Social Work and Mental Health

Fifth Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4462-8229-8
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 171 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 624 g

Reihe: Transforming Social Work Practice Series

While mental health is a core subject on the social work curriculum, many students find the breadth of the subject difficult to grasp. There is much to understand from law, policy and legislation, to ethical and value-based considerations. This book is written as an introduction to the complex issues around mental health. Law and policy are outlined whilst the author gives space to ethical considerations when working alongside the most vulnerable in society. There are clear links between policy, legislation and social work practice and learning features mean students can begin to think critically about a variety of mental health issues.

Key updates:

- A new chapter on the Mental Capacity Act

- More material on the Personalisation Agenda

- More material on working with dementia

This book is in the Transforming Social Work Practice series. All books in the series are affordable, mapped to the Social Work Curriculum, practical with clear links between theory & practice and written to the Professional Capabilities Framework.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Golightley, Malcolm

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
Values and Ethical Mental Health Social Work
Social Work Practice and Mental Health
The Legal and Political Context
Working with Vulnerable People: Mental Health in Children and Adolescents
Working with Vulnerable People: Adults Who Are Short-Term Service Users
Working with Vulnerable People: Adults Who Are Long-Term Service Users
Working across Organisational and Professional Boundaries

Über Autor(innen)

Golightley, Malcolm
Malcolm Golightley has worked in the mental health field for over twenty years, drawing on extensive experience as a community development workers, Approved Social Worker, trainer and researcher. As Head of the School of Health and Social Care he has responsibility for academic leadership and, with others, developing mental health research. Until recently he was a Mental Health Act Commissioner and carried out inspections on behalf of the Healthcare Commission.