Knowledge and Skills for Social Workers on Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams

Ghelani, Amar

doi:10.1007/s10615-021-00823-x

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“…After studying and reflecting on the content provided by Ghelani (2021), we highlight the growing importance of the professional profile of the social worker, where increasingly complex social demands require highly specialized teams trained to provide adequate responses, where the social worker plays a relevant role as a member of these teams.…”

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“…The actions of social workers in this area require specialized training appropriate for this type of intervention. Ghelani (2021) reviews the aspects, skills, and practical knowledge that a social worker must have as a member of these teams. It is a general description as a practical guide that includes the basic training aspects summarised in a series of points such as participation, tension reduction, risk assessment and safety planning, conflict resolution, knowledge about addictions, community resources and housing, advocacy, challenging systemic racism, relationship building, and legislative literacy.…”

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“…Given the changing aspect of the environment, continuous training is necessary where the professionals of these teams, in particular social workers, are constantly updated so that their action guidelines are in accordance with the reality of the moment, as we have seen after reading de Ghelani (2021) which details the basic training areas suitable for a social worker to be well trained.…”

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Ghelani A. (2021). Knowledge and Skills for Social Workers on Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams. “Clinical Social Work Journal”: 1–12

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2022

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Author and contextAmar Ghelani, author of the text, social worker and psychotherapist with fifteen years of experience in community mental health, is currently a doctoral student at the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University (Ontario, Canada), where he conducts research focused on the effects of cannabis use in young people with mental illnesses, where treatment options for psychotic episodes induced by the use of this substance are discussed. He is a Coordinator of Mental Health Care at the University of Toronto and is interested in clinical and research aspects, including addiction and substance abuse treatment.

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“…Seo et al (2021) found that co-response models outperformed other policing models because the presence of a mental health professional, such as a social worker, can effectively de-escalate the situation. Communities of color, the LGBTQIA community, and the disability community are killed at disproportionately high rates by police and thus may have cause to distrust police (Diamond & Hogue, 2022;Ghelani, 2022). Necessary changes will require new ways of developing strong police and community relationships, including accountability structures such as citizen review or advisory boards, clear and fair processes for reporting police misconduct, new strategies for diversion, and a greater emphasis on national accreditation through the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) (A.…”

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Re-Envisioning Public Safety Through an Embedded Police Social Worker (PSW) Model: A Promising Approach for Multidisciplinary Resource Delivery and Diversion

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2023

Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice

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Cities across the political spectrum in the United States are shifting toward co-responder models that involve social workers with police departments in some capacity, but research is lagging about the proper role of police social workers (PSWs). This case study explores how the micro and macro roles of the embedded PSW model can improve resource delivery and divert people in crisis away from the criminal justice system. Few research studies to date have explored the role and potential effectiveness of creating such a position within police departments. An analysis of 7 months of data found that the PSW was much more efficient than officers in making referrals for high-needs clients. Furthermore, high-needs clients were more likely to have unmet basic needs such as shelter, food, and health care, indicating that police departments may frequently interact with people who have high levels of such needs. Qualitative case notes also revealed that PSWs can divert individuals from the criminal justice system by using crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques on-scene with clients. This research has important implications for improving community safety and well-being, and this case study reveals that PSWs with micro and macro skills are a promising model for improving public safety and justice in the right context.

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“…As a result, there is increasing interest in integrating mental and behavioural health expertise into emergency response to such calls 12 13. This requires interdisciplinary collaboration, as professionals across multiple disciplines work together to evaluate the patient, stabilise the situation and deliver definitive and specialised care 14.…”

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Engaging emergency medical services to improve postacute management of behavioural health emergency calls: a protocol of a scoping literature review

2023

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IntroductionThe public health crisis of escalating mental health, behavioural and substance-related emergencies has revealed the need to approach these complex events from a health perspective, rather than the traditional criminal justice standpoint. Despite law enforcement officers often being the first responders to emergency calls concerning self or bystander harm, they are not optimally equipped to manage these crises holistically or to connect affected individuals to necessary medical treatment and social support. Paramedics and other emergency medical services (EMS) providers are well positioned to deliver comprehensive medicosocial care during and in the immediate aftermath of these emergencies, moving beyond their traditional role in emergency evaluation, stabilisation and transport to a higher level of care. The role of EMS in bridging this gap and helping shift emphasis to mental and physical health needs in crisis situations has not been examined in prior reviews.Methods and analysisIn this protocol, we delineate our approach to describing existing EMS programmes that focus specifically on supporting individuals and communities experiencing mental, behavioural and substance-related health crises. The databases to be searched are EBSCO CINAHL, Ovid Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Ovid Embase, Ovid Medline, Ovid PsycINFO and Web of Science Core Collection, with search date limits being from database inception to 14 July 2022. A narrative synthesis will be completed to characterise populations and situations targeted by the programmes, describe programme staffing and composition, detail the interventions and identify collected outcomes.Ethics and disseminationAll data in the review will be publicly accessible and published previously, so approval by a research ethics board is not needed. Our findings will be published in a peer-reviewed journal and shared with the public.Trial registration numberhttps://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UYV4R

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Knowledge and Skills for Social Workers on Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams

Cited by 11 publications

References 32 publications

Ghelani A. (2021). Knowledge and Skills for Social Workers on Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams. “Clinical Social Work Journal”: 1–12

Ghelani A. (2021). Knowledge and Skills for Social Workers on Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams. “Clinical Social Work Journal”: 1–12

Re-Envisioning Public Safety Through an Embedded Police Social Worker (PSW) Model: A Promising Approach for Multidisciplinary Resource Delivery and Diversion

Engaging emergency medical services to improve postacute management of behavioural health emergency calls: a protocol of a scoping literature review

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