Improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

25 August 2022

We are pleased to announce the Nineth Annual Conference to focus on improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

This Conference will focus on the highly relevant and complex area of improving Mental Health Support for Asylum Seekers and Refugees.

Attending this conference will enable you to:

Network with colleagues who are working to improve mental health support for refugees and asylum seekers
Reflect on the lived experience of a refugee to this country
Understand the national and international context, and how we can better support the mental health of refugees and asylum seekers from Ukraine
Understand the vulnerabilities that lead to mental health issues in refugees and asylum seekers
Examine how to set up holistic services that meet the mental health needs of refugees and asylum seekers
Reflect on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on refugees and asylum seekers, and how we can improve support during and beyond Covid-19
Learn from the experiences of the Red Cross and Doctors of the World in delivering Multitiered and comprehensive MHPSS Systems & Psychological First Aid
Improve your skills in working with asylum seekers and refugees who have experienced trauma
Develop strategies for providing peer and community support
Understand the role of specialist interventions such as trauma focused CBT
Working with victims of human trafficking
Improve practice in building resilience and improving care of unaccompanied young people seeking asylum
Self assess and reflect on your own practice
Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes

For further information and to book your place visit

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