Tag Archives | mental health

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Adults, Social work leaders

10% drop in section 136 detention numbers linked to policy limiting police response to mental ill-health

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Children

‘Why children with social workers need a dedicated pathway to access CAMHS’

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Adults, Workforce

‘Our clients were invisible until our team came into being’: leading a service supporting homeless people

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Workforce

Social worker numbers increase in Scottish councils

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Social work leaders, Workforce

New leadership for AMHP Leads Network

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Children

‘You don’t just sign section papers’: project to evidence value of AMHP role starts work

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Adults, Inform Adults

Responding to suspected self-harm: tips for adult social care practitioners

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

Law to bolster child protection announced in Labour’s first King’s Speech

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Social work leaders, Workforce

Social Work England issues guidance on new AMHP training standards

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Social workers on strike in Barnet

Adults, Workforce

Mental health social workers return to work after nine-week strike

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Mental health practitioner and client

Adults, Children

Bolstering AMHP role can ‘vastly reduce’ detention numbers under existing MHA, say service heads

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Adults, Children, Social work leaders, Workforce

BASW chief Ruth Allen on the state of mental health social work

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental health social workers pose greatest recruitment and retention challenge for adults’ services

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Adults, Social work leaders, Workforce

Mental health leads hail project to highlight impact of AMHP work

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Workforce

Council to buy in service to cover social workers during 9-week strike

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