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Short-term care
This service provides a means whereby parents who are caring
for a subnormal child at home may be offered the opportunity
of a temporary relief once or twice a year and is very valuable in
times of family crisis, ill-health, etc. The number of children and
adults sent on short-term care during 1966 was as follows:—
Under 16 years 35
Over 16 years 32
Total 67
Long-term care
The number of patients maintained in long-term care increased
in 1966 and at the end of the year 37 patients were resident in
the following homes :—
Guardianship Society
Mental After-Care Association
Richmond Fellowship
Hampton Manor Homes
Cheshire Foundation Homes
St. Joseph's Special School
National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children
St. Mary's Convent
Other approved accommodation
10
9
2
1
3
1
1
5
5
STAFF TRAINING AND STUDENT TRAINING
Staff Training
Two senior mental health social workers successfully completed
their courses at the North Western Polytechnic and at the National
Institute of Social Work Training and have returned to work in
the Department.
Two other senior mental health social workers were seconded
on full salary to the two-year Younghusband Course and were
replaced temporarily in the mental health team by two qualified
social workers.
The qualifications of social workers in the mental health team
at the end of 1966 were as follows:—
Psychiatric Social Workers
Certificate in Social Work or Social Science Diploma or
Degree
Unqualified
6
10
1