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What does a Mental Health Social Worker do?

I think there’s a lot of misunderstandings about what I actually do at work. What do social workers who are in mental health services do? What do social workers who work in adult services do? I hope by reading, some people get to learn a little of my...

Published 2 Aug 2011 7:36 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, mental health, health, mental health social work, carer, social worker, approved mental health professional, personal, cmht, social work in the uk, NHS Trust, AMHP, Best Interests Assessor, Community mental health service, mhsw, what does a mental health social worker do, what does a social worker do
Guilt, Work and Switching Off

Over the weekend, I was reading Dorlee, from the ‘Social Work Career Development’’s guest post ‘The ABCs of Self-Care for Psychotherapists’ on ‘Private Practice Inside Out’. It is a useful and interesting list that can be extrapolated for many in the...

Published 23 May 2011 6:52 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, mental health, local authority, health, public sector, social workers, approved mental health professional, social work management, dealing with stress in social work, looking after yourself, poor management, self-care
Ethical Practice in the Face of Cuts

How can I compute the process of going into peoples’ homes, often relying on good relationships which have been built up over weeks, months or years and telling them that there is no money left, that services need to be … Continue reading →...

Published 20 Apr 2011 7:09 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, mental health, local authority, health, mental health act, approved mental health professional, personal
On Being Shadowed

Last week, I had the pleasure of having a second year social work student shadow me as I worked. She was a student in a voluntary agency that I had come across because she had been doing some work with … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 22 Mar 2011 6:46 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, mental health, mental health act assessment, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP, Student, mental health assessment, shadowing a social worker, student placement
Weekend Links 8

I want to start in solidarity with a couple more British Mental Health Social Work blogs – go and visit them and comment as an incentive for them to continue writing. I really want a community of blogging social workers … Continue reading →...

Published 5 Mar 2011 6:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: work, mental health, links, approved mental health professional, AMHP
Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards – a few thoughts

I’ve written about the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (aka DoLs) and Best Interests Assessments before but the last time I touched on them in detail was a back in 2009 when I looked at some of the initial assessments I … Continue reading →...

Published 3 Feb 2011 6:20 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, mental health, MCA, old age, mental health act, mental health act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 2005, approved mental health professional, Court of Protection, Human Rights Act 1998, personal, European Convention of Human Rights, Best Interests Assessor, bia
Placements and PQ – GSCC reports on Social Work Education

Community Care carries details from the GSCC (General Social Care Council) annual report on social work education in England and it shows a fall in the amount of social work placements provided by local authorities. This came as absolutely no …...

Published 19 Jan 2011 6:09 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, ASW, mental health, local authority, politics, health, local government, approved mental health professional, personal, General Social Care Council, AMHP
Looking ahead to 2011

I’m almost reluctant to write up my thoughts for the coming year and it is a battle to contain my more pessimistic urges. I wrote this post and sat on it for a while because it came across as too … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 31 Dec 2010 5:46 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, politics, local government, approved mental health professional, personal, British Association of Social Workers, AMHP, big society
The Complainant

It was never going to be a visit I was looking forward to. While our manager no longer sidles up to us and drops a physical paper file on our desks by way of allocation, she now sends emails with … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 13 Dec 2010 7:26 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, dementia, work, carers, mental health, local authority, old age, elderly, health, carer, local government, Complaint, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP
10 things learnt in 10 years as a Social Worker

I qualified as a social worker in 2000. I don’t remember the exact date I started my first ‘qualified’ post. It was sometime in the early summer I think - in those days before registration was required and all I … Continue reading → Read More...

Published 30 Oct 2010 6:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, ASW, mental health, discrimination, local authority, old age, government, politics, uk, health, local government, Employment, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP
Into the Night

Image via Wikipedia Although the nature of AMHP work is that it will be crisis-orientated, I have found that assessments are usually planned to some extent. Last week, we received a referral to our team at about 3.30pm. For reasons that smack of ageism...

Published 8 Feb 2010 7:12 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, older people, work, carers, ASW, mental health, old age, elderly, london, long-term care, health, carer, hospital, social worker, mental health act 1983, approved mental health professional, Add new tag, personal, AMHP, Ambulance
The GJ judgement and DoLs

I’m coming back to Best Interests Assessments and DoLs for a while now so excuse my indulgence but it is something that has and is creeping back into my workload after a few ‘dormant’ months and a part of the reason has been the impact of the ‘GJ’ judgement...

