HUMANISE Systems CIC is a relational systems change organisation working across justice, health, education and community settings.
We support people and organisations trying to think, respond and relate more humanely inside systems that are often stretched beyond capacity.
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Our work brings together reflective practice, systems thinking, experiential knowledge and psychologically informed approaches to help people navigate complexity without losing sight of humanity.
What is HSCIC?
ETHOS
Relational change comes from
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Honesty
U
Understanding
M
Meaning
A
Accountability
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Nervous
System Awareness
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Integrity
S
Safety
E
Equity
The gap we work in
Much of our work lives in the gap between intention and experience, policy and lived reality, care and control.
We are interested in what happens when systems become disconnected from the people inside them. What gets protected. What gets overlooked. What people learn to carry quietly in environments shaped by pressure and survival mode.
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We believe systems cannot fully understand harm whilst excluding the people most affected by it.
Experiential knowledge matters not because it is emotionally compelling, but because it reveals things systems often fail to see on their own.
How we think
At HSCIC, we begin from the position that behaviour has meaning.
People’s responses do not appear from nowhere. They are shaped by relationships, environments, stress, fear, nervous system states and lived reality.
We also recognise that pressure changes the way systems behave. Under strain, organisations can become reactive, defensive and emotionally disconnected without necessarily intending to.
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This matters because fear can control behaviour temporarily, but it cannot create lasting safety.
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We believe people are more likely to remain engaged when they experience consistency, dignity, accountability and relational trust.
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Our work also challenges the idea that knowledge belongs to institutions alone. Research, frontline practice wisdom, experiential knowledge and public perspectives all have something important to teach us about harm, care and systems under pressure.
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Meaningful understanding happens when these forms of knowledge are allowed to sit together honestly.
Our approach is relational, reflective and grounded in the realities people are navigating every day.
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We create space for dialogue, observation and more thoughtful conversations about behaviour, safety, systems and emotional pressure.
Sometimes this looks like reflective practice work inside organisations. Sometimes it looks like creative group work, public dialogue or collaborative consultation.
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We are not interested in quick fixes, performative wellbeing language or polished consultancy theatre.
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We are interested in collaborative thoughtful work that helps people think more clearly and respond more humanely under pressure.
HOW WE WORK
PEOPLE
HSCIC is shaped through collective practice, lived realities, frontline work, research and creative thinking.
The organisation brings together practitioners, researchers and creative contributors interested in how systems respond to distress, complexity and human need.
PEOPLE
HSCIC is shaped through collective practice, lived realities, frontline work, research and creative thinking.
The organisation brings together practitioners, researchers and creative contributors interested in how systems respond to distress, complexity and human need.
Oshéa Johnson
Oshéa Johnson is the Founder and Director of HSCIC. A registered social worker with experience across youth justice, forensic mental health, supported living and substance misuse services.
Her work focuses on relational practice, systems under pressure and the places where humanity can disappear beneath policy, process and survival mode.
She is particularly interested in force, care, organisational culture and the gap between how systems describe themselves and how they are actually experienced by the people inside them.
Tavanya Bowes
Tavanya Bowes is a Director at HSCIC, a registered social worker, advanced practitioner and associate lecturer with experience across children’s services, youth services, residential care and higher education.
Her work centres relational engagement, reflective practice and emotionally informed approaches with marginalised families and communities navigating complex systems.
Ayşe Gül Kaya
Ayşe Gül Kaya is a creative practitioner and Director at HSCIC with interests in creativity, identity, emotional wellbeing and self expression through collaborative arts practice.
Her work explores the role creativity can play in helping people feel seen, connected and able to express experiences that are often difficult to put into words.