Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
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Inspectors 6 Rodent Officer 1 Rodent Operators/General Duties Assistants 8 Mortuary Attendant 1 Psychiatric Social Workers 3 Senior Psychiatric Social Worker Mrs A Lees BSc MHC Mental Health Social Workers 12 9
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Inspectors 6 Rodent Officer 1 Rodent Operators/General Duties Assistants 8 Mortuary Attendant 1 Psychiatric Social Workers 3 Senior Psychiatric Social Worker Mrs A Lees BSc MHC Mental Health Social Workers 12 Chief Mental Health Social Worker
for the child guidance clinic:- Referrals 1969 177 Diagnosed by psychiatrist 112 New cases seen by psychiatric social workers 94 Number of families helped by psychiatric social workers 250 Total attendances to see psychiatric social workers
Social Workers BBC Central Welfare Department Spastic Society, Psychiatric Social Worker Youth Workers with Unattached Youth Richmond Child Guidance Clinic, Richmond, Psychiatric Social Worker General Practitioner Yeovil Liverpool Family
Illness: Visits made by mental welfare officers 3,384 Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 196 Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 258 (b) Mental sub-normality:
Illness: Visits made by mental welfare officers 4,061 Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 195 Informal admission to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 196 (b) Mental sub-normality: Visits
and interviews with clients (home and office) 5,332 Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 206 Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 132 (b) Mental sub-normality:
and interviews with clients (home and office) 5,771 Compulsory admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 219 Informal admissions to psychiatric hospitals by mental welfare officers 147 (b) Mental sub-normality:
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school setting. In all cases both parents as well as the child are given psychiatric interviews and in many cases they are all offered treatment} the parents with a psychiatric social worker and the child with the child psycho-therapist. The
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school setting. In all cases both parents as well as the child are given psychiatric interviews and in many cases they are all offered treatment; the parents with a psychiatric social worker and the child with the child psycho-therapist. The
Referrals from psychiatric hospitals more than doubled, whilst referrals from general practitioners decreased by 14%. This was undoubtedly due to the extended use of mental welfare officers at psychiatric out-patient clinics at hospitals in
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2.4.66 | 2.7.66 | 1.10.66 | 31.12.66 |
the Clinic remain heavy and to meet adequately the rising demand there is a continued need for increased psychiatric and psychiatric social work sessions. The provision of more accommodation would also be advantageous.
continued and five mental welfare officers were employed on a joint appointment basis with psychiatric hospitals in the area. Two council nurses with psychiatric training continued to work within the catchment area of St. Olave's Hospital.
away, work continues with the family and occupies an increasing proportion of the time of the Psychiatric Social Worker and the Educational Psychologist. Psychiatric Interviews Diagnostic Interviews 40 (of these, 10 were referred in 1955).
present shortage will be only a temporary one. The additions to the staff have made still more clear the inadequacy of the accommodation. The Educational Psychologist, Psychiatric Social Worker, and Clerical Assistant have rooms at the Town
School, the psychotherapist is now employed full-time. Two additional part-time psychiatrists were engaged in April to visit the Council's residential establishments and to advise staff on the psychological aspects of child care. The arrangements
have preliminary interviews with an educational psychologist, while the parent is seen by a psychiatric social worker who records the childs history for the information of the psychiatrist. 342 interviews of this type were carried out during
are now being received not only from the Ingrebourne Centre but from Psychiatric Out-patient Clinics, Warley Hospital and General Medical Practitioners. (e) Psychiatric Out-Patient Clinics at Harold Wood Hospital The arrangements whereby
short stay Hostel for 26 persons with a history of psychiatric illness, mostly men and women on discharge from Goodmayes and Warley Hospitals. The residents are regularly interviewed by the Psychiatric Social Worker and weekly group meetings
joined local social clubs. As at Collier Lodge Hostel, monthly staff meetings with the Borough Psychiatric Adviser are held to discuss problems of psychiatric management residents' progress and treatment, and the interaction of residents amongst
training curriculum. (b) Links with Ingrebourne Centre A regular liaison with the Centre has continued and a psychiatric social worker attends staff and group meetings and to accept discharge referrals. Also, the alternative participation
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year. STAFFING Miss Court, Psychiatric Social Worker at the clinic, left on 2nd June to take up work in a research project at the Institute of Criminology of the University of Cambridge. We welcome to the clinic two new Psychiatric Social Workers,
Clinic in a new field. Close links between teachers, Educational Psychologists, and Psychiatric Social Workers have been established. Psychiatric sessions were started at the school for the purpose of giving support to the school staff
allocation of psychiatric sessions but it is hoped that the education authority and the Regional Hospital Board will be able to resolve the difficulties and the sessions resumed. The school for children with emotional and behaviour problems requires
between the staff of these schools and the psychiatric team. EARLY DETECTION OF PERSONAL DIFFICULTIES IN ORDER CHILDREN The pilot scheme of discussion between junior and senior schools staff and psychiatric team has helped to define which individual
V. Guttsman and Miss J. Zaphiriou were appointed as whole-time Psychiatric Social Workers and commenced in September, 1951. Miss J. Cawley, a Canadian Psychiatric Social Worker, assisted at the Clinic from 29th January to 30th August, 1951.
