Affiliation:
1. Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust , Southampton, Hampshire 0 SO40 2RZ, UK
Abstract
Abstract
This article draws upon the experience of the author whilst undertaking a qualitative research study exploring service user experiences of being assessed for detention to a mental health hospital. Doing research as a social work practitioner is a growing area and a common motivation is to improve practice. This article brings a different way of reporting research, which is embedded in the reflective tradition of social work. It explores practitioner research and insider/outsider perspectives. Through reflection, the author examines in depth two participants’ narratives, how this impacted her as a mental health social worker and the changes in her practice. These assessments are complex pieces of social work with involuntary service users in a pressured setting and are a challenging area for practitioners to improve service user experiences.
Funder
Health Education England Integrated Clinical Awards
Brighterway charity
Southern Health NHS Foundation
School of Social Care Research
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Social Sciences (miscellaneous),Health (social science)