Think child, think parent, think family: a guide to parental mental health and child welfare
Acknowledgements
This guide builds on the work of the original 2009 version, and we again acknowledge those who worked on it. We would once more like to thank our sponsors, the Department of Health and the Department for Education, for their support.
Our great thanks go to all those people in Birmingham, Lewisham, Liverpool, North Somerset, Northern Ireland and Southwark who have been committed to the work of this project. Their ideas, enthusiasm and effort have created this revised guide, but more importantly have led to changes for the better for local families affected by parental mental illness.
The implementation work SCIE has done would not have been possible without the leadership and support of Nasa Begum (1963-2011), and we dedicate this work to her memory.
Acknowledgements for 2009 Guide
SCIE would like to thank the following people for their support and contribution to the development of this guide.
- Deborah Jamieson – Head of Children, Families and Social Inclusion Programme, DH
- Ben Robins – Children, Families and Social Inclusion Programme Directorate, DH
- Claire Etches – National Social Inclusion Programme
- Jenny Gray – Safeguarding Children Policy Unit, DCSF
- Professor David Morris – Formerly Programme Director National Social Inclusion Programme, NIMHE – currently Professor of Mental Health, Inclusion and Community, International School for Community, Rights and Inclusion, University of Central Lancashire
- Vicky Nicholls – Social Perspectives Network Joint Coordinator / Parental Mental Health and Child Welfare Network
Advisory Group
- Chair of Advisory Group - Paul Curran – Formerly Director of Children's Services, Islington – Currently Head of Safeguarding, IDeA
- Rose de Paeztron – Head of Strategic Development, Family Action
- Clare Mahoney – formerly Senior Consultant, Strategic Partnership and Programme Development North West Development Centre CSIP – currently Head of Integrated Mental Health Commissioning Liverpool PCT/LCC
- Louise Wardale – Keeping the Family in Mind Coordinator, Barnardo's Action with Young Carers, Liverpool
- Louisa Harrison – Keeping the Family in Mind Project Worker, Barnardo's Action with Young Carers, Liverpool
- Sue Troake – Formerly Project Worker, Barnardo's Action with Young Carers, Liverpool
- Estella Weston – Director, Family Health ISIS
- Dr Tara Weeramanthri, MB,BS, FRCPsych - Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and Lead Psychiatrist, Southwark CAMHS South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr SM Church – Consultant Psychiatrist, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Dr Michael Gopfert, Consultant Psychiatrist, Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust
- Heide Lloyd – Independent consultant
- Drew Lindon – Princess Royal Trust for Carers
- Professor Nick Gould – Department of Social and Policy Sciences University of Bath
- Richard Anderson – Programme Manager, CAIPE Project, OXLEAS The NHS Trust, Greenwich SSD,
Project team
SCIE staff
- Marie Diggins – Senior Practice Development Manager
- Mary Sainsbury – Practice Development Manager
- Janet Clapton – Project Information Manager
- Rebecca Goldman – Senior Research Analyst
- Shirish Gandhi – Publishing Manager
- Jez MacDonald – Web Development Manager
- Edward Holloway – Project Support Officer
- Mavis Taylor – Administrator
- Lynette Bolitho – Administrator
External project team members
- Daphne McKenna – Freelance Trainer and Consultant
- Dorian Cole – Head of Haringey IAPT and Nurse Consultant
- Kate Mayes – Children's Services Social Worker
- Mike Smith – Independent Consultant
- David Lamb – Independent Consultant
- Adrian Falkov – Dr Adrian Falkov – Senior Staff Specialist, Sydney West Child and Adolescent Service
- Kristina Staley – Independent Consultant
Review contributors
- University of Central Lancashire
- EPPI-Centre, Social Science Research Unit
- University of York, Social Policy Research Unit
