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

Episode 3: 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

Episode 13: Working with children who have experienced neglect with Victoria Sharley & Alyson Rees

Isla is a foster carer for a local authority with previous professional experiences in education and safeguarding. Her family has been on a journey for the last three years in fostering and adoption. The journey has been significantly longer than that of most people who apply to adopt having made their initial intention known well over two years ago (in early 2022) they are still awaiting the final adoption order. Isla is, unsurprisingly, passionate about seeing the systems improve for all those involved in adoption.

Find out more on the CoramBAAF website: https://corambaaf.org.uk/resources/corambaaf-conversations/adoption-foster-carers-part-one-and-two

Episode 18: Part one - ‘Adoption by foster carers’ - interview with Isla, foster carer and adopter

We are the UK’s leading membership organisation for professionals working across adoption, fostering and kinship care. We provide information, best practice guidance, advice, training and resources to support our members and influence policy to improve outcomes for children and young people.

Episode 18: Part one - ‘Adoption by foster carers’ - interview with Isla, foster carer and adopter

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