Joanna Brown
Joanna B Training
About
Joanna supports and assesses student social workers, NQSWs, and those training as practice educators. She also runs mindfulness groups and workshops, bringing a deep understanding of statutory social work and mental health practice and the challenges that arise in this work. Joanna has experience delivering mindfulness courses to NHS and local authority staff, supporting staff to pause, reflect, and reconnect with themselves and core values—essential for resilience and safe, effective practice.
Skills include
Joanna is a mental health social worker with 24 years’ experience, specialising in complex emotional needs. She is a Practice Educator, mentoring and assessing students, ASYE social workers and PEPS trainees. She is also a certified mindfulness teacher.
Qualifications
Qualified Social Worker, Certified Mindfulness Teacher
Professional interests
Abuse, neglect, bullying and safeguarding,
Becoming a social worker, students and newly qualified social workers,
Bereavement and other life changing events,
Disability issues,
Professional development and practice,
Social justice, poverty and housing
Type of work and clients
Complaints,
Advocacy,
Coaching / mentoring of parents (families),
Coaching / mentoring of social workers,
Direct work with families and carers,
Direct work with service users,
Expert witness,
Inter-agency working,
Local authority departments,
NHS organisations,
Placements,
Practice assessment,
Practice teaching,
Private / independent sector,
Solicitors,
Supervision,
Therapeutic work,
Training and tutoring,
Universities / learning & training bodies,
Voluntary sector
Business Details
Telephone
07971850079
Location
London