Occupational stress, job satisfaction, mental health, adolescents, depression and the professionalisation of social work

About the Book

Chapter 1 of this book aims to highlight themes covering occupational stress, job satisfaction, and the impact of these on the mental health of social workers who work in community mental health teams and those who work in children and family settings. The second chapter is a look at how poor self-esteem increases the risk for depression in adolescent girls and the practical steps that can be taken by social workers to enhance self-esteem in young people. The third chapter of the book poses the questions ‘In what ways can social work be regarded as a profession, and does social work require a professional status?’. The fourth chapter is about social work process and skills that registered social workers are expected to possess to enable them to practise effectively. The final chapter has reviews of journals—mainly British journals—of social work. This book is meant mainly for social workers.

About the Author

I am a British Citizen with an African cultural background equipped with years of teaching mathematics in a tertiary institution in Sierra Leone West Africa where I was also a member of its college’s council representing lecturers. Alongside the aforementioned, I am a trained Mental Health Nurse as well as a registered Social Worker. My interests lay around understanding adverse social circumstances that impact on mental health. My other work experiences include working as a registered mental health nurse and a registered social worker in various National Health Service ( NHS ) hospitals and Community Mental Health Teams in the UK respectively.