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Personality Disorder: Building Awareness and Skills
A series of 10 half-day workshops
October 2004 – July 2005

gnosis of personality disorder (pd), as part of their working day HPT

Background It has long been recognised that working with this client population can have unique difficulties and problems and professionals often feel ill-equipped to provide an effective service. Isolation and burnout are common. With the recent publication of the Department of Health Policy Implementation Guidance ‘Personality Disorder: No longer a diagnosis of exclusion’ there is a need to find ways of working which are effective for both the service user and those who support and work with them.

Course Description Based on research and evidence of effective practice this course will explore the nature of the problems, their development and maintenance and strategies to manage and improve the situation. The course consists of a series of 10 half-day workshops and aims to build skills in this area through case work discussion, seminars and reflection.

The course has been developed in line with the NIMHE ‘Capabilities Framework – Breaking the cycle of rejection’ document and will be delivered by specialists working within the area, together with input from service users.

Aims of the course:

Ø Provide a theoretical framework to develop an understanding of the problems faced by people with pd

Ø Provide skills and strategies to help deal with the stresses of this work

Ø To review the evidence for psychological treatment

Ø Provide an opportunity to reflect and build awareness of our own attitudes and responses to working in this area.

Ø Provide contact with a wide range of professionals with which to share experiences

Ø Provide further support and the basis for further training

Who is the course for? Anyone working with clients with personality problems or disorders, including:

Ø Social workers

Ø Mental Health workers of all grades

Ø Health care support staff and StaR workers

Ø GPs and Primary care staff

Ø Housing sector workers, homelessness staff

Ø Voluntary sector workers

Ø Criminal justice professionals: Probation service, prison officers, YOI workers

Ø Substance abuse teams

How is the course structured? Tuesday afternoons, from 1.30 to 4.30 pm (refreshments from 1.00pm)

1.30 – 2.15 Case work discussion groups. An opportunity to bring and discuss client related issues and experiences

2.30 – 3.30 Seminar (See Provisional Programme)

3.45 – 4.30 Reflective group

Seminar Programme (Provisional)

Date	Title of seminar
19^th October 2004	What is this thing called personality disorder? Definitions diagnosis and distress
23^rd November 2004	Lived experience: View from the other side. Service user led seminar
14^th December 2004	Hows and whys: Developmental issues
25^th January 2005	Knowing me-knowing you: Interactions of the internal world with the system
22^nd February 2005	What’s out there? Access to services
15^th March 2005	Freedom and containment: Assessing and managing risk
26^th April 2005	The Forensic Dimension
24^th May 2005	What therapies work?
28^th June 2005	Building a life worth living: The Recovery Approach
19^th July 2005	Where do we go from here?

Venue: Bedford House, Amoy Street , Southampton, SO15 2DR

Course Fees: £100 (includes handouts where provided, sandwiches and refreshments for all 10 workshops)

It is expected that delegates attend all 10 workshops and certificates of attendance will be issued to those who complete the course.

This course is supported and subsidised by the South East Development Centre (SEDC) for the National Institute of Mental Health in England (NIMHE).

How to apply: complete and return the booking form with payment.

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Places will be allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis.

Further details available from:

Centre for Professional Development

in Mental Health Tel: 023 8082 5704 email: lj1@soton.ac.uk

Dr Suzanne Sambrook Tel: 023 8082 5531 e-mail: suzanne.sambrook@wht.nhs.uk

The CPDMH reserves the right to change the programme without prior notice. Where for any reason beyond its reasonable control the event is cancelled, the liability of CPDMH is limited to the fees payable for the event and no other expenses.

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Delegate fees are £100 (which includes handouts where provided, sandwiches and refreshments for all 10 workshops). Cheques should be made payable to Hampshire Partnership NHS Trust. When payment is by invoice to an employer an order number or reference must be provided.

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