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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department of Social & Policy Sciences |
| Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
Semester 1 |
| Assessment:
| CW 100% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| This unit is only available to students on the BSc Social Work & Applied Social Studies. |
| Description:
| Aims: * To prepare students for mental health social work practice in a rapidly changing inter-professional and organisational context; * To critically examine the role of mental health social work in specialist and non-specialist settings; * To test students understanding of research and law in relation to mental health & mental capacity. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students will be able to: * Locate social work within the multidisciplinary organisational context of mental health services (statutory and voluntary); * Consider the relevance to practice of alternative models of mental health social work assessment, including risk assessment; * Incorporate service user & carer perspectives in the development of practice; * Understand the relevance of care management and the care planning approach to mental health social work; * Draw on an evidence-base for intervention in relation to mental health problems for children and young people; * Draw on an evidence-base for intervention in relation to mental health problems for adults and older people; * Understand the social work role in relation to mental health legislation; * Identify the implications of anti-discriminatory practice for mental health social work. Skills: Intellectual: * To think creatively and analytically (f/t/a); * To communicate an argument (f/a); * To critically evaluate and assess research and evidence (f/t/a); * To gather information from a variety of sources (f/a); * To synthesize information from a number of sources. Professional: * To develop skills and understanding of relationship & interpersonal skills when interviewing and assessing service users * To develop sensitivity to the values and interests of others (f/t/a); * To apply principles of sociological and social policy analysis (t/a). Transferable key skills: * Essay research, preparation and writing skills (f/t/a); * To reflect upon own academic and professional performance (t/a). Knowledge outcomes: * Knowledge of social processes impinging on service users (t/a); * Knowledge of the nature of social work processes (t/a); * Knowledge of services (t/a); * Significance of legislative and policy frameworks (t/a); * Knowledge of organisational processes (t/a). Content: * research, ethics and law in mental health social work practice * the social work role in relation to specific mental health conditions, including: * personality disorders * drug and alcohol dependency * dual diagnosis * other conditions associated with old age * complex case work in mental health social work including issues of domestic violence and child abuse * mental health legislation and the role of the social worker & AMPH * inequality and discrimination in mental health services; * service user and carer perspectives * race, culture, gender and ethnicity in relation to mental health * statutory social work interventions * care planning * assessment, including risk assessment * mental health & mental capacity * multi agency & multi disciplinary practice, strengths and difficulties in mental health services. |
| Programme availability: |
SP30259 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department of Social & Policy Sciences
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