Hello
Ive recently been accepted to do an MA in social work, this has been my dream/goal for the past year since returning from travelling and has been what i have been working towards. However I have recently been diagnosed with mild depression, i have felt this way for the past year but it has all recently came to ahead and i have been to the doctor and given anti depressants and referred for counselling. I think that it mainly stems from being frustrated at living at home and various things that have come from that. When i went for my interviews and filled in the medical form i did not declare this as i had not been to the doctor. I am going to inform the uni's but am worried this will affect my place at uni and they will withdraw my place, can they do this? I feel i can still do the course and that it will make me feel a lot better to be doing something i want to do and can move away from home and start again. Has anyone been in a similar position?Any advice/help would be great
Have a look at my previous thread ..... GSCC acceptance ..... Its not the same as your case but hopefully by being honest and realistic we'll be okay!
I have some mental health problems and work in social work - when I first registered with GSCC i declared my condition and they allocated a worker to me with hom i had a couple of brief telephone interviews with - once they were happy with my coping strategies and the support my employer gave me via reasonable adjustments , and they had received a report from my psychiatrist , they registered me unconditionally. I hope this helps!
thank you for your response!i have rang both universities who have offered me a place and both said it shouldn't be a problem which has made me feel a lot better!
JayneM, I am really glad that you have had no problems getting on to your course. Had they withdrawn the offer they would have been in breach of the Disability Discrimination Act. I am sure that you will not have any problems during your studies/placements but it is worth bearing in mind the DDA. Good luck
this is a late response and u probably started MA by now, but i can totally relate. i have clinical depression, which has been severe in the past. it has been cyclic and thereforenot neccessarilty triggered by events, though these often have a bearing on my MH. for example, a relationship breakdown triggered a severe breakdown. i disclosed my condition when applying to gscc and had to be assessed as being fit for practice. because i was well at th time i was assessed as having good coping mechanisms. i am now a 2nd year student and have found the experience emotionally challenging. i am finding that it is not the children and familes who cause my anxieties and could prrompt another episode but the culture of the work place, the attitudues of other professionals, the negativity and stiff protocols which frustrrate and depress me, the lack of resources money and evidnce that there is alot of social injustice which i will never be able to defeat. i can understand aggression, frustration from clients, but workplace politics and dysfunction is different entirely. if anything this will make me leave the profession, not the actual fontline work with people. i am already thinking that my health is going to be compromised by this career choice but have no idea what else to do. i am not young, by the way,coming from a variety of life experiences,so i feel options are limitied if i leave. i suppose what i want to say is be totally clear on where different pressures will come from, not just the practice itself, but dynamics with managers, other workers, the seeming to be unable to do much to actually help or change things for the better. these, in addition, to highly emotionally charbged work with vunerable people will place extreme pressures on your mental health and you need a strong head and great resilience to cope. if i was not medicated i would not be here now, but i am still finding it extremely difficult. if your situation was just due to specifici life circumstances then maybe you will be able to manage the pressures ok. i myself already know that ineed to identify another career. alli can say is that i hope he degree will open otherr opportunities for me.