Association of Therapeutic Communities.
POSTS
CRISIS CENTRE
CLINICAL
DIRECTOR
£ 65,000
pro rata
(Plus
£ 5,000 expenses)
Due to the expected retirement in December
2008 of Dr. Joseph Berke, the founder and current
Director, the Centre will appoint a Clinical Director to take over from Dr. Berke in October 2008. It is anticipated that there will be
a handover period of three months for this important transition to take place.
Founded
in 1973, the Arbours Crisis Centre has an established international reputation
as a unique psychosocial residential facility for the severely emotionally
disturbed individuals and families. The Centre functions as a small therapeutic
community applying psychoanalytic principles to its structures and practise.
This post represents an exciting
opportunity for an energetic, experienced senior clinician and manager to
contribute to the Centre through the clinical leadership of a creative
therapeutic staff group. The Director will also be responsible for the
strategic vision for the future development of the Crisis centre.
Interested applicants
should submit their CVs, preferably with three references, to Dr. Joseph Berke, 5 Shepherd’s Close,
Fax:
020 8342 8849
Web:
arbourscrisiscentre.org.uk
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The Ashburn Clinic Dunedin ,
New Zealand
Psychiatrist
It's not easy finding the right job in
psychiatry. One where the environment supports good medical
practice with time to assess and treat patients in depth. Where there is
an opportunity to exercise the full range of psychiatric skills including
psychotherapy. Where the comfortable physical facilities are complemented by
beautiful, peaceful grounds and the expert staff group are excellent to work
with.
Perhaps you feel that you are not involved in decision making in your current
position or you don't have the say to treat patients in the way you think best.
Maybe you feel that the in-patient milieu you work in is too pressured and
without a coherent therapeutic programme. You might like to have a variety of
clinical practice from residential, through day-patient to out-patient settings
with interesting and challenging clinical problems.
Our work is hard but enjoyable. We are an expert team functioning in a unique
and enabling atmosphere, with wide teaching, supervising and consulting
opportunities. The Ashburn Clinic has been providing something special for
patients for well over a century and has a deserved national reputation for
excellent treatment.
All enquiries welcome:
Dr Stephanie du Fresne,
Medical Director
The Ashburn Clinic, Private Bag 1916, Dunedin, New Zealand
Tel 03 476 2092, Fax 03 476 4255
Email ashburn@ashburn.co.nz
www.ashburn.co.nz
Therapeutic Care Workers £20,000 p.a. incl. sleep-ins
Trainee Therapeutic Care Workers £15,000 p.a.
Full time 40 hours per week plus sleep-ins.
West Sussex, Littlehampton outskirts
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The Amicus Community is a new and innovative therapeutic residential project for severely emotionally troubled children between the ages of seven to eleven. Through two affiliated family sized homes, based in the community, it aims to care and work with children who are unable to manage or be managed within normal families whether birth, adoptive or foster. At the same time their young age and emotional vulnerability will make large traditional children’s homes unsuitable and inappropriate.
We are dedicated to staff development through an extensive programme of supervision and training both in-house and externally, as well as taking seriously the work-life balance, which is seen as vital if we are to maximise both staff efficiency and longevity.
We are looking for experienced workers who would be excited by the challenge of joining the project.
For further information and application forms please contact Adrian Adams or Stewart Thomson at;
Email: info@theamicuscommunity.com
Web-site: http://www.theamicuscommunity.com
ASCLEPION
Address
for Correspondence: 13 St James’ Drive,
Telephone at House Office: 020 8870 4111
e-mail: lesleyhayward@asclepion.fsnet.co.uk
YES, Asclepion does still exist…
…..I happily told a care manager who had contacted me via an ex-colleague about making a referral to the therapeutic community. At least she had already heard of Asclepion – that was heartening.
This is just one of the difficulties of helping to run a small TC – the need to get the service known and, perhaps even harder, to keep it in everyone’s mind when they are looking for suitable supported accommodation. But the service has survived since 1986 so we must be doing something right. More importantly, most tenants who use the service leave to live in more independent accommodation and this must be one measure of success.
