Damien Light

Senior Mental Health Practitioner

Damien is an experienced Mental Health & Wellbeing Practitioner working with vulnerable adults with moderate to severe mental health disorders, and withchildren, young people, and their families to assess need and risk and offeringintervention packages to support their positive futures. His extensive experience stretches to a dedication to working in a way that enables good, trusting relationship building and a rapport that empowers others to be themselves in communicating with him. This is also true when working alongside stakeholders, partners and providers to ensure a true joined up approach.

Damien works from a client centred model, basing all he does around them, guided by them and from a place of working ‘with’ and not ‘doing to’. He works without judgement and is responsive to wellbeing and working at a pace that suits the client. Whilst he can work confidently in an autonomous way, he is a great team member who is able to actively listen and offer advice and guidance where needed. His constructive challenging skills help other to learn and develop in a safe and open way.

He is passionate about working with those who have drug & alcohol misuse in their past or present and his specialist knowledge means he can pass this on to the client in a genuine way and help other professionals to understand the impact that this might be having on the individual. He is also keen to continue to work with children, young people and families who are on the edge of care to advocate and mentor through crisis situations to build resilience, developing coping strategies and create an independence from services.

Damien’s personal experience with disability means he is eager to work alongside those who have a disability to breakdown taboo and stigma that is attached to this, building on self-confidence and feelings of self-worth. By aspiring others to flourish, Damien advocates for positive mental health and wellbeing for all.