Mental health social work leadership

• Social Workers as Members of Community Mental Health Teams for Older People: What Is the Added Value?

This research report explores the contribution of social workers that work with older people with mental ill-health in multidisciplinary teams.

• What Do Service Users Want from Mental Health Social Work? A Best–Worst Scaling Analysis: British Journal of Social Work (2018) 0, 1–21

This study from Manchester University explores how people who use mental health services value their mental health social workers.

• Cormac, R. (2020). It takes a village to deal with mental health: How to integrate theory, practice and social policies. Psychreg Journal of Psychology, Vol 4, No. 2, pp. 99-103 - Read more

• Series, L. (2020). ‘Chapter 6 – disability and human rights’ in Watson, N. and Vehmas, S. (eds). Routledge Handbook of Disability Studies (2^nd edition). - Read more

• Reimagining the Mental Health Paradigm for OurCollective Well-Being -This article will be of interest to mental health social workers. The recent special rapporteur for mental health and his colleagues here argue for a new paradigm for mental health based on human rights and social/civil society. - Read the editorial.

Keep up-to-date with latest news and updates through these regular newsletters.

• Principal Social Worker (PSW) weekly emails 

These weekly emails are a round-up the latest news, updates and events specifically for PSWs. If you are a PSW and would like to receive this, please email PSWnetworks@skillsforcare.org.uk

• Social work with adults - Department of Health and Social Care 

This webpage shares insights, updates and reflections from the Chief Social Worker for Adults and others working in the field. 

• Monthly social work briefing (Skills for Care)

This briefing shares the latest news and developments from the adult social care sector, including links to local events and developments. Sign up here.

This webpage is for anyone that works in mental health services that provide, deliver or manage mental health social work, including:

• mental health social workers
• team managers of mental health social work services
• senior managers of mental health social work services
• NHS managers who oversee integrated health and social care teams or services
• approved mental health professionals 
• approved mental capacity professionals.

You might work in a range of organisations, including:

• NHS mental health trusts
• local authorities
• Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)
• private sector hospitals and agencies
• voluntary sector hospitals and agencies
• government agencies
• health and social care organisations. 

The website is hosted by Skills for Care and managed by:

• Mark Trewin, Mental Health Social Work Lead for the Office of the Chief Social Worker for Adults
• Karen Linde, Programme Lead for Social Work for Better Mental Health/Senior Associate Centre for Citizenship and Community
• Karen Morse, Head of Area and Mental Health Lead at Skills for Care.