Spiritual Care Matters 2019

Spiritual Care Matters 2019

100 participants joined us for our inaugural conference in Oxford. We are grateful to all who took part in this inspiring day, and we hope we can make this an annual event!

Keynote speaker: Baroness Julia Neuberger

Opening address: Stuart Bell CBE, Chief Executive, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

Venue: Unipart House, Cowley, Oxford OX4 2GQ

Date: Thursday 4th April 2019

For any queries contact Rhonda Riachi via email:  r.riachi@brookes.ac.uk

Programme

10:00 Opening notices/housekeeping – Dr Guy Harrison & Rhonda Riachi.

10:10 Welcome address by Stuart Bell CBE, CEO of Oxford Health NHS FoundationTrust.

10:25 Experts by experience

Chair: Charlotte Collins

Spirituality and mental health – Joanna Tulloch

“From denial to celebration” – Ellen Bassani

Audio file of Ellen’s talk (24Mb file):

11:30 Keynote speaker

“Spiritual care in practice – why it matters and who should provide it”

Baroness Julia Neuberger

13:20 Singing in community with Sally Horner

13:30 Forum Theatre

Interactive drama based on case studies

Susie Stead with John Robinson and Sean O’Mahony

15:00 Breakout sessions

  1. The Art of Life – art therapy with children: reflecting on the emotional and spiritual experience of the therapeutic process. David R Elliott 

  2. Music, Spirituality and Mental Health: Perspectives from lived experience. Jo Barber

  3. Breath-Body-Mind Integration: an embodied approach to working with complexity. Kate Binnie 

  4. Connecting with Nature. Dr Jane Fossey.

15:50 Next steps for spirituality in health and social care

The OCSW vision, research & how to get involved. Dr Guy Harrison.

The Best Poster Prize was won by Julian Ellis, Music Therapist, Oxford Health NHS FT.

Published: 5 April 2019