Jason Brandon

Jason Brandon is the Mental Health Social Work lead in the office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults at the Department of Health and Social Care.

World Social Work Day: lived experience informs the very best social work

Jak Savage MBE and Jason Brandon, 19 March 2024 - Care and support, Co-production, Knowledge and skills, Our profession, Society, Viewpoint

It’s World Social Work Day, bringing people together to learn, connect, and raise awareness of the breadth, value and benefits of modern, progressive social work. To mark the day, I’m delighted to present this blog from Jak Savage MBE, social care consultant, employer of personal assistants and an invaluable voice of lived experience.

Mental Health Awareness Week: reflections on the role of adult social work

Lyn Romeo and Jason Brandon, 16 May 2023 - Care and support, Events, Mental health, Our profession, Safeguarding, Society

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year takes a theme we can all relate to: anxiety (#ToHelpMyAnxiety). It's not only a chance to shine a light on our psychological wellbeing (and how to maintain it) but also take stock on mental health service provision and the evolution of societal attitudes to an issue which affects us all.

World Mental Health Day - reassurance in trying times

Jason Brandon, 10 October 2022 - Coronavirus, Mental health

Another World Mental Health Day has begun. This annual opportunity to prioritise our psychological wellbeing feels more essential than ever in uncertain times.

Keep calm and call an AMHP

Jason Brandon, 29 June 2022 - Events, Knowledge and skills, Mental health, Our profession

With so many recent challenges and experiences in the pandemic, Jason Brandon, Mental Health Social Work Lead at DHSC, can’t think of a more suitable title to this blog post, which describes the dignity and professionalism of the approved mental health professional (AMHP) workforce. It's National AMHP Day!

Mental Health Awareness Week: a prompt for adult social work

Jason Brandon, 12 May 2022 - Knowledge and skills, Mental health, Our profession

Loneliness, the theme of Mental Health Awareness Week 2022, provides us with a timely reminder of a common trigger to poor mental health and emotional wellbeing, inside and outside the social work profession.

Mental health social work in an unequal world

Jason Brandon, 8 October 2021 - Coronavirus, Mental health, Our profession, Viewpoint

"‘Mental health in an unequal world’, this year’s World Mental Health Day theme, is one I believe all mental health social work colleagues can relate to" says Jason Brandon, Mental Health Social Work Lead at DHSC.

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