Dr Saleh received his medical qualification from Bangladesh in 1981. He has worked in his way in Government Medical College Hospitals in Bangladesh for few years before moving to UK. His postgraduate qualification and training began in 1985 at the University of Edinburgh and Royal Hospital for Sick Children around Community Child Health, postgraduate diploma in Social Work from the University of London, postgraduate certificate in Systemic Practice with Individuals and Couples from the Institute of family therapy and University of London and postgraduate diploma in Mental Health and Ethnicity from the University of Surrey, England.
In mid-80’s he started working with physical and learning disabilities in Scotland alongside his training. In late 80’s he began his therapeutic career working with people with substance misuse, Alcohol, drug addiction, HIV/AIDS at the Royal London Hospital.
He attended trainings on Mental Health legislations, Child care and child protection legislations, Specialist Counselling courses on drug use, HIV and AIDS, substance misuse and alcohol abuse. He is trained in Motivational Milieu Therapy. He has also attended and facilitated many national and international conferences and workshops in London on
Trauma, Violence, Physical and intellectual disability, mental health and on various psychological therapeutic approaches to mental health difficulties. In early 90’s he joined the Adult Mental Health services with NHS, East London until the year 2000 and worked in Hospital and community settings. He then moved to Child and Adolescent Mental Health services also with NHS, East London until the late 2017 as a cultural and complex case consultant.
CONTRIBUTION TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
He was involved in a major Child abuse inquiry in 1989 in East London. In early 90’s he has developed Bilingual care assistant programme with NHS, East London to support Bangladeshi adult inpatient with mental health problem. He also developed Muslim
chaplaincy services in London Hospitals to support the religious/cultural needs of the hospital staffs, carers, inpatient and outpatient community. His pioneering Liaison work with referrer, users and family members still plays important role in TRIAGE work in Child and Adult Mental Health services.
CONTRIBUTION TO COMMUNITY AND VOLUNTARY SECTOR
He was involved in project development on Mental health, drugs, HIV and AIDS in London and nationwide between 1988 and 1996 and was an active member of voluntary/community sector organisations in London. Between 1991 and 1996, Dr Saleh has served as a management committee member, specialist cultural advisor to several voluntary sector organisations in Tower Hamlets,
London. His focus was in the field of Drugs, alcohol misuse, domestic violence and mental health problems in the Bangladeshi community. During that period, he has encouraged NHS, East London and voluntary sector to start Anti-smoking campaign in Ramadan and it is still on. He then developed Community rehabilitation projects for Bangladeshi men and women with severe and enduring mental health difficulties with support from Health and Local Authority in East London and this project is serving residents of Tower Hamlets till today.
INTEREST/INNOVATION
Dr Saleh is a tireless campaigner for the empowerment of users in the field of disability. He believes in Different ability © than disability in user, carers and in their family members. His curiosity to explore and learn more about the global challenges of psychological health problems in children in the challenging world of nuclear parenting, digital interactive gadgets, media and how to engage them with his unique approach of Reminder Therapy © who they are, not what they are. He has also keen interest in Human resources development in corporate sectors to improve psychological health and productivity of the workforce and the organisation.
