Naomi Hankinson
Naomi Hankinson qualified as an occupational therapist in 1985, after taking a degree in philosophy at Manchester University. In the early years of her career she worked in mental health services, in professional, general and project management roles. In 2001 Naomi joined the North East London Mental Health Trust as joint Director of Therapies and was later seconded for two years to the Department of Health’s National Social Inclusion Programme leading on workforce. Naomi went on to become its Assistant Director for Innovation and Development. She was made Visiting Fellow at London South Bank University during this time and then worked as a Development Consultant at the University of Central Lancashire Inclusion Institute, where she continued to focus on service and workforce development.
Naomi has contributed as a non-executive and trustee on various charities and organisations and was voted on to the British Association and College of Occupational Therapists Council as its Chairman in June 2009, serving four years in this role, and has also chaired the Audit Committee. She has been a Hospital Manager (sitting on mental health act review panels) since 2014 and was elected Vice-President of the Council of Occupational Therapists for European Countries in 2017. She continues to coach, supervise and mentor individuals and review services. Fees: supervision/coaching from £50 per hour; mentoring through individual agreement. Naomi can be reached at [email protected]
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27th November 2023Elizabeth Casson Fellow announced
To celebrate the Elizabeth Casson Trust’s 75th anniversary, the trustees created our prestigious Elizabeth Casson Fellowship to honour our founder...
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30th August 2023Enter our video competition
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10th February 2023An invitation to Academic and Practice Educators to become an Equity Champion
An Equity Champion is someone who makes a commitment to learn more about equality, diversity and inclusion so that they can support ...
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18th January 2023Come join us as our Deputy Executive Officer
The Elizabeth Casson Trust is excited to be able to offer an opportunity for an individual to join us as Deputy Executive Officer (DEO)....
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24th October 2022Welcome Becca and Sharon
Welcome to Dr Rebecca Khanna and Sharon Tuppeny as new trustees on the Elizabeth Casson Trust board....
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15th September 20222022 Research award announced
The Elizabeth Casson Trust is excited to announce our annual 2022 research award: a state of the art evidence-based Occupational Therapy in Multiple..
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14th July 2022Trustee recruitment – could it be you?
The Trust is seeking expressions of interest from individuals to become a trustee...
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15th March 2022Masters research project
If you are a practice educator working in England, and would like to participate in a research project about mentoring, you are invited...
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13th September 2021Occupational Therapy: 2021 and beyond – award recipients announced
The Elizabeth Casson Trust is excited to announce our research awards for the Occupational Therapy: 2021 and beyond call and would like to congrat....
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21st May 2021Call for proposals responding to the impact of COVID-19
The U.K. has been managing the COVID-19 pandemic for almost 18 months and during this time health and social care services have been stretched to new
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19th November 2020Trust becomes NIHR non-commercial partner
The Elizabeth Casson Trust is pleased to announce that we have been successful in becoming an NIHR non-commercial partner. This means....
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5th November 2020Research Study Awards announced
The Elizabeth Casson Trust is excited to be able to announce our first research study awards. Two awards have been made following a call earlier...