Posted on: 26 May 2020
Health Education England Social Work Group, which is chaired by CNWL’s Karen Cook, Head of Social Work and Social Care, has created a number of resources to promote awareness and understanding of the crucial role that mental health social workers play in health and care systems.
This film, the first of its kind, includes a variety of voices from different areas of social work, including community work, approved mental health professionals, the family group conferencing approach and the social work consultant role highlighting how patients, service users and families benefit from their contribution to the NHS.
In this film, Mark Trewin, HEE Chair of the New Roles Implementation Group for Social Work, describes the important role mental health social workers and Approved Mental Health Professionals play in services.