on the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

The measure is focused on 'paid' employment, to be clear that voluntary work is to be excluded for the purposes of this measure.

Employment status is recorded using the following categories:

1. Employed
2. Unemployed and Seeking Work
3. Students who are undertaking full (at least 16 hours per week) or part-time (less than16 hours per week) education or training and who are not working or actively seeking work
4. Long-term sick or disabled, those who are receiving Incapacity Benefit, Income Support or both; or Employment and Support Allowance
5. Homemaker looking after the family or home and who are not working or actively seeking work
6. Not receiving benefits and who are not working or actively seeking work
7. Unpaid voluntary work who are not working or actively seeking work
8. Retired ZZ Not Stated (person asked but declined to provide a response) The calculation of the measure was changed in 2013-14 and in 2017-18.

Previously, outcome scores were calculated from annual totals from the MHMDS, whereas now the outcome is calculated each month and the ASCOF measure for the year is derived as an average of these monthly scores.

In 2017-18 The Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS) methodology has also been updated so that only whole numbers are published.

Only covers people receiving partly or wholly supported care from their Local Authority and not wholly private, self-funded care.

Data Source: Mental Health Minimum Data Set'

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