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FACILITIES FOR STUDENT TRAINING
Possibly because of the high proportion of trained staff in the
mental health team many demands are made for student places
in the Borough. The mental health section is used for long placements
of social workers from the North Western Polytechnic
Younghusband course. Six students were placed for 5½ months
each during 1965. In addition, four students were placed for 6-8
weeks, two from the London School of Economics Social Science
course and two from the University of London Extension course.
Two students were placed for six weeks' observation placement
by the National Institute for Social Work Training as part of a
one-year course.
In January, 1965, arrangements were made with the Springfield
Hospital Nurses Training School for mental nursing students completing
their third year to spend one week in the Mental Health
Office. During 1965 12 nurses were accommodated under this
arrangement. Nurses from the West Park Hospital Nursing School
in their third year spent an afternoon a week in the Mental
Health Office when arrangements were made for them to pay visits
with the mental health social worker. Similar arrangements were
made for St. George's Hospital nurses during their general training.