1st Edition
Social Work Practice and Social Interventions in Mental Health Settings
Section 1: Introduction 1.Introducing social interventions in practice and book overview Section 2: Social Interventions 2.Understanding models of impairment 3.Integrating Motivational Interviewing including the Skilled Helper Model and Transactional Analysis in Adult Mental Health and Substance Use Services 4.Systemic Interventions in Mental Health Social Work: Relational Thinking, Reflexivity and Practice in Context 5.Social Capital Interventions in Mental Health Social Work Section 3: Practice contexts 6.Using Social Interventions in Community Mental Health Teams and Acute Psychiatric Settings (Including Forensic Social Work): Exploring Challenges and Opportunities 7.Learning Disability and Neurodiversity. How Social Capital Interventions can advance wellbeing for people who may experience social isolation. 8.Substance misuse and dual diagnosis 9.Mental Health Practice in Social Work with Older People and in Primary Care: Social Interventions that Engage and Support Carers and the People They Care For 10.Children and families including children in need and child protection Section 4: Conclusions 11.Social Work Identity, Social Interventions and the Future of Mental Health Practice
Biography
Edd Carter is a registered social work and qualified Approved Mental Health Professional with a practice background in working with people who have learning disabilities and in mental health settings. He is an Associate Professor in Social Work Practice at Middlesex University leading a range of social work qualifying programmes. Edd’s research and practice interests include social work pedagogy, mental health practice and social work epistemologies.
Cherie Carlton is a social worker and educator with nearly thirty years’ experience across the UK and Australia. She is a Senior Lecturer and Programme Leader at Middlesex University, where she oversees a national social work programme and develops innovative, accessible teaching. Her career spans child protection, mental health, and national training initiatives, and she is known for championing lived experience, social justice, and reflective practice.
