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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.