The contribution of social work in mental health services Dr Lynn Prendergast, Associate Director of Social Care, Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Karen Cook, Head of Social Work and Social Care, Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust Robert Lewis, AMHP Service Manager, Devon County Council and member of the AMHP Leads Steering Group www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Context • Social workers have been a core part of the workforce in voluntary and private sector organisations – increasingly being employed in NHS Trusts, often integral to multidisciplinary teams www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Why social work? • Empower to make positive change to lives to improve wellbeing and independence www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Strengths of social work • Social workers should enable people to make positive change in their lives to improve their wellbeing, independence and wellbeing. www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Where is social work? • Social workers work in diverse settings/teams across the NHS-recovery teams, perinatal, complex care, forensic, family group conference • A minority profession in the NHS www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Difficulties for social work? • Role is often not well understood • Genericism has diluted different skill sets rather than enhanced them www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Why raise the profile for social work? Social work is key to innovation; • through better focused and more confident roles • deliver NHS Long Term Plan • role clarity is crucial to impact www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
Why develop resources about the role? • Visibility/pride/voice • Continual need for education of other professions • Supports the role of managers in shared learning • Linked to new CPD and shared learning framework www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
What is it like to work in the NHS? • Challenging
What is it like to work in the NHS? • Working with: • Stigma • Discrimination • Human rights • Environmental issues www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
“As I went to numerous professional gatherings of social workers and AMHPs I experienced their enthusiasm for their role, which convinced me that we should not touch the critical balance between the social and medical perspectives, or more accurately between health and social care, enshrined in the 1959 Act, but should strengthen those links” Dr Simon Wesley – Chair of the Independent Mental Health Act Review, 2018 www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
‘I was acutely suicidal and saw no other way out’ : How being sectioned saved my life – Metro - 2 November 2017 “Leeds woman reveals 'trauma' of mental health detention” - BBC - 21 November 2019 ‘A place where time stands still’ : This is what it’s really like to be sectioned - Metro - 4 September 2017 Mental Health Act ‘When it all goes right’: how a ‘needs major reform’ as kick ass AMHP helped me in a black patients four times crisis – as likely as whites to be Community Care - 11 July 2017 sectioned – The Independent – Being sectioned at 18: Degrading and life- 5 December 2018 saving - rethink.org - 4 October 2018 www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
• Summarises the current context around AMHP service provision, national developments, data and research • Recruitment and retention issues • Current challenges • Draft AMHP Service Standards www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
The role of the AMHP – e-learning module www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
The role of the AMHP – e-learning module www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
• Local authority governance and connection to national and regional AMHP networks • Governance within 24-hour AMHP services • AMHP service scope • AMHPs’ personal, professional, physical and psychological safety • Service and professional development • Improving the experience of people who come into contact with AMHP services www.hee.nhs.uk www.skillsforcare.org.uk
AMHP video https://vimeo.com/393315290/57735a8286
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