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The pocketbook guide to Mental Health Act assessments
- Author:
- BARCHAM Claire
- Publisher:
- Open University
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 216p.
- Place of publication:
- Maidenhead
This pocketbook for Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) provides key advice on the day-to-day aspects of using and applying the Mental Health Act. This includes practical advice on how to set up an assessment, how to undertake an assessment and how to make and implement informed decisions quickly. The book includes: a summary of the different sources of law and explanation of where the Mental Capacity Act fits in; examples of best practice and common pitfalls; checklists and decision making flow charts; and links to the law that AMHPs need to be aware of in their practice. This practical guide is not only suitable for new and experienced social workers, but also junior doctors and those in the social care profession considering a route into AMHP. The 5 chapters cover: the legal landscape; setting up Mental Health Act assessments; managing Mental Health Act assessments and making decisions; implementing decisions and admission to hospital; and working with compulsion in the community.
Forensic mental health social work: capabilities framework
- Authors:
- BOGG Daisy, BARCHAM Claire
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. Department of Health
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 96
- Place of publication:
- London
Sets out a framework for post-qualifying progression and continuing professional development for social workers practising within forensic mental health settings. The framework builds on the generic requirements in the Professional Capabilities Framework (PCF) and the knowledge and skills statement for adult social workers. It sets these new capabilities within the existing nine domains of the PCF, which cover: professionalism; values and ethics; diversity; rights, justice and economic wellbeing; knowledge; critical reflection and analysis; intervention and skills; context and organisations; and professional leadership. For each capability, the framework provides detailed statements to support individual development and outlines key knowledge, skills and tasks required. It also sets out the knowledge and skills expected for social workers at different levels of practice in forensic mental health sector. The framework can be used to inform commissioning, service design and delivery, practice assessment and the development of training to support practitioners to develop the capabilities required for their role. Appendices include a self-assessment tool and a capability grid, which provides details of the standards expected at each level of capability set out in the document. (Edited publisher abstract)
Integration under threat
- Authors:
- ALLEN Ruth, BARCHAM Claire
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 27.10.11, 2011, p.26.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Highlights the benefits social work has brought to NHS mental health teams. The article stresses the importance of providing professional leadership support social workers within the mental health teams to enable integrated services to work effectively.