@AsifAMHP

@AsifAMHP has worked in adult social work in Approved Mental Health Professional and Best Interest Assessor roles for 15 years. He wishes more people were involved in this work and took the time to read the Mental Health Act and its Code of Practice.

Guest blog: Are we the invisible health professionals?

@AsifAMHP, 26 June 2017 - Knowledge and skills, Mental health, Recognition

Let me begin with a bold assertion, but one which I believe expresses a widely held view by those seeking to raise the profile and effectiveness of mental health social work: Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs) are mostly invisible. I’ll …

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