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BJSW Advance Access originally published online on January 10, 2005
British Journal of Social Work 2005 35(1):55-71; doi:10.1093/bjsw/bch162
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BJSW Vol. 35 No. 1 © The British Association of Social Workers 2005; all rights reserved.

The Research Potential of Mental-Health Social Workers: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Senior Mental-Health Service Managers

Niall McCrae

Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, London.

Joanna Murray

Senior lecturer in social research in the Health Services Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London.

Peter Huxley

Professor of Social Work at the Institute of Psychiatry, Head of the Social Work and Social Care Section, and Deputy Head of the Health Services Research Department. He is Head of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London, and a member of the NIMHE Mental Health Research Network advisory group.

Sherrill Evans

Co-ordinator for the Social Work and Social Care Section of the Health Services Research Department at the Institute of Psychiatry and the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College, London.

Correspondence to Niall McCrae, PO Box 26, Health Services Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AF. E-mail: n.mccrae{at}iop.kcl.ac.uk

Social workers have undoubtedly played a significant role in mental-health care in Britain. Yet their contribution to the mental-health knowledge base is decidedly meagre compared to the prolific research activity of psychiatry and allied health professions. A qualitative study was conducted on the research potential of mental-health social work, based on the views of senior service managers in London boroughs. Social-work research was found to suffer from a combination of structural, economic and academic constraints. The impact of social work on mental-health policy and practice developments, particularly in the light of a growing emphasis on evidence-based practice, is likely to remain weak until this issue is addressed.

Keywords: Mental health, integrated services, research


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