In this conversation about mental health, Hetty Verhagen (therapeutic social worker and university lecturer), Emma Fincham (fostering consultant) and Ellyse Partington (Digital Marketing and Engagement Officer), consider what mental health means to them.

They explore Emma's role as a mental health first aider, along with Hetty's direct work with social work practitioners, to consider how organisations can do better to challenge stigma and create comfortable environments for open and supportive conversations.

For more resources from this session, take a look at our equality, diversity and inclusion webpage where we have created a mental health section in support of #mentalhealthawarenessweek!

Take a look:
https://corambaaf.org.uk/resources/equality-diversity-and-inclusion

CoramBAAF Conversations: Mental Health Awareness Week

CoramBAAF Publishing Manager, Jo Francis discusses the complexities of diagnosing neglect in looked after children and how its impact can manifest itself differently from child to child.

Find out more: https://corambaaf.org.uk/books/working-children-who-have-experienced-neglect

Working with children who have experienced neglect with Victoria Sharley and Alyson Rees

Post adoption depression: What is it? Who does it affect? What are we doing about it? These questions and more form part of Doctor Lynn Snow's Churchill Fellowship research. In this conversation, Jane Poore, Adoption Consultant, is joined by Doctor Lynn Snow to answer some of these questions.

Doctor Lynn Snow is a community paediatrician working as Designated Doctor for looked after children for Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland and has worked with looked after children for over 20 years in various roles  (including adoption adviser) in various areas of the country. She was until recently chair of the CoramBAAF National Health advisory committee and has focused on health records for children post adoption working with  DHSC and NHSE.

She has been awarded a Churchill Fellowship to look at post adoption depression. She held a Fellowship with Health Education England East Midlands for two years looking at leadership in the SAS group of doctors. She has previously worked in West Africa in community child health. She is motivated by the desire to see high quality joined up services at all levels which ensure that the child in looked after child remains the focus. If you or anyone you know is affected by this topic, please speak to your social worker or GP

Churchill Fellowship - a community of change makers – has partnered with Coram to offer travel fellowships to research ideas related to children in care. Next year it could be you!

https://corambaaf.org.uk/post-adoption-depression

CoramBAAF Conversations  | Post adoption depression

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