During my years practising
first as a Mental Welfare Officer, then as an Approved Social Worker and then
as an AMHP, I’ve been in a few tight spots (being chased round a bungalow by an
old man with dementia brandishing a shotgun being one that springs to mind).
However, I have only rarely been actually physically assaulted.
I like to think that’s
because I know how to keep myself safe and de-escalate potentially violent
situations, but perhaps luck also has something to do with it. When I look at
the situations in which I was assaulted, generally I can recognise that I’ve
made mistakes of judgment (although sometimes they are completely unpredictable).
The Masked AMHP tells the sorry tale of when he was
ambushed by a little old lady in his latest YouTube channel video. A warning to
always be vigilant during MHA assessments.
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