Monday, 22 February 2021

So why did I become a social worker in the first place?

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  So why did I become a social worker in the first place? It's the little, but significant, life experiences that plant the seeds of you...
Monday, 15 February 2021

My First Mental Health Act Assessment: the 1983 MHA

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  This is about the first assessment I did under the 1983 Act. On 28 th September 1983 the 1959 Mental Health Act was rescinded. I ceased b...
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Monday, 8 February 2021

Social work in the 1970’s: Robina and Cyril: #4 in a series

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  Within a few months of starting as an unqualified social worker in Charwood Area Social Services Department it was decided that I could ta...
Monday, 1 February 2021

Social work in 1976: #3 in a series

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  Social work was very different in the 1970’s -- even the concept of “social work” as a single profession was novel. The social work task c...
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Monday, 25 January 2021

The meanings of "personally seen" and "personally examined": recent Case Law

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  Devon Partnership NHS Trust v SSHC [2021] EWHC 101 (Admin) , published on 22nd January 2021 is a piece of case law that provides an import...
Monday, 18 January 2021

Reforming the Mental Health Act White Paper (13.01.21.)

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  The long awaited response to the Wessely Mental Health Act Review published in December 2018 was released on 13th January 2021 . There...
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Monday, 11 January 2021

Reminiscences of an out-of-hours social worker #3: Sean and the Travelers

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  As well as my full time job as a social worker, between 1983 and 1997 I also worked one or two shifts a week on the out-of-hours standby d...