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Think ahead: social work poll
- Author:
- COMRES
- Publisher:
- ComRes
- Publication year:
- 2017
- Pagination:
- 8
- Place of publication:
- London
Reports on the results of an online survey of 2,033 of British adults which asked about the role of social workers in providing support for people with mental health problems. The survey also asked about the type of support people thought social workers could provide for people with severe mental health problems and professionals involved in deciding whether someone could be detained under the Mental Health Act. Results included that only 41 per cent of those surveyed thought of social workers as important providers of mental health support, whereas 69 per cent identified psychiatrists and 65 per cent identified GPs. (Edited publisher abstract)
A traumatic life brought to book
- Author:
- SALE Anabel Unity
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 25.9.08, 2008, pp.28-29.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Social worker Philip Hill's life story was so extraordinary that his psychiatrist urged him to complete his autobiography. The book details his story from being taken into care, being misdiagnosed as having learning disabilities as a child and experiencing two breakdowns and paranoid schizophrenia, to becoming a social worker. In this article Philip talks to the author about his experiences.
The role of social work in mental health services
- Author:
- SOCIAL CARE INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 17.7.08, 2008, pp.32-33.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
This article discusses the role of social workers in co-ordinating and delivering services for people with mental health problems.
Social workers’ propensity to endorse recovery-oriented service provision: a randomised factorial design
- Authors:
- PETROS Ryan, SOLOMON Phyllis Linda
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Social Work, 50(1), 2020, pp.42-61.
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Providers inconsistently provide recovery-oriented services to adults with serious mental illness despite US federal mandate. An online randomised factorial survey was used to identify and evaluate predictors of social workers’ degree of endorsement of recovery-oriented service provision. Respondents (N = 107) each rated scale items indicating support for recovery-oriented services for four client vignettes (n = 398) and completed standardised measures of recovery knowledge and expectations. The final predictive model was significant (p < 0.0001), accounting for 61 per cent of the variance of the degree of endorsement of recovery-oriented services. Recovery knowledge explains the largest portion of the variance, followed by psychotic symptoms. The finding that client characteristics predict endorsement of recovery-oriented services suggests a fundamental misunderstanding of recovery. Recommendations include training and supervision to enhance application of recovery-oriented principles to service provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Well-being of asylum seeking children
- Author:
- CHASE Elaine
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.7.08, 2008, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Every year some 3,000 children and young people arrive on their own to seek asylum in the UK. The Thomas Coram Research Unit explored their emotional well-being and identified the factors that either helped or created difficulties for them. The study involved discussions with 54 children and young people from a total of 18 countries. Interviews were also conducted with over 30 social care, health, education and voluntary sector professionals. This article summaries the main findings and there implications for professional practice with this group of young people.
'Like bees round the honeypot' social work responses to parents with mental health needs
- Authors:
- HUGMAN Richard, PHILLIPS Nigel
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 6(3), 1992, pp.193-205.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
When service users with mental health needs also are parents social work, along with other professions, often has tended to separate these roles, with unhelpful consequences. This article reports research which looked at the views of parents with mental health needs concerning professional responses, focusing particularly on social work. It examines their experiences of parenting and mental health difficulties in relation to social workers' responses to these two areas of their lives, and suggests that social workers must address aspects together to provide appropriate responses.
The social work contribution to mental health services: the future direction: report of responses to the discussion paper
- Author:
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN ENGLAND
- Publisher:
- National Institute for Mental Health in England
- Publication year:
- 2006
- Pagination:
- 60p.
- Place of publication:
- Leeds
This discussion paper, produced by the National Institute for Mental Health in England, is intended as a catalyst for an exchange of information, experience and ideas about the contribution of social work to mental health services. The paper aims to inform the development of action plans to support the social work contribution to mental health services both now and in the future. The discussion paper generated a debate with commissioners, employers and social workers in primary, secondary and tertiary mental health and social care services on the contribution that social workers can make to the support and recovery of people of all ages in mental distress.
Role theory and family values: a conceptual framework for family and social work reciprocation
- Authors:
- RAPAPROT Joan, BAIANI Poirier
- Journal article citation:
- Research Policy and Planning, 32(3), 2016/17, pp.169-182.
- Publisher:
- Social Services Research Group
This article has two main parts. The first focuses on the theoretical and sociopolitical context surrounding the legal category of the nearest relative in England under the Mental Health Act 1983. It provides a brief overview of a study of the role’s functioning and the theoretical development of Reciprocal Role Valorization. The second concentrates on the Family Group Conference, its innovative developments in the New Brunswick, Canada and how the theory arising out of the nearest relative study relates to the province’s initiative. The importance of specialist postqualifying professional development and professional maturity to enable social workers to unlock family potential is also argued in the context of increasing interest in strengths based social work. (Edited publisher abstract)
Measuring burnout among UK social workers: a Community Care study
- Author:
- McFADDEN Paula
- Publisher:
- Community Care
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 29
- Place of publication:
- Sutton
This report details the headline results of a survey of 1359 UK social workers on levels of burnout in the profession, focusing on emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation and personal accomplishment. This research was commissioned and funded by Community Care as part of our Stand Up For Social Work campaign. Almost three quarters of the sample scored in the high category of emotional exhaustion while a further 18 per cent scored moderate levels of emotional exhaustion. More than one in four scored in the high category of depersonalisation while 35 per cent scored in the moderate category. Depersonalisation describes a lack of feeling and an uncaring response to service recipients and is correlated with the emotional exhaustion subscale. With the majority of the sample scoring in the high category in relation to personal accomplishment with no one scoring in the low category, UK social workers in the sample are feeling competent and successful in their work despite high levels of emotional exhaustion and depersonalisation. (Edited publisher abstract)
Life after stroke: the long-term emotional and psychological needs of stroke survivors and their carers
- Author:
- INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SERVICES
- Publisher:
- Institute for Research and Innovation in Social Services
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 6p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Glasgow
One of a series of briefings providing practice-oriented summaries of published evidence, this Insight focuses on the long-term emotional and psychological needs of stroke survivors and their carers. The briefing provides an overview of the current policy context in Scotland before summarising recent research evidence. Recommendations for practice are then highlighted. These include the importance of preventing depression and anxiety in stroke survivors, the need to prevent social isolation and the importance of effective communication in supporting both survivors and carers.