Mel Hughes - A Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions

A GUIDE TO STATUTORY SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTIONS

THE LIVED EXPERIENCE

MEL HUGHES

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CONTENTS

Mel Hughes

Mel Hughes

Richard Murphy

Michael Wootten with Jennifer Bigmore

Sarah Fulton with Tim Mitchell

Zoe McQuade with Jennifer Bigmore

Kirsty, Niki, Ant and Lee, with Maggie Harris

Leanne with Stefan Kleipoedzsus

Gareth Hunter with Naomi Fraser

Sophie Buckley with Sally Lee

Rachel Jury with Penny Riggs

Fay with Julia Armstrong

Zoe Rooney with Rosslyn Dray

Sue with Emma Spicer

Margaret Parker

Mel Hughes

Mel Hughes

CONTRIBUTORS

Julia Armstrong is a social worker in the Drug and Alcohol Statutory Team (DAST) for Bournemouth Borough Council.

Jennifer Bigmore is a lecturer in social work at Bournemouth University and an experienced children and family social worker.

Sophie Buckley is a University student with ataxic cerebral palsy and contributor to the chapter on being supported to live independently.

Rosslyn Dray is a lecturer in social work at Bournemouth University and an experienced social worker and Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP).

Fay (name changed) has a history of substance use, depression, domestic abuse and eating disorders, and is a contributor to the chapter on being assessed as needing substance use treatment.

Naomi Fraser is an experienced adoption social worker currently with Aspire Adoption.

Sarah Fulton is mother to Jack and Harry and contributor to the chapter on having an s17 Child in Need assessment.

Maggie Harris is a young carers officer within the Borough of Poole children and young peoples social care.

Dr Mel Hughes is Principal academic in social work and academic lead for the PIER (Public Involvement in Education and Research) Partnership at Bournemouth University.

Gareth Hunter, along with his wife, is an approved adopter and contributor to the chapter on being approved as an adopter.

Rachel Jury is a user of adult locality and hospital social work services and contributor to the chapter on being assessed under the Care Act.

Kirsty, Niki, Ant and Lee (names changed) are part of a young carers group and contributed to the chapter on having a young carers assessment.

Stefan Kleipoedszus is a lecturer in social work at Bournemouth University and previously the Principal Social worker for children and families for Bournemouth Borough Council.

Leanne is mother to O and contributor to the chapter on having a child taken into care.

Dr Sally Lee is a lecturer in social work at Bournemouth University and an experienced adult social worker. She completed her doctoral research exploring social work practice, physical disability and sexual well-being.

Zoe McQuade is a care leaver, newly qualified social worker and contributor to the chapter on being taken into care.

Tim Mitchell is a senior social worker with the Poole Child Health and Disability team.

Richard Murphy is a lecturer in social work at Bournemouth University, an experienced AMPH and social worker.

Margaret Parker is the dementia lead for Tricuro, a Local Authority Trading Company wholly owned by Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole Councils. Margaret is a qualified social worker and practice educator with over 30 years experience in adult social care, including working for ten years with people living with the later stages of dementia within day services settings.

Penny Riggs is a social worker and area practice manager based at Poole General Hospital with experience as a Senior Support Worker within a mental health charity; a qualified social worker within a Community Team for Adults and her current role in the local acute hospitals supporting hospital discharges for adults.

Sue Smith describes herself as a wife, mother, daughter, a carer for her learning-disabled son and more recently her 91-year-old mother who has dementia. Before Sue retired her background was managerial administration and fundraising. Sue is contributor to the chapter on having a carers assessment.

Emma Spicer is a social worker in adult services with Bournemouth Borough Council.

Michael Wooten is a father, husband, care leaver and newly qualified social worker. He is a contributor to the chapter on having multiple fostering placements.

Zoe is a long-term user of mental health services; active mental health campaigner and contributor to the chapter on being detained under the Mental Health Act.

INTRODUCTION

Mel Hughes

This book provides a key text for social work students and practitioners undertaking or learning about statutory social work interventions such as: being detained under the Mental Health Act; having a child removed to a place of safety; or having a carers assessment. As a social work student in the UK, you are required to gain experience of statutory tasks involving legal interventions as part of your practice learning. This book will provide you with formal knowledge such as legislative and policy frameworks, but from the perspective of people who have experienced them first-hand. Recognising the expertise of people with a lived experience is an essential part of social work practice but this voice is often lacking within social work text books. The Guide to Statutory Social Work Interventions: the lived experience, shares peoples experiences in an engaging and person-centred way. We consider dilemmas and difficult decisions social workers have to make and explore the impact of professional judgements and legal interventions on the lives of people we support. Each chapter is written by a service user or carer, with formal content such as broader implications, underpinning legislation, policies and research, added by a social worker. In some chapters, contributors have both areas of expertise as they identify as a service user or carer and are a registered social worker. Our approach to the book is underpinned by principles of: how we learn as adults; values and ethics of the social work profession; and the requirements to involve people with lived experience in social work education in the UK. These, along with how best to use this book to support your own learning and development, are outlined below.