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6.4. EFFECTIVENESS OF SERVICES
COMMUNITY-BASED SERVICES
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ommunity- based services included befriending, self-help/support groups,
respite care, youth work, and narrative work (see 4.2). Comments in the
interviews reflected the importance of community-based services:
“it’s more like a group of friends, where everybody is welcomed to come in.
Anybody that wants to come in, can come in. They are made welcome. Erm… what
way can I put it? (pause) If it closed down tomorrow, I’d be devastated. (laughs)
Because of the closeness really that we all have. And we can say anything to each
other and nobody takes offence.” (Interviewee A)
“Because I’m in and I know people…, like there’s women… like you can sit down and
talk to them, maybe somebody is in the same position and even if you don’t talk
about that, you know, they know what your… You can just come in some days and
say, ‘Really bad day’. People know. I don’t mean all goes back to…my daddy,…and
people sort of go, ‘Can I get you a cup of coffee?…You can rub all on together in
here.” (Interviewee K)
Figures 74-76 show GHQ-30, BDI-II, and PDS scores for 25 participants who had
used community-based services in each of the 4 assessments. Each bar indicates
actual test score for one participant. Grey squares indicate non-response, while
coloured squares indicate non-use of service.