Published 14 Dec 2009 6:50 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, older people, work, mental health, MCA, old age, health, mental health act, mental health act 1983, mental capacity act, Mental disorder, Mental Capacity Act 2005, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP, Best Interests Assessor, bia, dols, Case law, deprivation of liberty safeguards, mental health act primacy, gj v foundation trust, court of protection case law, mental health act v mental capacity act, gj judgement
Abduction

There is a story that has been concerning me over the weekend. It was reported by The Daily Telegraph and while the details of the story are troubling taken prima facie, I can’t help thinking there is a lot that we aren’t being told. Under the inflammatory...

Published 6 Jul 2009 5:47 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, mental health, health, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP, The Daily Telegraph, Christopher Booker
Thinking forward

I realise that I might have been a bit more stressed than usual of late. This is due to a combination of factors. It has been a long time since I’ve had any kind of break from work – probably more than is usually the case. I have also had a rush of work...

Published 9 Jun 2009 6:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, work, mental health, health, stress, mental health act assessment, approved mental health professional, personal
Repeat Assessment

I was at work early yesterday in order to carry out a Mental Health Act Assessment. It needed to be completed early in order to ensure that Mr F was in. He liked to go out for walks and we wanted to make sure we caught him in – quite literally. It always...

Published 5 Jun 2009 6:37 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, work, mental health, old age, elderly, health, mental health act, police, hospital, mental health act 1983, approved mental health professional, AMHP
Ginger

My duty as an AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional) is fundamentally to co-ordinate and carry out assessments according to the Mental Health Act (1983 – as amended 2007). So in the case of a community assessment, I will request the doctor’s attendance...

Published 28 May 2009 6:15 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, ASW, mental health, local authority, health, animals, mental health act, hospital, approved social worker, mental health act 1983, cat, national assistance act, approved mental health professional, AMHP, pets, animal warden, cat trap, mha 1983, national assistance act 1948, national assistance act section 48, s48
A Course

Last week I went on a training course. As an AMHP I am obliged to complete 3 (I think!) training days every year which specifically relate to my role as an Approved Mental Health Professional in order to maintain my warrant. So it was that last week there...

Published 19 May 2009 7:49 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, ASW, training, mental health, health, mental health act, mental health act assessment, mental health act 1983, approved mental health professional, AMHP, Law, Case law, edt, legal training, emergency duty team, in-house training
Rage

Yesterday I was at the end of the phone when a carer called – furious that the service was not able to deliver what had been expected of it. Honestly, the rage was mostly deserved. There I was, trying to explain why transport for an appointment had not...

Published 8 May 2009 4:52 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, social issues, older people, dementia, work, mental health, local authority, old age, elderly, health, carer, mental health act, local government, mental health act 1983, approved mental health professional, personal, AMHP, Best Interests Assessor, cancelling appointments, anger with social worker, ear bashing
Positive Influences

I came across a tribute written by Clare Allen in the Guardian, to her own Social Worker, Bernadette, who is retiring this week. Allen writes about the positive influence that her social worker and the relationship between them has resulted in. I could...

Published 14 Jan 2009 5:58 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, mental health, local authority, health, approved social worker, approved mental health professional, good social worker, clare allen
Death of the ASW

I left work yesterday as an Approved Social Worker (ASW) and by the time I go to work on Monday, I will be an Approved Mental Health Professional (AHMP). I signed my last papers and completed the last assessment at precisely 5.18pm (yes, I checked!) on...

Published 1 Nov 2008 4:40 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, work, ASW, mental health, local authority, uk, health, nhs, mental health act, gscc., approved social worker, approved mental health professional, General Social Care Council
Training

It’s a fairly busy month in the Mental Health teams with the impeding (3rd November) changes in the Mental Health legislation in England and Wales. Having attended my ASW (Approved Social Worker) to AMHP (Approved Mental Health Professional) conversion...

Published 21 Oct 2008 6:39 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social care, social work, work, training, mental health, health, approved social worker, mental health act 1983, England, approved mental health professional, mental health act 2007 amendments, care services improvement partnership, uk mental health, csip, England and Wales, mental health legislation
Guardianship - or a journey into Section 7 of the Mental Health Act

I was called into one of the CMHT (Community Mental Health Team) meetings last week. It was a bit of a surprise. We don’t tend to go into other peoples’ meetings. It is almost like entering an alternate universe. People have the same roles...

Published 1 Sep 2008 6:25 AM by Fighting Monsters

Filed under: social work, older people, work, ASW, mental health, MCA, old age, elderly, uk, health, mental health act, approved social worker, mental health act 1983, mental capacity act, Mental disorder, Mental Capacity Act 2005, approved mental health professional, Guardianship

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