1. Promoting positive human relationships in Social Work Mark Trewin Mental Health Social Work Lead DHSC Mental Health Social Work advisor NHSE MHA Review working group

3. The challenge for Social Work
The lesson from the LD Cap Statement is that people want Social Workers to show clear values, have time and to be caring & listening.
The lesson from the MHA Review is that people want support, empathy, care & communication more than assessments and complex plans. Poverty and housing are the biggest issues for many.
The lesson from Make Safeguarding Personal is that people didn’t want more services, or protection, but an apology and for abuse/neglect to stop
Overall, the theme is human rights, care choice and independance

4. Diversions from core SW values
Care Management?
Implementing the Care Act?
Austerity and a lack of recourses
The care programme approach and a medicalisation of mental health services?
Risk averse care and support planning?
Challenges to integrated services?

5. A positive vision for Social Work A clear role for Social Work A return to core SW values

6. New opportunities for SW
Social Work Eng: Development of new standards
& training for SWs
The LTP: A new operating and community
model, asset based and integrated with partners
New Models: “Public services to move towards a more
preventative approach, challenging the tendency to
hoard power rather than share it”
Green Paper for Prevention & Soc Care: Placing the
Social Work core skills at the heart of govt policy
HEE: new SW roles to deliver the NHS workforce plan

7. DHSC - office of the CSW: Repositioning social work within MH
Social Work with Adults - the National Perspective
DHSC - office of the CSW: Repositioning social work within MH
Working with the Care Act, MHA & MCA
Redeveloping Core Community Models
Working to the Social Determinates of MH
Ensuring Social Work is within every aspect of MH service provision
Promote social workers as lead professionals ensuring personalised, integrated care and support in MH settings
Ensuring that Social workers have the qualifications, knowledge and skills to work in MH
The role of the AMHP and BIA/AMCP
Working with safeguarding, complexity, risk and conflict
Working with Working with families & communities in a strength based way to promote prevention and independence
Supporting rights capacity and least restriction
New positive roles and uodated employee standards for SWs in the NHS
Will look in a bit more detail in this presentation, about where social work can really add value to some of these key areas, as we face increasing demands and expectations from people who use services, about the standards of care and support they can expect to receive.

8. Thank you and any questions?
There are similarities with the MCA, but the duty to provide independent advocacy under the Care Act is broader e.g. it provides support both to people who have capacity but who have substantial difficulty in being involved and to those who lack capacity
The local authority must meet its duties in relation to working with an Independent Mental Capacity Advocate and those in relation to an independent advocate under the Care Act
The same advocate can provide support as an independent advocate under the Care Act and under the Mental Capacity Act, if trained and qualified to do both
There are many advantages of having one independent advocate, or one organisation, providing both services
Social Work with Adults - the National Perspective