Genericism and managerialism
The limits to AMHP professionalisation and expertise
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21458880 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jessica L H Fish (0000-0003-0687-2945, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Pages | 101818 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Law and Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0160-2527 • E-ISSN: 1873-6386 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.ijlp.2022.101818 |
| PMID | 35834871 |
| OpenAlex | W4285021053 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 35 |
The Mental Health Act as amended 2007 democratised who could qualify for the Approved Mental Health Professional (AMHP) role to include not only social workers, but psychologists, occupational therapists, and nurses. The amendments raised questions on how to appropriately train AMHPs from the professional groups without social work education to have adequate skills and decision-making capacity when considering the use of compulsory powers. Essential to the AMHP role is the obligation to 'bear in mind the social perspective', which incorporates the social dimensions to a persons mental health presentation and is considered a safeguard against the erroneous detention of service users. However, despite claims to further professionalise AMHPs there has been a difficulty defining what AMHP expertise is. This paper draws upon 'theories of professionalisation' to argue that the genericism movement and the adoption of New Public Management has limited the professionalisation of AMHPs and therefore adequate implementation of 'the social perspective'
Managerialism · Mental health · Obligation · Political science · Psychiatry · Public relations · Sociology · Engineering · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Law · Medicine · Mental Health and Patient Involvement · Nursing · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work
Hybrid professionalism and beyond
Profession of medicine
Globalisation, Global Justice and Social Work
Neoliberalism, managerialism and the reconfiguring of social work in Sweden and the United Kingdom
Professions as Science-Based Occupations
Evidence-based social work practice
The lost social perspective
The New Public Management Theory in the British Health Care System
From “Pure” to “Hybrid” Professionalism
Being Seconded to a Mental Health Trust
Role Over’ or Roll Over? Dirty Work, Shift and Mental Health Act Assessments
The Effect of Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment on Assessments under the 1983 Mental Health Act
Child Protection Practice
The Best of Times, the Worst of Times
The Impact of Audit on Social Work Practice
Genericism and Specialization
Deprofessionalizing Social Work
Towards an uncertain politics of professionalism
Professionalism as Enterprise
A new professionalism? Challenges and opportunities
New Professionalism and New Public Management
Object Lessons
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