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    Table 24 Work of mental health social workers during 1968
    Mental illnessMental subnormality
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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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    Table 23 Work of mental health social workers during 1969
    Mental illnessMental subnormality
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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

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    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

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    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

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    Table 21 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.
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    Table 20 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers.
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    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:

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    Table 20 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers
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    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

  • Table on page 42
    Table 20 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers
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    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:

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    Table 20 Work of Mental Welfare Officers and Mental Health Social Workers
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    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:

  • Table on page 46
    The following table analyses the reasons for these emergency admissions :-
    (1) In Labour(2) In Pregnancy
    Text on page 82

    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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    Psychiatric Social Worker Sessions
    196919681967
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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

  • Text on page 57

    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

    Table on page 59
    MENTAL HEALTH STATISTICS 1966
    Quarter endedTotalTotal 1965
    2.4.662.7.661.10.6631.12.66
  • Text on page 277

    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.

  • Text on page 51

    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.

  • Text on page 104

    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).

    Text on page 101

    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

  • Text on page 121

    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

  • Text on page 36

    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

    Text on page 46

    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

    Text on page 49

    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

  • Text on page 62

    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

    Text on page 59

    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

    Table on page 46
    By 31st December 1967 the position was a follows:
    PositionNo. in PostQualifications held
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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,

    Text on page 92

    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

    Text on page 102

    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

  • Text on page 59

    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

  • Text on page 81

    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.

  • Text on page 19

    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

  • Text on page 17

    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

  • Text on page 22

    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

  • Text on page 79

    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

  • Text on page 64

    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

    Text on page 79

    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

  • Text on page 119

    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

  • Text on page 65

    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

    Text on page 59

    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

  • Text on page 39

    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

    Text on page 41

    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

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    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

    Text on page 47

    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

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    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

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    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

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