SOCIAL WORK IN MENTAL HEALTH SETTINGS: ROLES AND TASKS

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6th July 2017 9.00 - 2.00 (lunch provided)Innovation Centre, York

Professor Martin Webber, University of York

Kim Woodbridge-Dodd, PhD student, University of N’hampton

Mark Trewin, Bradford Council

Social workers are essential to mental health care but this can be missed or overshadowed by NHS priorities.

Delegates will hear about research which analyses mental health social workers talking about being a social worker in NHS mental health teams, and their social worker identity. The findings will help to increase understanding and improve support in practice settings and benefit both those in training and newly qualified.

Delegates will also have the opportunity to hear about Bradford Council’s experience of implementing Social Work for Better Mental Health, in particular within current policy context and changing priorities.