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The social worker's guide to child and adolescent mental health
- Author:
- WALKER Steven
- Publisher:
- Jessica Kingsley
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 288p.
- Place of publication:
- London
The author’s aim is to provide a comprehensive guide to working with children and young people who are experiencing mental health problems. He also hopes to equip the reader with the knowledge and skills to provide the best service to these vulnerable young people. The first part of the book considers what role social work can play in child and adolescent mental health. It explores key ideas related to mental health and young people, including attachment issues, children's emotional development and common and complex mental health problems. The author then goes on to look at how social work skills and methods can be applied to working with children and young people with mental health problems. Here he offers guidance on assessment tools, intervention, and multi-disciplinary working. The final section of the book focuses on the wider context, such as legislative and policy frameworks and the importance of considering cultural, spiritual and religious identity. Case examples, reflective activities and practical exercises are included throughout to underpin theory and knowledge. The book is expected to be of interest to pre- and post-qualifying social work practitioners involved with children, adolescents and families, in particular those working in mental health settings, as well as approved mental health professionals.
Back to the future of social work: child and adolescent mental health and the post qualifying curriculum in England and Wales
- Author:
- WALKER Steven
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work Education (The International Journal), 29(6), September 2010, pp.616-632.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The author sets out his rationale, knowledge base and outline content for ways in which the post qualifying social work curriculum could be developed to equip social workers with the necessary skills to engage purposively in the area of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). The first social work course to focus on children's mental health in the UK began in 1929 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The subsequent child guidance movement led to the genesis of CAMHS where social workers held a pivotal and respected role among multi-disciplinary teams. It is suggested that this role has been undermined in recent years. The author believes that post qualifying social work education and training needs to recognise and reflect the potential social work contribution to modern CAMH services to enable social workers in England and Wales to engage and contribute to supporting the increasing numbers of troubled young people. He puts the onus on social work educators to create dedicated modules and pathways in their PSQW curricula to make this happen.