AMHP Work
Dirty or Prestigious? Dirty Work Designations and the Approved Mental Health Professional
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10895015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lisa Morris (0000-0003-1050-3149, University of Manchester, corresponding author), Lisa Morriss |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 703-718 |
| Publication date | 2016-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcv009 |
| OpenAlex | W2148519732 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 28 |
| References cited | 21 |
The paper explores the notion of ‘dirty work’ in relation to the newly created role of the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP). An AMHP undertakes various duties set out in the 1983 Mental Health Act, as amended by the 2007 Act, in relation to assessments to make applications for compulsory admission to psychiatric hospital. It has been argued that undertaking this social control function is ‘dirty work’. However, the findings from a study of social work AMHPs in England suggest that the picture is more complex. Extracts from narrative interviews are analysed using dialogical narrative analysis. Rather than being designated as dirty work, AMHP duty was presented as prestigious and as advanced social work. However, through their storytelling, the social workers clearly delineated the aspects of AMHP work that they did designate as dirty, specifically the lack of beds, the complexities of co-ordination and the emotional labour which is an inherent part of the work.
Criminology · Dialogical self · Duty · Mental health · Narrative · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Relation (database) · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Storytelling · Work (physics) · Child Abuse and Trauma · Emotional Labor in Professions · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Devoted work without limits? Activities and premises of home visit work at the margins of community care
The luxury of time
Towards a social work of home
Approved Mental Health Professionals
Recollection-as-method in social welfare practice
Treading a tightrope
Deservingness on Trial
What Does the ‘A’ Stand for? Exploring the Process of AMHP ‘Re-Approval’ and Opportunities for Improvement
Facilitating the ‘Least Restrictive Option and Maximising Independence’ under Section 115 Mental Health Act 1983
Pull;” the Active Use of Dissonance. An IPA Pearl to Show Emotion Management in Action
Nearest Relative Conversations
A Structured Narrative Literature Review of Approved Mental Health Professional Detention Decisions
Mental Health Social Work
Migrant Work Conditions and Health Status—A Longitudinal Study on ‘Dirty Work’ Among Undocumented and Newly Regularized Workers
Power as Perceived in MHA Assessment Contexts
Decision Making by Practitioners in the Social Professions Involved in Compulsory Admission to Mental Health Hospital
Developing a Health Inequalities Approach for Mental Health Social Work
Being Seconded to a Mental Health Trust
Role Over’ or Roll Over? Dirty Work, Shift and Mental Health Act Assessments
Factors Influencing Social Work Identity in Mental Health Placements
A Study Exploring How Social Work AMHPs Experience Assessment under Mental Health Law
The Role of the Approved Mental Health Professional
Accounting for Social Perspectives
Why Do Approved Mental Health Professionals Think Detentions under the Mental Health Act Are Rising and What Do They Think Should Be Done about It
Gosh, this job is so hard!’
Searching for a Social Work Language of Human Rights
Approved Mental Health Professionals’ Experiences of Moral Distress
Dirty Work in Probation
Studies in ethnomethodology
The impact of 'statutory duties' on mental health social workers in the UK
Extreme case formulations
Working in Multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Teams
Adult Mental Health in a Changing International Context
The Role of the Mental Health Social Worker
Stance, Alignment, and Affiliation During Storytelling
The Sociological Eye
Dirty Work Designations
Psychiatric Dirty Work Revisited
K is Mentally Ill' the Anatomy of a Factual Account
Reported Speech in Talking Race on Campus
| Unique citing works | 28 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2.8 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 27 |