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The qualifications of social workers in the Mental Health team
at the end of 1969 were as follows:—
Professionally qualified social workers :
Psychiatric Social Workers 11
Certificate in Social Work 3
Medical Social Worker 1
Social Science Degree or Diploma 3
Qualified Mental Nurse 1
The qualifications of the staff of the training school and centres
at the end of the year were as follows:—
Wandsworth Training School:
Diploma for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped 5
B.A. Degree and teaching qualification recognised by
Education Department 1
Untrained 2
Adult Training Centres:
Diploma for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped 2
Letter of recognition 1
Registered Nurse, Mental Subnormality and Certificate
of Royal Medico-Psychological Association 1
Occupational Therapist trained 1
Untrained 3
Student training
The mental health section of the Health Department is
used not only by Universities and Colleges for the teaching of
social work and nursing training but also by overseas visitors sent
to the section by the Department of Health and Social Security
and by other organisations.
Our Department is still the only local authority department
used by the London School of Economics for the placement of
Mental Health Course students and this year two Mental Health
Course students and two Applied Social Studies students were
accepted for training. One student from Manchester Mental Health
Course was also placed for a period of two months in the summer.
During the year two case-work students and one group-work
student were placed by the North Western Polytechnic and two
students were placed by the Chiswick Polytechnic from their
Certificate in Social Work course for periods of approximately five
months each. One student taking the Child Care Course at Croydon
Polytechnic also spent a period of five months in the department.
Six other Social Science and Social Administration students
from Leeds University, University of London, London School of