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Triin Vana
Trainer, coach and supervisor in psychosocial field; Recovery oriented and community based and services; Service Design and management; Social services quality assurance and improvement. CARe trainer since 2005.
Estonian (Working proficiency language), English, Finnish.
Triin Vana (Estonia) acquired an education in nursing (specialized on teaching and leadership), psychosocial rehabilitation (trainers training) and management, supervision and coaching. She has certified as EQUASS (European Quality of Social Services) consultant.
She has 19+ years experience of working as leader in different mental health organizations and teams, the last 10 years she works as director of Tallinn Mental Health Center. The organization is a leading provider of mental health services in Estonia, who has also Quality Assurance Certificate, EQUASS.
Last 15 years she has been trainer on the field of health care, social welfare and public sector. The themes include psychosocial rehabilitation, teamwork, leadership, quality management and social work supervision.
She has supervision and coaching experience since 2004 and offers supervision for individuals and groups mostly in health care, social welfare and non profit sector.
Since 2006 she has been involved as trainer and expert on 3 different EU projects coordinated by Astangu Vocational Rehabilitation Center all aimed at developing rehabilitation service system in Estonia.
EVA LEPPIK
Eva completed her master studies in 2019 with the thesis “Social inclusion of children with autism spectrum diagnosis in comprehensive school environment”.
Eva is concerned about the situation and opportunities for children with mental health disabilities and special needs in local comprehensive schools. She has been working as a social pedagogue in school and currently, she is working in educational counselling centre. She has two sons, and one of them has special needs because his talent.
The aim of her research was to get to know how people working in educational field are interpreting the social inclusion and possibilities of obtaining education as well connecting the children with autism in class and school relational environment. It came out that social inclusion is hindered by the fellow pupils’ parents’ negative attitude towards children with ADS and practitioner’s weak readiness to create an appropriate learning environment which allows to pay attention to development of children’s social skills and adaptability.
Her thesis: https://dspace.ut.ee/handle/10062/64171
Updated: Sep 15, 2019
BRIGITTA ÕUNMAA
Brigitta finished her master studies in 2019. The topic of her master theses is recovery and forensic care. Brigitta’s research is published in:
Õunmaa, B., Narusson, D. (2019). Remand Prisoners’ Perceptions of Recovery in Closed Settings. Journal of Recovery in Mental Health, 2(2-3), 5-20. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/rmh/article/view/32740
The purpose of the research was to explore the reflections of remand prisoners’ experiences and needs of emotional and psychological coping with imprisonment in the context of personal recovery. Research showed that negative relationships and perceived power difference with staff lead to tensions and creates and confirms identity “me as a criminal”. There is a need to promote more recovery-oriented communication with staff. Meaningful activities for remand prisoners would help to create better self-image and more hope for future and their return to society.
Brigitta has studied social work in bachelor, and service design in her master studies. She has been working as a support worker for people with mental health difficulties. Currently, she is working as a social field specialist in prison and carries on the personal recovery approach. Her earlier study focused on stigmatisation and self-stigmatisation of individuals with mental health difficulties.
