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MENTAL HEALTH & SOCIAL WORK
SERVICES
Introductory
The daily supervision of these services is delegated to a Senior
Medical Officer, who is assisted on the mental health aspects by a
Senior Mental Welfare Officer and on the other social work aspects by
a Senior Social Worker.
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Staff
At 31st December, 1966, the staff position was:—
1 Senior Medical Officer.
1 Senior Mental Welfare Officer.
1 Deputy Senior Mental Welfare Officer.
3 Mental Welfare Officers.
1 Mental Health Social Worker.
Dr. R. K. Freudenberg, the Physician-Superintendent of
Netherne Hospital, acts as part-time Consultant Pyschiatrist to advise
the Authority on aspects of the Mental Health Services.
Training of Staff
One Assistant Supervisor from the Junior Training Centre was
sponsored for the one-year course beginning in September leading to
the Diploma for Teachers of the Mentally Handicapped of the National
Association for Mental Health.
A period of in-service training over a period of eight weeks was
organised by the Mental Health and Social Work Section of the Department.
One afternoon each week was devoted to talks and seminars.
This was well attended, not merely by the social work staff of the
Department, but by social workers from other Departments of this
Authority, and by social workers employed by neighbouring Authorities.
Mental Health Establishments
During the year, the 20-place Special Care Unit built by the
Mitcham Round Table in the grounds of the Junior Training Centre,
Bordesley Road, Morden, was officially opened. This unit has made
it possible to provide day care for physically handicapped subnormal
children, and the twelve places in the Junior Training Centre reserved
for special care cases are now released for normal Training Centre
places, bringing the total number of places for Junior Care to 95—
Special Care Unit 20, and Junior Training Centre 75.
From June, arrangements were made for the Authority's subnormal
persons over the age of 16 years to be transferred from Surrey
County Council's Adult Training Centre, ' Bentley', Banstead, to a
Training Centre in the grounds of the Manor Hospital, Epsom. This
was rendered necessary since Surrey County Council had a large
waiting list of their own cases awaiting admission.
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