Tag: Mental Health

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#Metoo

All the #Metoo publicity and the stories about Harvey Weinstein, have brought back memories. It was a really difficult time back then, for the whole team, and those of us who were close to the lady who reported the sexual assault.  ….. We were also caring for some of the most vulnerable people in society, under pressure to keep waiting times down, so our priorities were to try and keep the show on the road.

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Shock, horror

I’ve been working in mental health for the last 2-3 years, and trained about 10 years ago as a psychiatric social worker, however my “in-house”training took place mainly through my family’s experience of dealing with psychiatric in-patient stays in the early 90’s and more recently support from a crisis team for a family member during […]

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You know me

At the moment I am in transition between jobs. I am leaving local government after 12  years, and taking up a new role in mental health. It’s an area I am really interested in, and hope my background experiences and work as a social worker will help me make the right decisions, when I am […]

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