EDB Insights sessions

These workshops explored case scenario discussions on real life anonymous incidents that have been reported. They discussed barriers to reporting and explore actions that can be taken. And, co-produced reflections on how support can be improved. 

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On Tuesday 27 September 2022 we welcomed Simone Welch, Senior Occupational Therapist in Stroke, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, to give us her talk about building confidence and skills in reporting EDB incidents across placements and work.

In this session, Simone looked at the impact of a workshop developed in response to the under reporting of EDB incidents and microaggressions by staff and students on placement.

The workshop aimed to raise awareness, educate and engage participants in co-production of support tools to increase the likelihood of reporting and challenge organisations to creatively consider support available post incident to protect wellbeing. Outcomes of the workshops were then presented to stakeholder managerial groups to explore how support for managers could be provided to increase confidence in responding to reported incidents.

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On Tuesday 19 July 2022 we welcomed Hannah Spencer (they/them), NHS Occupational Therapist, and Dr Rebecca Swenson (she/her), Senior Lecturer of Occupational Therapy, London Southbank University, to give their talk about trans and non-binary awareness, and occupational therapy practice. Both are also among the founding members of the LGBTQIA+ OTUK network.

In the session Hannah and Rebecca drew on personal, professional and research experience and considered:

• Context and importance of insight session around trans and non-binary awareness in occupational therapy.
• Discussion around ethical, professional and legal duty to undertake best practice with reference to key legislation and professional standards.
• Reiterated evidence of how occupational therapy is ideally placed to support this population.
• Practical suggestions around personal, environmental and occupational aspects of support for trans and non-binary people, and simple cues towards understanding.

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On Tuesday 17 May 2022 we welcomed Musharrat J. Ahmed-Landeryou, Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy and Student Success and Antiracist Education Practitioner, at London South Bank University, to give us her talk about the good intentions and lack of impactful change within occupational therapy. 

To do this Musharrat evoked colonial terms in relation to the current efforts to improve equity, diversity, belonging and justice in occupational therapy to provoke critical thinking and invoke active change.

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On Tuesday 15 March 2022 we welcomed Karen Whalley Hammell, Honorary Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, at the University of British Columbia, to give us her EDB Insight session on Occupational Rights.

‘This [session] seeks to highlight the ways in which occupational therapy promotes a particular ideological agenda that nourishes ableism, renders invisible the oppressions of racism, gender binarism, heteronormativity and patriarchy and obscures the structural inequities impacting people’s capabilities to be healthy and to engage in occupations they value.’

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On Wednesday 20 April 2022 we welcomed Dr Wendy Bryant, Honorary Professor in the School of Health and Social Care, at the University of Essex, to talk to us about disability and inclusion in the occupational therapy community.

This session reflected on particular challenges that face disabled occupational therapists, and how working with disabled colleagues may challenge our professional practices. To do this, Dr Bryant took a series of different perspectives, revisiting disability theory, professionalism, two body practice, pragmatic reasoning and occupational form.   

AbleOT UK, a UK occupational therapy network/advocacy group for practitioners, students, researchers, educators and people with disabilities/long term health conditions, worked with Dr Bryant to develop the workshop, and joined Dr Bryant for a panel discussion and Q&A with attendees.

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On Wednesday 27 October 2021, we held our first session with Wayne Reid, BASW England Professional Officer, Social Worker and Anti-racism

Visionary who give his insight session on Anti-Racism in Social Work. Wayne has over 20 years of experience in the social care sector and spoke about anti-racism reforms that can be applied not only in social work but across all Allied Health Professions.

In the insight session Wayne covered:

• His social work background
• George Floyd’s murder
• Black Lives Matter and why it’s relevant to Social Work
• Barriers to anti-racism in Social Work and organisational responses
• Implementing anti-racism reforms in Social Work

You can view Wayne’s full presentation and supporting documents below. A recording of the event is not available.