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News, practice information and opinion on mental health social work

Mental Health, Children

A child shouldn’t be at risk of serious self-harm before being accepted for counselling

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

‘Are we trying to “fix” the child?’: social work in an NHS team

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Adults, Mental Health

Learning disability units to close in £45m plan to shift care into community

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Adults, Mental Health

Councils use £25m Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards grant to boost assessor numbers

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Adults, Mental Health

Reforming deprivation of liberty: the key debates social workers need to know about

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Mental Health

Mental Health Act detentions rise by 10 per cent

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Adults, Children, Mental Health, Workforce

One week left to register for Community Care Live

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Adults, Mental Health, Workforce

Care minister in the dark over future funding of adult social care

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Adults, Mental Health

Neglect contributed to death of Connor Sparrowhawk at NHS unit, finds jury

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Children, Mental Health

‘Once in a generation opportunity’ to transform child mental health services

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Adults, Mental Health

Family of Connor Sparrowhawk braced for inquest into his death at NHS unit

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Adults, Mental Health

40 per cent of 2014-15 Dols applications not signed off within the year

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Mental Health, Workforce

Why tick boxes and score sheets trump gut instinct when assessing risk in social work

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Adults, Mental Health, Legal

Exceptional legal costs imposed on council in unlawful deprivation of liberty case

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Children, Mental Health

Inquiry launched into mental health of looked-after children

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Adults, Mental Health

“Immediately I knew this wasn’t a social call, I knew the game was up”

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