Trauma Informed System Change: Best practice and lived experience into action

This webinar will be an opportunity to learn about concepts and principles related to trauma and ACE-informed system change with a particular focus on healthcare (and related organisations) and the role of lived experience voices.

It will also give you an opportunity to access ideas, energy and creativity with a view to identifying possible approaches within your own organisations and teams.

The event will invite participants to support the development of the Open Narrative System by building on existing themes with their own local examples of good practice.

For the programme, click here.

We look forward to seeing you on the 30th!

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Special Guests' Bios

Angela Kennedy

Angela Kennedy is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked in the NHS since 1990. She is a trauma specialist and board member of the European Society for Trauma and Dissociation. Her focus is applying clinical knowledge towards system-wide change, including compassion focused cultures and leadership. Angela has spearheaded trauma informed approaches within the English healthcare system.

Angela’s presentation will introduce some of the core elements required for trauma informed system change and share information about the Open Narrative System (ONS), a tool designed in collaboration with Northumbria University offering a way of exploring narrative-based themes to provoke learning and reflection. The themes are based on an analysis of real good practice examples, and these exist as narratives at the deepest level to illustrate practical application. Attendees will be invited to share their own good practice examples for inclusion to the ONS after the webinar.

Mina Hadi

Mina Hadi is a journalist with by-lines in The Independent and the Hackney Gazette. She delivers trauma-informed training to mental health professionals and third sector workers in Newham, Tower Hamlets and Hackney, using her lived experience as a visibly Muslim Bengali woman accessing mental health services. She is passionate about improving mental health services through true coproduction and cultural competence.

In her talk, she will discuss the importance of sharing her lived experience to catalyse systemic change. She will also explain the emotional labour that goes into sharing this experience, especially as a minority, the boundaries that need to be established and the importance of reflection for experts by experience.

Vittoria de Meo

Vittoria de Meo is an independent mental health advisor, workshop facilitator and a mentor with coaching skills. Vittoria works with a variety of organisations including Clinical Commissioning Groups, NHS providers and the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Vittoria is Co-Production Lead for the London ACEs Hub and, in 2019, she founded FOR WOMEN CIC whose mission is to create spaces where women from different cultures and backgrounds can support and encourage each other to strive for wellness through their lived experience.

In her presentation, she will draw on her experiences talking to a wide range of healthcare teams across the country and thousands of patients and carers. She will reflect on her own personal journey with trauma informed system change, including the challenges and how she brings knowledge of ACEs and TIC into every peer review and workshop she is involved in.

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We are an independent network of trauma survivors, multidisciplinary practitioners and community activists committed to raising awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences, trauma-informed care and resilience among the diverse communities of Greater London.

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