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STAFF TRAINING AND STUDENT TRAINING
Staff training
The three mental health social workers seconded for training,
two to the Certificate in Social Work Course and one to the Mental
Health Course, returned to the department this year. Two other
members of staff, one a mental health social worker and the other
a trainee mental health social worker, were seconded on full salary
to the one-year Mental Health Course.
The Assistant Supervisor at Balham Training Centre successfully
completed her one-year Diploma Course. Two trainee teachers
have been seconded to the two-year Diploma Course, and a teacher
from Wandsworth Training School has been seconded to the oneyear
Diploma Course for older and more experienced staff.
Another trainee teacher was appointed this year.
The qualifications of social workers in the Mental Health team
at the end of 1968 were as follows : —
Professionally qualified social workers :
Psychiatric Social Workers 10
Certificate in Social Work 3
Social Science Degree or Diploma 4
Unqualified 2
The qualifications of training centre staff in our service at the
end of the year were as follows : —
Diploma for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped ... 5
Letter of Recognition 1
Teaching Qualification recognised by Education Department
2
B.A. Degree 1
Registered Nurse, Mental Subnormality and Certificate of
Royal Medico-Psychological Association 1
Untrained 7
T rainees 1
Student training
This year two students on professional courses at the London
School of Economics were attached to the mental health section.
Two other students taking a Mental Health Course in Manchester
spent a period of two months in the department. Over the year, four
students taking the Younghusband Course at the North Western
Polytechnic and one student from the Chiswick Polytechnic were
accepted for casework placements for a period of 5½ months each.
Two students taking the Child Care Course at Croydon Polytechnic,
spent a period of five months in the department. Five students on