available. In January, 1950, Miss Roubicek was appointed as Psychiatric Social Worker, but resigned iri March in order to take up a teaching post in the north. The Centre carried on without a Psychiatric Social Worker for Leyton and the Forest Division
to this type of work on the present salary scales. Social work at Loughton has therefore been carried out largely by one of the Harlow Psychiatric Social Workers. The Regional Hospital Board gave 3 Consultant Psychiatric sessions to the new
116 129 245 7,821 18,648 26,469 60.63 144.56 Attendance of Psychiatric Social Worker at the Infant Welfare Clinic. For an experimental period arrangements were made for a psychiatric social worker from the Child Guidance Clinic to attend
number of sessions necessary to cope with our present waiting list, together with one full-time psychiatric social worker, one sessional psychiatric social worker and the clerical assistance for the work of a busy Clinic. It has now become a regular
regular in their attendances, and neither Psychiatrist nor patient could complain of unneecessary delay. The Psychiatric Social Worker continued to give invaluable help by her attendance at each session. Furthermore, through her agency an
at end of December, 1946: Occasional Psychiatric interview 3 Fortnightly „ „ 3 Weekly „ „ 4 Weekly coaching 4 Weekly play group 4 10 children attend clinic, together with their mothers, who are seen by the Psychiatric Social Worker. 8 children
should be concerned with extending the scope of the psychiatric services Regrettably this is not generally appreciated It must be said in extenuation that psychiatric understanding of children and particularly infants„ derives largely
improve the situation I suggest increasing the psychiatric establishment by adding one experienced psychiatric social worker, one experienced family case worker, one therapist and a psychiatric registrar. If and when this additional staff
Clacton for selfcatering holidays for the families of the sub-normal. Towards the end of the year a new venture, a Psychiatric Social Club known as the "700 Club" was formed under the aegis of the Barking Association. It meets fortnightly at the Abbey
referral. The waiting time between these interviews and the first appointment with the psychiatrist is affected by the number of cases referred directly by the magistrates and remanded in custody pending investigation. These cases must have absolute
ordinary non-priority cases has, therefore, tended to increase by approximately a fortnight per month since April 1965. Some cases may have to wait as long as four to five months if their needs are constantly over-ridden by priority cases such as Court
diagnosis is required in respect of handicaps and these tend to equal the number of children who are placed on psychiatric recommendation after being referred to the Clinic by their parents on account of behaviour problems. It seems likely that
those needing immediate psychiatric hospital treatment, and for families and individuals finding themselves homeless. A mental welfare officer was on call through the local psychiatric hospital, Warley Hospital, at all times. During office
Psychologists and the Psychiatric Social Workers, therefore, try to see as many of these people as possible. In the majority of cases the Educational Psychologists discuss problems with Head Teachers, Teachers and members of the Educational Staff, while
RESIDENTIAL CARE OF THE MENTALLY DISORDERED Collier Lodge. As a short-stay hostel for 26 persons with history of psychiatric illness, mostly men and women on discharge from Goodmayes and Warley Hospitals. It is a mixed hostel and the age range of