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improvements in practitioner

recruitment, education & training

Systemic    |    Relational

 

Service users should be fully involved in social work and Approved Mental Health Professional recruitment, student selection, education and training. Social workers should work with trained and paid service users to assess their own practice through a ‘buddy system’. All frontline practitioners should receive regular training in communication and language, human skills and trauma-informed approaches.

Avoidable Harm in Mental Health Social Care
Avoidable Harm in Mental Health Social Care

 

“I think the more that we can involve people [with lived] experience in module planning, teaching and learning and the recruitment of students that want to become social workers and approved mental health professionals.”

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A model of service user experiences of avoidable harm in mental health social care, the impacts of harm caused and service user recommendations for ways to minimise harms.

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Principal Investigator: Dr Sarah Carr

Co-Investigator: Dr Angela Sweeney

Co-Investigator: Tina Coldham

Research Assistant: Georgie Hudson

Design & illustrations: Traumascapes

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This resource is based on independent research funded by

the National Institute for Health Research School for Social Care Research (NIHR SSCR). The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR SSCR,the National Institute for Health Research or the Department

of Health and Social Care.

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