Sinead Kelly

Mental Health Support Worker, Midlands Partnership Foundation Trust, HMP Hewell.

I have worked within Health and Social care for 33 years, 29 years with the Scottish Health and Social care partnership, as a registered care coordinator. Since 2020, I have worked within the Health and Justice System. I currently work within a team of psychiatrists in HMP Hewell, a male remand prison, where I provide mental health care.

I have social care qualifications as a supervisor in a care setting and additional qualifications and experience in transactional analysis, which is a branch of psychology that specifically looks at the way we interact with others.

For 7 years I ran a transgender safeguarding service in Birmingham, and I also facilitate a parents’ support group and an adult trans support group.

My partner and I have delivered lectures to Birmingham University on transgender awareness and access to healthcare. We offer a similar training for GPs and allied health and social service professionals.

As a trans female, my life journey has not been easy. Lifelong neurodiversity has added many challenges which I am now beginning to unfold.

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