Social Work Practice and Social Interventions in Mental Health Settings

1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-97745-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Student Social Work

Social Work Practice and Social Interventions in Mental Health Settings is essential reading for any social work students interested in working with people who have a mental illness.

Offering a constructive exploration of social work practice across a range of settings, including community mental health teams, primary care services and social work with children and families, this book examines the social worker’s professional identity and the use of social interventions to improve outcomes for service users. Chapters cover key policy and legislation areas, offering insights into working across different practice setting and using specific social interventions. Providing students with an easy-to-read overview of the key themes for social work practice with people who have a mental illness, each chapter also offers learning exercises and illustrative case studies to support student engagement and understanding.

Using a strengths-based approach to working with people who have mental health problems in a way that promotes social justice and challenges discrimination, this book will be essential reading for anyone who is training to be a social worker at UG and PG level, including BA/BSC Social Work, PGDip/MA Social Work, Social Work Degree Apprenticeships, Step Up to Social Work, Frontline and Think Ahead.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Carter, Edd

Carlton, Cherie

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section 1: Introduction  1.Introducing social interventions in practice and book overview  Section 2: Social Interventions  2.Understanding models of impairment  3.Integrating Motivational Interviewing including the Skilled Helper Model and Transactional Analysis in Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Services  4.Systemic Interventions in Mental Health Social Work: Relational Thinking, Reflexivity and Practice in Context  5.Social Capital Interventions in Mental Health Social Work  Section 3: Practice contexts  6.Using Social Interventions in Community Mental Health Teams and Acute Psychiatric Settings (Including Forensic Social Work): Exploring Challenges and Opportunities  7.Learning Disability and Neurodiversity. How Social Capital Interventions can advance wellbeing for people who may experience social isolation.  8.Substance misuse and dual diagnosis  9.Mental Health Practice in Social Work with Older People and in Primary Care: Social Interventions that Engage and Support Carers and the People They Care For  10.Children and families including children in need and child protection  Section 4: Conclusions  11.Social Work Identity, Social Interventions and the Future of Mental Health Practice

Über Autor(innen)

Edd Carter is a registered social work and qualified Approved Mental Health Professional with a practice background in working with people who have learning disabilities and in mental health settings. He is an Associate Professor in Social Work Practice at Middlesex University leading a range of social work qualifying programmes. Edd’s research and practice interests include social work pedagogy, mental health practice and social work epistemologies.

Cherie Carlton is a social worker and educator with nearly thirty years’ experience across the UK and Australia. She is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader at Middlesex University, where she oversees a national social work programme and develops innovative, accessible teaching. Her career spans child protection, mental health, and national training initiatives, and she is known for championing lived experience, social justice, and reflective practice.