The Connecting People study team held a very successful workshop at King's College London on Friday 15th February. The event brought together agencies participating in the pilot study and practitioners new to the model to share experiences
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Connecting practice with policy
We have now trained fourteen agencies across England in the Connecting People Intervention (CPI) model. We use the term 'training' loosely, because much of what we have been doing is facilitating a collaborative learning process.
Continue ReadingOutcomes of Community Treatment Orders
Ann Hiller is an experienced AMHP in Kent. She completed the MSc in Mental Health Social Work with Children & Adults at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, in 2011. For her dissertation she
Continue ReadingResearch methods and social work: ne’er the twain shall meet?
Social workers are generally not excited by research methods. Granted, it's not a particularly sexy topic and the technical nature of research can seems miles away from the reality of practice. Apart from nerds like
Continue ReadingConnecting People Intervention and role of social workers in mental health services
One of the aims of the Connecting People Study is to help articulate aspects of mental health social work practice which have been largely undefined. For too long social workers in mental health settings have
Continue ReadingMy first week at York
I'm not usually inspired to write about my diary, but this week has been quite exceptional and renewed my faith in the future of mental health social work. My first day in the employ of
Continue ReadingIs mental health crisis care in crisis?
Police mental health guru Mental Health Cop posted an excellent response on his blog to my post on rates of police detentions under section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983. His main argument is
Continue Reading“‘ello ‘ello ‘ello. What’s goin’ on ‘ere then?”
The last five years have seen a steady increase in the number of people subject to the provisions of the Mental Health Act 1983 (NHS Information Centre, 2011). This is in large part due to increases
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