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In their Ten-Year Plan for the Development of the Health Services,
the Authority have included the following:—
One 80 to 100-place Adult Training Centre.
One 15-place Hostel for adult subnormals.
One 15-place Hostel for female subnormals.
One 50-place Day Centre.
In addition, by the end of the year plans were nearing completion
for the building of a 20-place Special Care Unit by the Mitcham
Round Table in the grounds of the Junior Training Centre.
THE CASEWORK SERVICES
These Services are operated by both Mental Welfare Officers,
and Mental Health Social Workers, with the general aim of the prevention,
care and after-care of mental illness. Mental disorder, or
mental illness generally ranges through personality disorders, psychopathic
personalities, subnormality and severe subnormality, to the
educationally subnormal school leaver with problems. Over this whole
range, cases need casework support to enable them to live in the
community. Prior to 1st April, 1965, these Casework Services were
administered from County Hall, Kingston, and the major part of the
casework was carried out by staff based at this administrative centre.
Since the setting-up of this Borough, however, the work of Mental
Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers has been integrated
so far as practicable.
A proportion of the supervision of the subnormal and severely
subnormal is in the hands of the Health Visitors who pay routine
visits to them and report direcdy to the Mental Health Section.
There is a good liaison between Mental Welfare Officers and Health
Visitors.
SUBNORMALITY
1. CASES IN COMMUNITY CARE