Essay on Mental Health Social Work is a Collaborative Exploration of the Client’s Life Domains

Addresses Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3 and 4

A comprehensive assessment in mental health social work is a collaborative exploration of the client’s life domains, including strengths and areas where there may be issues. Social workers also need a clear understanding of the social perspectives on mental health. A good therapeutic relationship is required with the client in order to gather relevant and accurate information, and as social workers we also need to retain our critical lens whilst working in the medical model and respecting the client’s recovery experience.

• Discuss the aspects of a person's life explored in a biopsychosocial mental health assessment, and how these can be shaped by the social determinants of
• Discuss the foundational requirements of a therapeutic relationship with clients, and how this can be impacted on by involuntary treatment.
• Discuss the importance of the recovery approach when working with clients, and how this is situated within a critical social work perspective.

Write this assignment in essay format and use sub-headings to divide the sections of the paper. Third person only - no first person.

Suggested essay structure:

• Introduction – 100 This will briefly introduce the essay and the themes it will cover.
• Body of essay – 2400 words, approximately 800 words for each of the 3 sections.
• Conclusion - 100 This will briefly summarise the key points from the essay.

Use a minimum of 10 academic references – you MUST include the textbook (Bland et al, 2021) AND readings from the reading list. Government and other documents are grey literature – you can use them, but they do not count in your list of 10 references.