Alana English
Alana English (BSW, BA (Psych) has worked as a Clinical Social Worker for more than 30 years, with the last 15 years being with Children’s Health Qld, at Mater Children’s Hospital and Queensland Children’s Hospital. Alana currently holds two roles, one of these is Project Manager of the SHARE Project with QPRS. The other is with Qld Paediatric Sepsis Program where she has focused on development and implementation of a family support program, including a post sepsis model of care for families with a child diagnosed with sepsis (surviving and bereaved).
Alana has worked in a variety of clinical and program positions, including hospital based Social Work, paediatric rehabilitation, child and youth mental health, and organisational psychology (workplace based training and counselling). Across her career, she has remained passionate about supporting children, young people and families with their experience of grief and loss, using a strengths based approach which validates their individual experience and promotes resilience.