Mental Health

News, practice information and opinion on mental health social work

Adults, Mental Health

NHS agrees five-year plan to address ‘unacceptable’ mental health failings

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Adults, Mental Health

Councils step up support for mental health social workers

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A lecture given to Frontline social work students in 2018

Adults, Workforce, Children, Mental Health

Social work fast-track schemes: what we do and don’t know

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Workforce, Mental Health

Fast-track social work scheme seeks organisation to evaluate its impact

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Children, Mental Health

Mental health support for abused children too difficult to access, survey finds

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

‘Why the principles of Bournewood and Cheshire West must shape Dols reform’

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Adults, Mental Health

Supreme Court ruling triggers 16-fold rise in deprivation of liberty cases in Wales

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Adults, Mental Health

Withdrawing social workers from NHS will ‘boost Care Act compliance’, claims council

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Adults, Stand Up For Social Work, Mental Health, Workforce

Social work hero: ‘His contribution is often undervalued but I am always impressed’

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Children, Mental Health, Workforce

Social worker of the year shows profession’s value in forensic mental health service

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

‘Lessons from the Southern Health report go beyond the NHS – social work must step up’

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Adults, Children, Mental Health, Workforce

The top 20 social care stories of 2015

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Adults, Mental Health

‘A failure of leadership’: official report’s verdict on NHS trust’s scrutiny of deaths

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Children, Mental Health

MPs call for urgent action on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder

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Adults, Mental Health

Proposed deprivation of liberty reforms ‘too complex and costly’, says government

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Adults, Mental Health

How not to respond to criticism of your health or care organisation

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