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Administrative Base:
Riverside Adolescent Unit, Blackberry Hill Hospital, Stapleton, Bristol BS16 2EW. Tel: 0117 975 4878
Main Training Opportunities
The Riverside Adolescent In-Patient and Day Patient Unit offers experience in working with adolescents with severe psychiatric disorder.
§ Day to day involvement in the psychological and physical care of adolescents, either admitted to or attending the Unit as day patients.
§ The trainee will work as part of a large multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, therapists, family therapists, psychologists and teachers.
§ Training opportunities in the management of complex cases requiring intensive input from the Unit’s multi-disciplinary team.
Main categories of severe mental disorder treated by the unit are :psychosis and eating disorders, but also severe forms of neurotic disorder including: obsessive compulsive disorder; anxiety disorders; depression; psychosomatic disorders; somatic conditions involving severe stress reactions; disorder presenting as deliberate self harm; some adolescents with solvent, alcohol and drug abuse problems; disorders resulting from physical and emotional problems and sexual abuse and neuropsychiatric disorder.
§ The trainee will have experience of the referral and assessment process and will be a fully integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team.
§ The trainee will regularly attend in-patient and day patient ward rounds and take on responsibility as case co-ordinator for a specified number of young people on the Unit.
§ The trainee’s role will involve being an integral part of the running of the Unit with regular involvement in making management decisions about cases.
§ Involvement in the referral and assessment process will give the trainee experience of making judgements about the suitability of different forms of day and residential treatment and it’s potential advantages and disadvantages.
§ This role involves working closely alongside members of the therapy and nursing teams, to co-ordinate and deliver the care for young people at the Unit.
§ The trainee will have experience of the use of legislation such as the Children Act and the Mental Health Act as applied to young people with severe mental disorders.
The trainee will also have the opportunity to take part in the general therapeutic activity of the Unit and will have the opportunity to gain experience in working in a range of group therapy situations under supervision.
§ The trainee will also have the opportunity to take the lead in offering individual therapy to a small number of selected cases under supervision.
§ Opportunities will be made available for the trainee to visit other in-patient and day patient units as part of their experience to offer contrasting experiences of Tier 4 services.
The range of treatments offered at the Unit include: multi-disciplinary assessment; individual psychotherapy; group psychotherapy; social skills and other developmental groups; cognitive behavioural therapy/family therapy; administration and monitoring of psychotropic medication.
Other specific training experiences
§ Family Therapy :Supervised training and exposure to work with in-patient and day patient unit families under the supervision of a trained family therapist with MSc qualification.
§ Cognitive Behaviour Therapy : There is opportunity for supervised practice including cases of severe obsessive compulsive disorder and eating disorder.
§ Psychopharmacology : Experience in the use and monitoring of psychotropic medication in severely ill adolescents, including those with psychotic disorders.
Special Experiences Available
§ The opportunity to shadow the Unit Consultant in his role as manager of The Riverside Adolescent Unit in the North Bristol NHS Trust and in his strategic role in commissioning Tier 4 services with the local health authority.
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