The Samurai Social Worker
@SamuraiWorker
Lived experience speaker, Social Worker by profession, #psychosissurvivor, blog as The Samurai Social Worker AKA @positivesimply. #thesamuraisocialworker
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NEW BLOG - “What Lessons Learned?” Bereaved families seek it, senior officials promise it - why the difficulty in ensuring “lessons learned”? mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/08/20/wha…
Here’s a thing✔️ Most people who take their own life’s don’t have SMI✔️ They choose a permanent solution to a temporary problem✔️ They tend to sit with suicidal ideation for a while✔️>
Just acknowledging the change of emphasis and tone in some of my posts. As you might imagine, I had less freedom whilst serving to post viewpoints about certain shortcomings, omissions or even failings or give dissenting opinions about programmes like street triage. 1/
NEW PREVENTING FUTURE DEATHS REPORT - The second PFD after the death of Kaine Fletcher. Lays bear just how much policy, partnership and practice work there is to do in Nottingham on s136 MHA emergencies. Nothing here which shouldn't already be known. judiciary.uk/prevention-of-…
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Kaine Fletcher (2): Prevention of Future Deaths Report - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Date of report: 25/07/2025 Ref: 2025-0383 Deceased name: Kaine Fletcher Coroners name: Alexandra Pountney Coroners Area: Nottinghamshire Category: Emergency services related deaths (2019 onwards)...
NEW BLOG - "James Farley" Successful judicial review by the family of a man who died following police contact concerning a Coroner's decision not to hold an Article 2 inquest with a jury. mentalhealthcop.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/jam…
"Closed referral. Not engaging" 😡 When a service has offered one appointment at a location a person isn't comfortable going to, that's not the person who is not engaging #MentalHealth #SocialWork
At last! A blog about the vital need for AMHP Services to collect&engage with feedback from people who receive our services. Greg Slay’s AMHP service has co-produced one of the first LA surveys into the AMHP contribution in MHA work. More LAs to follow? the-critical-amhp.com/blog/views-on-…
This is what is needed for human beings fight now but it is tough to be a rainbow in anyone's clouds. Life is complex and unequal, that has to change youtu.be/wtdffxj7pNE?si…
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Maya Angelou - Rainbow In The Clouds
To celebrate the launch of my new website dominicwatters.com I give you this video featuring Her Royal Highness Princess Anne and me #ThankYouOFC #NewWebsite #FoodInsecurity #fypシviral
Using sweeping statements about 'overdiagnosis' risks discouraging those in need from seeking help and undermines trust between professionals & patients. Mental health is nuanced, & any oversimplification can do more harm than good. @wesstreeting, let's leave diagnoses to the…
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions I am pretty sure @wesstreeting isn’t qualified to make any such diagnosis ✔️ *He & his mates & us would be better off, if he did something about poverty, inequality & shite housing etc✔️ theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
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Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare
Fantastic Afeeda 🙏❤️ Check out Mind's video! #TikTok vm.tiktok.com/ZNdegdyS8/
FFS & other bigger words✔️ This is basic stuff✔️ That the people being paid to write this stuff - should know✔️
First legal error - "Where access needs to be obtained to a patient ... a warrant can be obtained from a magistrate under section 13 ... this will allow [professionals], usually accompanied by the police, to gain access." Only the police can execute 135 warrants. 3/
I’m so pleased my new book Becoming a Social Work Manager has attracted attention from a number of local authorities wanting to collaborate - it’s an area of career progression that we rarely focus on
Arrived here gusvassell.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/bul…
It's anti-bullying week so here's something from me about where it started! gusvassell.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/fin…
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