For those of us working in or receiving support from forensic mental health settings, the role social workers play in ensuring that whole person and family approaches are taken is vital. They use their knowledge and relational skills to enable …
Social work contributes to improving people’s lives in so many ways. The work we do in the field of mental health is becoming an increasingly active and valued part of our role as we strive to sustain recovery and protection …
Isabelle Trowler and I, in our capacities as the Chief Social Workers for Children and Families and Adults respectively, are happy to support any initiative which seeks to promote best practice and uphold human rights. The recently launched National Mental …
Adult social work continues to demonstrate its vital role and ability to specialise across the health and care system. I am therefore very pleased to introduce this guest blog from Dr Ruth Allen, a great practice leader in mental health …
We are nothing if we are not experts in the human condition. As social workers we are among the few health and care professionals who can claim to see peoples’ problems in the full context of their day to day …
Blog post updated 20 July 2015 We can talk endlessly about the need for more effective integration of health and social care services and wax lyrical about our collective wish for better health outcomes, but sometimes it’s just better to …
As effective social workers, we work alongside people, building relationships with individuals and families to appreciate the context within which their worries and concerns exist , but also ensuring that as professionals, we understand how the care and support system …
Personalised. Respectful. Best outcomes. Independence. Equality. Human rights. These are very familiar words in our lexicon of social work. Every day, we strive to support people and families in their efforts to lead happier, healthier, more productive lives. Ensuring people’s …
As another year draws to a close and many of you take a well-earned rest over Christmas, it feels like a good moment to take stock of where we’ve got to in the ongoing reform of social work education and …
As social workers, meeting and supporting those experiencing extreme emotional states is part of the job. In the broadest sense we exist to support families and individuals struggling to cope with day to day living. We must be sensitive and …