Mental Health

News, practice information and opinion on mental health social work

Adults, Children, Events, Mental Health, Workforce

How Community Care Live is changing in 2015 and how you can book your place

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Adults, Mental Health

Case backlog leaves ‘worryingly high’ number of people deprived of liberty without authorisation, warns CQC

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Adults, Mental Health

Council faces bill of over £100,000 for unlawfully depriving 90-year-old of liberty

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Mental Health

NHS commissioners and local authorities must give AMHPs more support, says DH

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Adults, Mental Health

Social workers given guidance on applying deprivation of liberty ‘acid test’ to end-of-life care

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Mental Health

New Mental Health Act code of practice published

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Mental Health

Real-terms funding cut to children’s mental health services revealed

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Adults, Mental Health

Deprivation of liberty safeguards paperwork cut as ‘unnecessary’ forms scrapped

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Mental Health, Workforce

Mental health workers must recognise they are only human to prevent burnout, finds study

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Mental Health

Mental health social work fast-track scheme invites academics to bid for partnership

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Adults, Children, Mental Health, Workforce

The top ten social work stories of 2014

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Adults, Mental Health

Government approves ‘temporary’ fix to best interests assessor training dilemma

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Mental Health

Government back-to-work schemes ‘failing’ people with mental health problems

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Mental Health

NHS pilot schemes to review CAMHS thresholds and out-of-area placements

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Mental Health

Withdrawing social workers from NHS mental health teams will hamper personal budget integration, says guide

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Mental Health, Workforce

BASW’s Faye Wilson: ‘I live and breathe mental health’

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