Moral Injury, Staff Support and Looking After Ourselves
Free Churches Group, Health and Social Care Chaplains Study Day
27 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9HH
Tuesday June 20th 10:30 to 15:30
Cost: £15 for chaplains whose denomination is a member of the Free Churches Group
£25 for all other chaplains
Please register your place HERE.
09:45 doors open
10:30 to 11:15 Session one – Introduction to Moral Injury [Katie]
11:25 to 1210 Session two – Supporting Health and Social care staff to Navigate their way Through MI. [Diana]
12:10 to 13:05 Lunch (provided)
13:10 to 13:50 Session three – How we set up staff support work at G&ST [Tracy]
13:55 to 14:40 Session four – Sharing Good Practice [input from the panel and attendees]
15:00 to 15:30 Session five –Self-care and Creative Reflection [Bob]
15:30 cake and conversation for those who want to stay for a little bit extra
The focus of the day will very much be about lived experience rather than academic discussion. A well as the examples that the presenters will share we want to draw on the knowledge of those attending so please do think about examples of good practice from your context that you’d be happy to share in session four. If you have questions you’d like to ask both the presenter and those attending you can email them in advance to Mark at mark.newitt@freechurches.org.uk
A CPD certificate for 4 hours will be available at the end of the day.
Presenter Biographies
Tracy Morgan is originally from New Zealand. She trained as a health care chaplain in 2018 and works at Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. First working in Paediatrics and acute adults, Tracy joined the dedicated staff support chaplaincy team that was formed in response to the Covid 19 pandemic in November 2021.
Diana Steadman worked in education and guidance before training in pastoral ministry at Spurgeon’s College. She is currently serving as Staff Wellbeing Chaplain at Kingston Hospital NHS Trust where from 2017 she has been establishing the role working alongside a Physiotherapist, Clinical Psychologist and Mind-Body Practitioner as part of an in-house Staff Wellbeing Team. Diana is now responsible for creatively supporting and advocating for the pastoral needs of staff within Unplanned Care, harnessing the tools of reflective practice, pastoral supervision, coaching and other development activities, and by reporting into divisional progress and Trust-wide steering group meetings.
Katie Watson is Head of Chaplaincy at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. She has served there for 15 years. Prior to this she was a Military Police Officer in the British Army with operational experience in Bosnia and Croatia during the early 90s and Northern Ireland during the conflict. She runs ultra distance trails and does so that cake can be a major factor in her diet.
Bob Whorton is retired from Healthcare Chaplaincy but continues to work as a reflective supervisor. His interests are in creativity, writing, embodiment and the use of the imagination.
Note: If you are a Free Church Healthcare Chaplain, please contact Thandar at thandar.tun@freechurches.org.uk for a discounted price. The member denominations list is available to view here.
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