10th Nov 2026

Care in Mind at International Safewards Conference in Prague

Care in Mind were delighted to take part in the International Safewards Conference in Prague this week.  It was great to join 350 professionals and academics from around the world who share our passion for least restrictive, collaborative and relational practice.  Our Safewards lead, Dominique Hooper, presented our adaptation of Safewards – ‘Safewards for Safe Homes’ – which received a really positive response from delegates.  We are the only residential community service to have adapted the model in this way – and we have now been using and refining it for over 10 years.  Our Managing Director, Dr Rachel Scullion, presented our assistant psychologist Adrianne Amri’s reseach from her Masters thesis – a thematic analysis of frontline staff’s perspectives on the Safewards for Safe Homes Model. And our Executive Chair, Dr David Kingsley, presented our recent adaptation of the model for Eating Disorders – which also received a lot of interest. Safewards is becoming increasingly popular in European countries and across the world at present, 12 years after it was originally proposed by Professor Len Bowers and Geoff Brennan, both of whom were in attendance and spoke highly of our work at Care in Mind.  We are excited to be a part of the future of Safewards and to contribute to developments that will help people with mental health presentations to be cared for in a respectful, least restrictive and collaborative way.