title: Survey of consumer and non-consumer mental health service providers on assertive community treatment teams in Ontario.
abstract: Reflecting the increasing trend of consumers as providers in mental health services, the standards for Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams in Ontario, Canada require the hiring of at least 0.5 full-time equivalent consumer as a service provider. Through a mail-out survey, we explored how the consumer position has been integrated into these ACT teams. It was found that despite some variation in the roles and degree of integration of the consumers on these teams, consumers were generally well-incorporated team members with equal or better job satisfaction as compared to other employees.
authors.affiliation: Carlington Community & Health Services--Assertive Community Treatment Team in Ottawa, Canada.
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Chantal
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Whelan
authors.forename: J Derrick
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Barnes
authors.forename: Bruce
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baskerville
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003256:Community Participation; D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009864:Ontario; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010379:Peer Group; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D000078329:Workforce