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Inform Adults, Inform Children, Mental Health

How social workers can work with domestic abuse, substance use and mental ill health

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Matt Hancock

Adults, Mental Health

Government to drop Coronavirus Act provisions weakening Mental Health Act protections

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Children, Mental Health

Scrutiny of social work practice as part of ‘deep dive’ children’s mental health inspections

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Mental Health, Workforce

Social work professional standards to take greater account of mental health needs

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Michael King, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman

Children, Mental Health

Council ‘reneged on agreement’ with ombudsman by not making changes to special guardianship placement

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Adults, Mental Health

‘Sometimes you have to do a bit of paperwork to give someone freedom’

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Children, Mental Health

Making the Mental Health Act work for children and young people

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

‘I didn’t even know what mental health social work was – a profession, a career’?

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Adults, Mental Health

‘No evidence’ that misuse of Mental Health Act is leading to increase in detentions

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Royal Courts of Justice

Adults, Mental Health

Judge backs ‘short-term’ fix to backlog of deprivation of liberty cases

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Adults, Mental Health

Survey highlighting mental health discharge planning problems ‘no surprise’, experts say

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Mental Health

‘Little or no improvement’ in user perception of community mental health services, survey finds

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Mental Health

Community treatment orders offer few social benefits for patients with psychotic illnesses, research finds

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Royal Courts of Justice

Mental Health

Council must meet mental health aftercare costs for man already awarded £3.5 million in damages

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Mental Health

Why is there a near social work monopoly on the AMHP role?

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Mental Health

English local authorities face average seven-month DoLS case backlog, official figures suggest

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