So how to get talked about? The way we are striving to do this is to provide a high quality service that funders regard as good value and are prepared to pay for. Of course staff are key to this (if I say so myself as the Supported Housing Manager) but, in a small TC, of vital importance is the Board of Trustees.
….and Asclepion is in need of Trustees.
Staff members receive independent supervision on the day-to-day running of the TC but are also in direct communication with Trustees. This is mainly through Board meetings but also less formally. The potential for this to positively and quickly influence service delivery can be very satisfying for everyone. If a better way of doing things is identified this can become practice without the strain of trying to implement it via several layers of bureaucracy. Trustees get to know about how their decisions affect the tenants so their role is less remote than on boards of larger organisations.
Small can be beautiful as a small TC can respond to change more easily than a large one – with the right guidance.
The work of Trustees will not be limited to the current service. Asclepion is aware of the need to expand to reduce risk and take advantage of economies of scale. This will present exciting possibilities for Trustees in helping to identify and specify a new service.
For these reasons we need people with experience of therapeutic communities to help manage and improve the current service and to identify where need exists including what funders are prepared to pay for.
Board Meetings are held in the evening, in
If you are interested in finding out more
about the exciting opportunity to really influence service delivery then please
contact
020 8870 411 / 0776 440 9367 or lesleyhayward@asclepion.fsnet.co.uk
If you would like to discuss referrals then please use the same contact.
Background
Asclepion currently manages a shared house for five people in Wandsworth, S.W. London as a therapeutic community. It has evolved since it was established in 1986 but tenants have always been active in the day-to-day running of the house through the House Meeting. Tenants must be committed to using the twice-weekly group therapy sessions. This may not sound any different from other TCs but because tenants need to be relatively independent in domestic “survival skills” at the time of referral they are able to concentrate on identifying the changes they wish to make in their lives when using the group process. The Group Therapist and the Supported Housing Manager visit the house rather than being based there so tenants need to use their own or the group’s resources. There is an on-call system for emergencies but again tenants are encouraged to use the back-up services in the wider community. This is obviously good practice for independent living.
Address for Correspondence: 13 St James’ Drive,
Telephone at House Office: 020 8870 4111
e-mail: lesleyhayward@asclepion.fsnet.co.uk
Our Therapeutic Community for
Adults with Mental Health Problems in
This is an exciting opportunity, preferably for someone with TC experience who wishes to widen experience, learn more and be of service in this context on a longer term basis.
The task consists of:
Ø Working alongside people who need to acquire the confidence and ability to prepare for independent life.
Ø Sharing in household tasks as well as leisure and cultural activities.
Ø Providing support and encouragement to resolve conflict and to overcome specific areas of failure.
Ø Participating in and learning to cheer household tasks and therapeutic groups, learning counselling skills and key-working.
Person Specification:
Prior NVQ training an advantage but NVQ and other training will be provided.
The applicant needs to be someone with good physical and mental health, a happy disposition with a good sense of humour; a real interest in and commitment to those who are struggling to recover from breakdown, and the ability to work as part of a team as well as taking personal responsibility.
Hours of work:
You will work on a shift system, 40hrs p.w. (plus 1 or 2 nights sleep-in duty).
Salary:
£14,350 - £ 15,500 p.a. plus £22.50 per overnight duty
How to apply
Please send your CV to Elly Jansen at:
Head Office:
109 Strawberry Vale
Twickenham
TW1 4SJ
(Advice about completing a CV is available from your local Jobcentre Plus Office.)
JOB TITLE: DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER
TERM: PERMANENT
/ FULL-TIME
Experienced and energetic person required to assist and deputise
for the Manager of a specialist care home which is run by RFFI on therapeutic
community principles.
The Home, which is in
RFFI is an international charity with
a commitment to training and orientation of both
This is an opportunity to provide
leadership in an innovative project from its early stages. There is potential
for much job satisfaction for someone with the right blend of enthusiasm,
experience and commitment.
How to apply
Please send your CV to Elly Jansen at:
Head Office:
109 Strawberry Vale
Twickenham
TW1 4SJ
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