FACE risk profile

The FACE risk profile is a commercial mental health assessment tool that is part of a collection of tools produced by "FACE Recording & Measurement Systems".

Nomenclature

FACE stands for "Functional Analysis of Care Environments".

"FACE Recording & Measurement Systems" is the name of the company that produce several toolkits to assess risk and needs in health and social care, mental health, people with learning disabilities, young people, and people with substance misuse problems; to assess peoples' mental capacity, and as an assessment of needs for telecare.

The FACE risk profile is part of the toolkits for calculating risks for people with mental health problems, learning disabilities, substance misuse problems, young and older people, and in perinatal services.

References

Clifford, P.L. (Summer 1999). "The FACE Recording and Measurement System: a scientific approach to person-based information". Bulletin of the Manager Clinic 63 (3): 305–31. PMID 10452193. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety. "Promoting quality care: good practice guidance on assessment and management of risk in mental health and learning disability services". social care institute for excellence - Social Care Online. Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 4 December 2013. (Links to the following resource:)
- "Good Practice Guidance on the Assessment and Management of Risk in Mental Health and Learning Disability Services" (PDF). dhsspsni.gov.uk. May 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

Paley, Graham; McGinnis, Peter (1 September 2003). "Implementing a trust-wide strategy for clinical risk assessment in mental health" 7 (1). RCN Publishing Company: 14–17. doi:10.7748/mhp2003.09.7.1.14.c1769. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

Warner, Lesley. "Review of the literature on the Care Programme Approach" (PDF). centreformentalhealth.org.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

"Best Practice in Managing Risk" (PDF). nmhdu.org.uk. Department of Health, National Risk Management Programme. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

"Positive Clinical Risk Management Policy" (PDF). smhp.nhs.uk. Suffolk Mental Health Partnership NHS. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

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