Trauma-informed practice - separated refugee and asylum seeking immigrant children and young people

Dr Wuraola Bolaji is a psychoanalytically trained doctor of social work and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). She is a trauma-informed practitioner, educator and thought leader. She has several years’ experience managing looked-after children and leaving care teams. She is currently a senior lecturer on the University of Hertfordshire’s MSc and BSc social work programmes. She completed her doctorate at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust. Her research interests are broadly around trauma-informed pedagogy, care leavers, higher education, refugees and asylum seekers. Her thesis on trauma and transitions to adulthood of care-experienced young people who are refugees or asylum seekers is available at: http://repository.tavistockandportman.ac.uk/2584/