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Eighty per cent of social workers believe the social work degree does not adequately equip them to work with people with mental health problems, according to a survey by the General Social Care Council (GSCC).
The poll was part of a wider study on the social care workforce's learning and development needs in relation to mental health, undertaken by independent health and social care consultant Melanie Henwood on behalf of Skills for Care and Skills for Health.
It reveals a level of concern about the degree that cannot be ignored, says Henwood, a former vice-chair of the GSCC.
"What comes across very strongly is practitioners don't think the degree is adequate in this area," she says.
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