Monday, 24 May 2021

One of my scariest ever Mental Health Act assessments

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  One thing I have learned as an AMHP is never to show patients that you are scared. I have been in numerous situations over the years where...
Monday, 17 May 2021

When the people you’re trying to help seek to deceive

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  As a social worker, it has always been my basic approach to believe what service users tell me, unless and until I have evidence to the co...
Tuesday, 11 May 2021

Personal financial resources & s.117 aftercare: Tinsley v Manchester City Council 2017

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  People who follow my blog will know how exercised I can become about S.117 after care entitlement, especially when that entitlement is bei...
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Monday, 3 May 2021

My First Caseload in 1976: Aggie and her 97 year old Mother

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  This video is about another of my caseload back in 1976. Aggie was in her late 60’s. She lived with her 97 year old mother on a smallhol...
Monday, 26 April 2021

My First Caseload in 1976: Margaret & her 40 cats

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  Social work has changed a lot since I started in 1976, in many ways for the better, in some ways for the worse. Back in 1976 the local soc...
Monday, 19 April 2021

How to Become an AMHP 2: The Interview

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  This video focuses on preparing for the interview for an AMHP course. AMHP courses are almost invariably only open to employees of local...
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Monday, 12 April 2021

How to Become an AMHP 1

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  People often post on the Masked AMHP Facebook Mental Health Forum to ask what is entailed in becoming an Approved Mental Health Profession...