Mental Health

News, practice information and opinion on mental health social work

Adults, Children, Mental Health, Workforce

Election 2015: What would the main parties do for social work?

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Adults, Children, Mental Health, Workforce

UKIP would seek wholesale reform of Britain’s “clearly failing” child protection services, if elected

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Adults, Workforce, Children, Mental Health

Lib Dem manifesto promises to ‘radically transform’ mental health services

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Mental Health

15 tips for implementing personal budgets in mental health

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Adults, Mental Health

Deprivation of liberty: 27 case examples to help social workers comply with landmark ruling

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Adults, Mental Health

Government sounds third warning over lack of mental capacity advocacy referrals for safeguarding

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Adults, Mental Health

Government finds extra funds to help manage Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards pressures

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Lamb: Why we are providing £25m to help staff deliver the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards

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Mental Health

Mental health staffing problems linked to ward suicides

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Workforce, Mental Health

First ever substance misuse framework for social workers launches

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Mental Health

‘Staff are firefighting, service users suffer’: views on the mental health funding shortage

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Mental Health, Workforce

‘You work with a constant sense of anxiety because you can’t do your job properly’

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Mental Health

Mental health trust funding down 8% from 2010 despite coalition’s drive for parity of esteem

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Adults, Mental Health

Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards cases in Wales hit record high in run-up to landmark ruling

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Mental Health, Workforce

Mental health social work fast-track scheme backed by £1.6m of government funding

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Mental Health

Vulnerable children detained in police cells as ‘substitute’ for health and social care

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