Sarah Walsh – Service Leader and Sam Moore – Mental Health Social Worker
Sarah Walsh – Service Leader, Specialist Services and Principal Social Worker, Adult Services
Sam Moore – Mental Health Social Worker – Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council
Sarah and Sam are social workers in an integrated community mental health team. They balance the medical and social aspects of the role.
Although the intersection between health and social care has been complex, they can support the whole journey of someone who might be in hospital, detained under the Mental Health Act, all the way through a Care Act assessment and commissioning a placement for them; this creates a consistency for the users of the service.
Find out more: https://www.hee.nhs.uk/our-work/mental-health/new-roles-mental-health