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Dr
Michele
Abendstern
michele.abendstern@manchester.ac.uk
Prof
David
Challis
david.challis@manchester.ac.uk
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Unspecified mental disorder
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Social workers are regarded as key members of multidisciplinary community mental health teams (CMHTs), delivering specialist support to people with severe and enduring mental illness. However the CMHT social worker role lacks clear specification. Furthermore, empirical literature describing their work is largely dated, yet the legislation and service landscape has changed significantly in recent years. Additionally, despite a policy emphasis on giving service user perspectives a voice in service design, surprisingly little research has considered their preferences.
This new research therefore aims to explore the contribution and value of social workers in CMHTs from the perspectives of service users and carers. In particular, it asks for the views of service users and carers with experience of being supported by a social worker to consider the most important social worker's skills and responsibilities.
The study comprises four research activities: (1) A Delphi panel consisting of social work experts will review a literature-informed list of social worker values, skills and responsibilities to reach a consensus of what constitutes their distinct contribution to CMHTs. (2) A prioritisation event will seek to review this list from the perspective of participating service users and carers. This will shortlist those social worker contributions of most value to those with lived experiences of support. (3) Qualitative interviews will test and refine a new questionnaire of service user preferences. (4) The final "Best Worst Scaling" (BWS) questionnaire will then be completed by a larger sample of service users.
The research is being supported by a Lay Reference Group comprising seven lay members, to ensure that service user and carer perspectives guide the conduct of the research.
Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.
The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:
Observational type: Cross-sectional;
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You may not be able to take part if:
1. Without capacity to consent to participate in the research. 2. Individuals in a crisis situation. 3. Does not speak/understand English language
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Dr
Michele
Abendstern
michele.abendstern@manchester.ac.uk
Prof
David
Challis
david.challis@manchester.ac.uk
More information about this study, what is involved and how to take part can be found on the study website.
The study is sponsored by University of Manchester and funded by NIHR School for Social Care Research .
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