AMHP and Social Care Forums

The AMHP and Walsall Mental Health Social Care workforce forums take place on a monthly basis.

AMHP’s are encouraged to contact our Principal Social  with specific items for the AMHP Forum agenda.

Target Audience:
The Walsall Mental Health Social Care forum is for Walsall Council Employee’s working within the Mental Health service and the AMHP forum is primarily for qualified Approved Mental Health Professionals employed by Walsall. If places remain available AMHP’s in training, mental health professionals and partners can access the forums, if approved in advance by the AMHP Lead or Principle Social Worker.

Further Information

Additional information is available on the website, please click on the links below: 

 AMHP Forum Terms of Reference

 Social Care Forum Terms of Reference

The role of an AMHP

Mental Health Professionals 

Self Directed Learning

Self directed learning has been defined asa process in which individuals take the initiative, with or without the help of others, in diagnosing their learning needs, formulating learning goals, identifying human and material resources for learning, choosing and implementing appropriate learning strategies, and evaluating learning outcomes.” Knowles (1975) Self-directed Learning, p. 18.


Self Directed Learning Resources

To support self directed learning AMHP’s can access the resources below.  This list is not exclusive and AMHP’s expected to explore and access the vast array of resources available to social care and AMHP professionals.

  • Access to a subscription service that provides monthly ‘Keeping up to date’ bulletins relevant to AMHP’s

Suggested areas for AMHP self directed learning are:

  • BME communities and mental illness· 
  • Community resources for clients with mental illness
  • Differing types of mental illness and signs and symptomology
  • Gender and mental illness
  • Medication types and their impact
  • Sexuality and mental illness
  • Social model of mental illness

AMHP training programme 2019

A training programme has been commissioned with Birmingham City Council. Information has been circulated to those members of staff included within this initiative. 

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