International Episode 12: Sam (England)
From Social Work Spotlight by Yasmine Loupis
January 30, 2026 · 1h 5m · Season 2 · Episode 12
About this episode
Yasmine Loupis interviews Sam, a forensic mental health social worker in South London, discussing his work with forensic mental health patients and previous outreach efforts.
In this episode I speak with Sam, a forensic mental health social worker based in a specialist community mental health team in South London, tailored to work with forensic mental health patients, who have additional needs in the context of intellectual disability and/or neurodevelopmental disorders. Prior to this, he was based with an outreach focused mental health team working with people rough sleeping. Links to resources mentioned in this week’s episode: News article about the Homeless Outreach Team, featuring Fran Busby - https://lhf.org.uk/press-release-south-london-and-maudsley-homeless-outreach-team-a-winner-in-london-homelessness-awards-2023/ Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND) community team - https://www.autism.org.uk/autism-services-directory/f/find-community-team Witches film by Elizabeth Sankey (trailer) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qwx5350Bj8 Notes on the Mind podcast episode with Rai Waddingham - https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/notesonthemind/episodes/Episode-Two---Rai-e13is75/a-a60ohoh This episode's transcript can be viewed here…
People in this episode
Host: Yasmine Loupis
Guest: Sam
Topics covered
- forensic mental health
- social work
- intellectual disability
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- homeless outreach
- community mental health
Keywords
- forensic mental health
- social worker
- intellectual disability
- neurodevelopmental disorders
- homeless outreach
- South London
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: South London and Maudsley, Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND), incompetech.com
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