Care Visions Professional Talk - Reflections on a Life in Child Care
You are invited to join us live for the next CV Professional Talk, ‘John Whitwell – Reflections on a Life in Child Care’. We feel that this will be valuable for many of our staff in different roles, especially its proposed aspect of speaking of the principles of therapeutic care.
Registration is free and easy via the link below, this lets us know who to expect and also allows for you to get the joining zoom link directly to your email.
Link to register: CV Professional Talk - John Whitwell – Reflections on a Life in Child Care Tickets, Wed 28 May 2025 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
Date/Time of event: Wed, 28 May 2025 19:00 - 20:00, Online
About the talk:
Join Humphrey Hawksley in conversation with John Whitwell, a reflection on life in child care. John begun his career in child care at the pioneering Cotswold Community becoming the principal in 1985. During his time here John worked alongside inspirational colleagues and consultants such as Richard Balbernie, Barbara Dockar-Drysdale and Isabel Menzies Lyth. Following this John became the managing director of the UK’s first independent fostering agency (Integrated Services Programme) developing therapeutic care in family setting settings. He qualified as a Group Psychotherapist and was a member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation and a trustee of Gloucester Counselling Service, the Planned Environment Trust and the Mulberry Bush Organisation.
The talk will include a conversation around the following areas:
- The principles of therapeutic care
- The place of psychodynamic theory in residential child care and foster care
- The therapeutic potential of relationships and how this can be realised
- Creating community to nurture healing, recovery and development
Attendees of the live event will also be able to submit questions to John throughout the talk.
Who is this talk for?
This talk is for anyone with an interest children’s wellbeing and development and supporting their recovery from trauma. It will be of particular interest for professionals working in residential child care and foster care and those involved in social work, education, therapy and counselling.
About our host - Humphrey Hawksley
Author, commentator and broadcaster, Humphrey Hawksley has reported on key trends, events and conflicts from all over the world, most notably in the tole of BBC foreign correspondent. His work includes documentaries examining; human rights abuse in global trade, failures of international development, the global nuclear industry, and democracy across different societies.
Humphrey is the author of the acclaimed ‘Future History’ series and has published four international thrillers. His work has appeared in most major broadsheets, and he has lectured at some of the most the most prestigious universities.
Register for free today to book your place.
More info on our Professional Talk Series and options to view previous sessions is available via: Care Visions Residential - Care Visions Professional Talk