Principles of Case Management in Mental Health and Homelessness

This report delves into the multifaceted realm of case management within the context of mental health, emphasizing the critical principles and practices essential for effective intervention. It outlines the key steps involved in successful case management, including professional development, client engagement, stakeholder collaboration, and ethical conduct. The report highlights the importance of resource management, leadership, and decision-making in achieving positive outcomes. Furthermore, it addresses the significant issue of homelessness, exploring its causes, particularly the role of mental illness, and its devastating impact on vulnerable populations. The conclusion underscores the need for ethical practices, stakeholder engagement, and strategic interventions to enhance the well-being of individuals facing mental health challenges and experiencing homelessness. The report also discusses the importance of accurate record-keeping and the need for continuous evaluation of interventions to improve outcomes. The paper includes a detailed reference section with relevant literature from the field.

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Case management in mental health
Various issues associated with mental health have been raised by quite a number of
individuals and organizations who are located in specific locations across the universe.
Moreover, case management in mental health is known to constitute of quite a number of issues
that adequately describe different conditions that are normally involved when dealing with cases
associated with mental health across certain groups of individuals (Enthoven, 2016). Adequate
and reliable case management in mental health is likely to help different persoonalties to improve
their mental health conditions thus making them to be able to make appropriate decisions that
have the potential of contributing towards the emergence of different types of positive results in
their daily actions. In this modern society, different techniques have been developed with an
intention of helping different professionals to solve quite a number of case management issues
that are attached to mental health. These techniques have been able to act as a game changer by
making work easier thereby eradicating any complicated conditions that are likely to come out
during various operations (Fetters, Curry & Creswell, 2013).
Different steps that needs to be followed when handling case management in mental
health
The following are some of the major steps that need to be undertaken in order to ensure that case
management in mental health becomes a success;
 Showing high levels of professionalism and personal development- This is one of the
major contexts when it comes to the implementation of case management practice where
supervision will be carried out in relation to various conditions involving mental health
thus ensuring that the case management is handled according to the required rules and

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regulations. In this step, there are also various issues that involve ethical conduct. When
handling case management within the boundaries of mental health, it will be necessary to
ensure that each and every activity is in line with various types of ethical code practice
together with ethical standards thus preventing the emergence of any loophole that is
likely to occur.
 Working with clients and stakeholders- Working with different types off clients and
stakeholders is critical situation that fully depends on how you are able to view the clients
together with the stakeholders. To ensure that this works out perfectly in terms of
addressing mental health, there is the need to come up with appropriate and reliable
communication that will ensure that adequate information is provided to relevant
stakeholders regarding the progress that is taking place in the management of mental
health. On the other hand, there is also the need to carry out one of the most important
assessment programs across various clients thus this will provide a perfect opportunity to
gather some of the relevant information pertaining their mental health conditions thereby
coming up with an appropriate decision from that point. At this point, there is also the
goal setting in relation to the case management in mental health. Different goals will be
set to ensure that mental health cases are appropriately solved thereby making it much
easier to measure some of the outcomes (Yohannes, Willgoss, Baldwin & Connolly,
2010) Additionally, planning and prioritizing at this level are likely to contribute to the
emergence of some of the best interventions in relation to case management in mental
health. This will therefore enable the case manager to evaluate different forms of
information and also be capable of producing some of the most valuable plans that are
capable of providing a proper guidance towards the direction that should be taken as far

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as the case management in mental health is concerned. The case manager who is in
charge of mental health should be able to develop a range of abilities to ensure that
appropriate delivery of plans are carried out within the correct time frame (Thornicroft et
al., 2010). At this point, there is the need to carry out appropriate delivery of quite a
number of parameters that are essential in the evaluation of different mental health
conditions thereby making sure that adequate results are well obtained. On the other
hand, case managers in mental health are required to regularly review all the
interventions that are fully connected with the outcomes (Slade et al., 2014). The final
point in this step is dealing with record keeping. In relation to the case management in
mental health, keeping of accurate and accessible data is essential when it comes to the
provision of support to various clients together with an advanced engagement with all the
stakeholders both at the internal and external level (Welsh & Lyons, 2011).
 Case management implementation- This step requires various actions to be undertaken to
make sure that the case management in mental health become a success. The major area
that is fully involved in this step is management. Various resources attached to mental
health needs to be managed appropriately to ensure that there is a gradual process in each
and every step that is undertaken (Kennedy et al., 2016). At the same time, there is the
need to the case manager o be able to clearly understand all the management principles
that exists at the organizational level. On the other hand, there is also the leadership
aspect. In order to ensure that all the plans and objectives are moved to the required
levels, the case managers in charge of mental health must be able to display leadership
skills through an appropriate implementation of effective decision making procedures.

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Homelessness
This is a condition that is capable of affecting quite a number of individuals ranging from
adults, families and young people (Kigsirisin, Pussawiro & Noohawm, 2016). The worst part is
that some of the effects that are likely to emerge as a result of homelessness can at some point be
far reaching whereby the ones who are able to encounter it are known to be representing some of
the most vulnerable together with disadvantaged individuals within the surrounding society.
Homelessness is not always a choice and it is known to have the capability of occurring suddenly
or through the use of a series of events thereby subjecting various individuals to different
negative conditions (Galletlyet al., 2016). As far as some of the causes of homelessness are
concerned, mental illness is known to take a better part at this very point since those individuals
going through various mental conditions normally end up being neglected by their respective
families on the basis that they are not capable of thinking critically. This further makes them to
be subjected to unnecessary homeless conditions that are not appropriate at all. The other causes
of homelessness include the misuse of alcohol, unemployment together with a shortage of low
cost housing (Senge, 2016).
Conclusion
In conclusion, setting up appropriate case management in mental health is a technique that is
directed towards coming up with quite a number of positive changes that are capable of changing
the personalities of various individuals by adequately dealing with specific issues that are known
to be associated to their mental health conditions. On the other hand, there is the need of case
managers to be able to work closely with each and every stakeholder and be able to share

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different types of relevant information. This further makes it much easier to highlight some of
the areas where loopholes are likely to exist thus coming up with quite a number of advanced
strategies that are likely to take the entire issue to greater heights. Finally, the implementation of
ethical conduct is one of the best ways that is capable of ensuring that case management in
mental health is done according to the recommended rules and regulations thus providing an
advanced guideline regarding some of the practices that should always be undertaken to ensure
that good results are achieved.

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