New research reveals the complex matrix of mental health social work in Local Authorities and NHS Mental Health Trusts in England and Wales.
The provision and organisation of mental health social work in England and Wales is complex. Local Authorities and NHS Mental Health Trusts both employ social workers to work with people with mental health problems, but
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Jonny Lovell, PhD student in the International Centre for Mental Health Social Research at the University of York, has recently completed his thesis on sharing lived experience in mental health services. He conducted this research
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There is increasing recognition of the value of lived experience and the important contribution people with personal experience of mental health issues can make to mental health care. Peer workers already exist in a number
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Practitioner research The two recent reviews of qualifying social work education in the UK have both argued that teaching and practice needs to be underpinned by rigorous research. Although there are several problematic aspects to these
Continue ReadingMeredith Newlin is the fourth part-time PhD student who has started with me at York this year. She is also employed as a researcher on the Connecting People study and, as she explains, the two
Continue ReadingIn the second of three posts from new PhD students, Daisy Bogg (AMHP, trainer, consultant and prolific author) explores her route into a part-time social work PhD and what she will be researching. For about
Continue ReadingI am very pleased to have some excellent and experienced social workers undertaking part-time PhDs with me at the University of York. From time to time they will post up some information about their research
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