On 28th May 2019 an inquest in Cornwal l reported on the sad case of 23 year old Amy Morby, who died as a result of an overdose. She had...

  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...

  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...

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

  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...

  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...

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