One Monday morning in the early autumn of 1976 I turned up for work at Charwood Social Services Department, along with 3 other people who ...

  I’ve looked at section 2 and section 3 of the Mental Health Act on this channel, so I’m now going to look at section 4, which is the other...

  Between 1983 and 1997 I worked shifts on the out-of-hours standby duty team, as it was the only way for a social worker to earn extra mone...

  In a previous video I looked at section 2 and section 3 of the Mental Health Act and when each can be used.  When an AMHP is considering u...

  While I was a social worker by day, between 1983 and 1997 I also worked one or two shifts a week on the out-of-hours standby duty team. Th...

  The difference between section 2 & section 3, and when it can be *complicated* to decide which one to use. Good for CPD. Section 2 a...

  Section 136 is the only section of the Mental Health Act that does not, at least initially, involve a doctor or an AMHP. It gives a police...