Defense Medical Services SIG Meeting, January 2024
Allied Health Professional Helen Mason joined us, who will explore the background to the In Silent Service Project and the creation of the first Royal Naval Mermaid Postal service for submarines set up with funding from Greenwich Hospital. Helen will reflect on the complexities of working across NHS, Departments of Community Mental Health Services (DCMH) and charitable sectors and open the meeting up to reflect and discuss.
The session will conclude with a call to action, a pledge to support those in our community with the most need and whose voices are often silent.
Helen is Passionate about the use of creativity for recovery and healing. Helen has worked in and alongside the NHS in both public and private therapy roles for the last 21 years. Within the NHS, Helen specialises in Paediatric Occupational Therapy and CAMHS and enjoys working with children and families. Helen won a substantial award for innovation from the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts (NESTA) in 2007, setting up Animation Therapy. The company ran for eleven years, offering outreach animation workshops within the NHS and charity sector and training professionals to use animation to support their practice worldwide, including working in Uganda and Canada. Helen is a graduate and Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs, an Ambassador for the Academy of Fab Stuff (NHS) and a qualified Occupational Therapist and Advanced Sensory Integration practitioner. Helen is Director at Rise&Rewild CIC (riserewild.co.uk). 'The Shed' aims to provide a space for re-connection with nature, relaxation, creativity and healing in the grounds of the beautiful Powderham Castle estate Devon.
IHSCM Members can attain 1 High Performance Leadership Framework point for watching this event, towards Workforce. ihm.org.uk/hpl-dashboard/