Version 14 031016 Forensic Mental Health Social Work: Capability Framework November 2016 FINAL DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION Version 13 01/10/2016 Authors Daisy Bogg & Claire Barcham, Daisy Bogg Consultancy Ltd. with - David Cochrane, West London Mental Health NHS Trust and Ealing Council Lynne Corcoran, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. Robert McLean, Merseycare NHS Foundation Trust. Steering Group Supported by Acknowledgements FINAL DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION 2 Version 13 01/10/2016 Foreword Lyn Romeo, Chief Social Worker Adult, DH FINAL DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION 3 Version 13 01/10/2016 Executive Summary This work was commissioned by High Secure Mental Health Commissioners, NHS England, and aims to reFresh previous work on proFessional development within Forensic Social Work, and set it within current best practice models. At the time of publication (November 2016) this includes both the ProFessional Capabilities Framework for Social Work (PCF), and the Knowledge and Skills Statement (KSS) for Adult Social Workers. The process of consultation to develop this document included social workers From across the Forensic sector, providing an opportunity for them to articulate their role within the systems in which they work. This includes what can be expected of them at diFFerent points in their proFessional development, and the unique contributions that they bring to the lives of services users within the Forensic system, the communities and victims they come From, as well as those who care for and about them. Forensic Social Work - the Bridge between systems Social work as a whole is characterised by its ability to see the individual within the context of their Family, their community and the wider society. Coupled with legal knowledge and an ability to understand how and when interventions are both necessary and appropriate, this makes social work an essential element in the care and rehabilitation of people supported within Forensic settings. What this means in practiceis that Forensic social workers both understand and engage with the victims, Families and communities From which services users have come, support them through their journeys between diFFerent levels of security, and are knowledgeable about the community situations to which they will return. Like other social workers, their understanding of human rights, and other legal Frameworks,key to the support they are able to give. Social workers are involved in gatekeeping and ensuring that service users are being managed at the lowest appropriate level of security. They are a core member of multidisciplinary teams working with detained patients who have committed serious sexual or violent oFFences, and they bring a social and Family perspective to inpatient services. Social workers lead on saFeguarding children and adults and they maintain links with the home areas to which most service users will eventually return. Social workers are involved in writing mental health tribunal and other reports and in care pathway planning in order to minimise delays and ensure suitable community placements in line with Care Act requirements. Social Workers are involved in the community management of service users, particularly those who are subject to conditional discharge or community treatment orders. Protection of Rights - advocate and analyst Their Focus on the person and the wider system means that Forensic social workers are able to understand and balance the needs and rights of diFFerent people. This includes the patient who needs to understand their legal position, the victim who needs to feel understood and protected, the Family and Friends who may struggle to understand what FINAL DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION 4 Version 13 01/10/2016 has happened, and why. They use themselves personably when interacting with others, using empathy to engage diFFerent people in the work that they do, whilst remaining boundaried and proFessional. How the guidance can be used This guidance can be used in a number of ways. It is intended to be useFul to commissioners, helping them to ensure that any social work provision commissioned in the Future is backed up by support for proFessional social workers. Organisations, both NHS and Independent sector health providers, can use it as a way both to understand the contribution of social work, and ensure social workers are supported to maintain the social Focus essential to their roles. It is also intended as a resource for individual social workers, their supervisors and managers, to help identify development needs and plan how to meet them. Education providers will also find it helpful in developing specialist modules for Forensic social workers. FINAL DRAFT FOR CONSULTATION 5 Version 13 01/10/2016 Contents Acknowledgements ........................................................................................................................................... 2 Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................... 3 Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Forensic Social Work - the Bridge between systems ............................................................................................ 4 Protection of Rights - advocate and analyst ......................................................................................................... 4 How the guidance can be used ............................................................................................................................. 5 Introduction. ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Definitions ............................................................................................................................................................. 7 About the Framework ....................................................................................................................................... 7 Level Descriptors .................................................................................................................................................. 8 Support Requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Using the framework in practice ..................................................................................................................... 12 Guidance for Commissioners .............................................................................................................................. 12 Guidance for managers and practitioners .......................................................................................................... 12 Guidance for organisations ................................................................................................................................. 13 Learning and Development ................................................................................................................................ 14 Forensic Social Work Capability Framework ................................................................................................... 15 1. Professionalism ............................................................................................................................................... 15 2. Values and Ethics ........................................................................................................................................... 16 3. Diversity .......................................................................................................................................................... 17 4. Rights, Justice and Economic Wellbeing ........................................................................................................ 17 5. Knowledge ..................................................................................................................................................... 18 6. Critical Reflection and Analysis ....................................................................................................................... 19 7. Intervention & Skills ....................................................................................................................................... 20 8. Context and Organisations ............................................................................................................................. 21 9. Professional Leadership ................................................................................................................................. 22 Forensic Social Work - Knowledge and Skills Statement ................................................................................. 24 Knowledge requirements ................................................................................................................................... 24 Skills requirements ............................................................................................................................................. 24 Key Roles and Functions ..................................................................................................................................... 24 Capability Statements: Knowledge and Skills at different levels. ......................................................................