Liz Reid (PG Dip ASS PG Cert NDPT BA Hons)
I qualified as a Social Worker over 27 years ago and worked in Adult Mental Health Services, CAMHS and Children’s Services as a Specialist Mental Health Practitioner and Project Lead. I am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and the online Disclosure and Barring Service update (DBS.) I am a member of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW.)
After years of setting up several mental health services from scratch including a perinatal mental health service, I have developed a dedicated and independent Perinatal Emotional Wellbeing Consultancy for women and their partners during pregnancy and after birth to promote perinatal emotional wellbeing and nurturing attachments. At Pericare, I provide positive therapeutic interventions to support women, partners and their infants based on my specialist knowledge, experience and therapeutic skills.
Alongside my work within the NHS, I have worked privately on a part-time basis since 2010 across the UK and Northern Ireland, providing specialist assessments, training and teaching on perinatal emotional wellbeing at Lancaster University.
My Qualifications
- PG Award Perinatal and Infant Mental Health - University of Warwick
- PG Cert Non-Directive Play Therapy – University of York (specialising in attachment theory and child development)
- PG Dip Applied Social Studies (1990) - Swansea University
- B.A (Hons) Social Science - University of Humberside
My Sponsorships
- Home Office sponsorship – Swansea University (1990)
- Post Qualifying sponsorship (P.Q) – University of York (1997)
Project Lead Experience
I have 27 years post-qualifying experience in Children’s Services, CAMHS and Adult Mental Health Services including:
I have 27 years post-qualifying experience in Children’s Services, CAMHS and Adult Mental Health Services including:
- Project Lead – Specialist Perinatal Mental Health, CMHT
- Project Lead - Post-Adoption CAMHS
- Project Lead - Looked-After Children CAMHS
- Lead Social Worker – Tier 4 National Inpatient Unit for Children and Young People
- Senior Forensic Social Work Practitioner – Rampton Hospital National High Secure Healthcare Service for Women
- Mental Health Social Worker - Early Intervention in Psychosis Service
My Training Courses and Conferences
- ‘Psychiatric Causes of Maternal Death’ (Margaret Oates, University of Nottingham)
- ‘What’s New in Perinatal Mental Health?’ (The Marce Society & Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust)
- ‘Minimising Risk and Enhancing the Well-being of Mothers and Fathers in the Perinatal Period’ (University of Liverpool)
- ‘Men and Babies: Emotional and Social Impact of Pregnancy and the Perinatal Period on Fathers-Mindedness’ (Dr Paul Ramchandani, Imperial College London)
- Northwest Perinatal Mental Health Network (Dr Angelika Wieck, Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, PRAMMBS)
- Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale of Psychosis (PANSS) Training
- Deliberate Self-Harm Training - Uclan
- Family InterventionsTraining - University of Manchester
- Solution-Focused Brief TherapyTraining - CAMHS
- Introduction to Video-Interview Guidance Training - AVIGuk
I have provided the following training
- Visiting Lecturer on Social Work and Mental Health, Applied Social Science, Lancaster University
- Specialist training on Perinatal Mental Health for Midwives, Health Visitors, Children’s Services and the Community Mental Health Team
- Specialist courses on ‘Nurturing Attachments’ for adopters and foster carers across the UK
- Specialist training on Attachment Theory, Loss and Separation and Self-Harm for schools and fostering services
I have undertaken the following research
- ‘The role of promotional interviewing with mothers with psychosis during the perinatal period’ - University of Warwick
- Research design on ‘Does training in promotional interviewing make care coordinators more effective in identifying the needs of mothers and infants during the perinatal period?’ - University of Manchester
- Contributed to the ‘Harmonizing PND Training for Health Visitors’ and ‘Perinatal Mental Health Protocol for Health Visitors’ -Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
- ‘Mapping of the mental health needs of children looked after in Fylde & Wyre’ - CAMHS
