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RECRUITMENT Case Management and Care Expert work: My next development opportunity DO YOU... • • • Presenting at the event – Wendy Ruffle, Occupational Therapist & Care Expert, Jacqueline Webb & Co Creatively problem solve? Look to consistently undertake self development? Want to be at the forefront of your profession? Then you could be ready to consider your next step in professional practice. Join us at this exciting event to find out how! ‘Expert work is ideal for progressing as an OT, as it consolidates the skills and knowledge you already have and enhances your clinical reasoning.’ WHY COME TO THIS EVENT? • • • • • • • Find out why Occupational Therapists are well placed to become a Case Manager and/or a Care Expert. Learn how both roles can further your skills and experience, without losing your hands-on clinical position. Hear about the supportive training culture in this sector. Find out the practicalities of taking on this type of additional work. Participate in the interactive Q&A session with two established clinicians (see opposite). View and read through sample reports produced by Case Managers and Care Experts. Network with other like-minded clinicians who are thinking about making the same leap. Presenting at the event – Rachel Culyer, Case Manager & Operations Manager, Unite Professionals ‘As an experienced OT you will be used to looking at client’s needs in a holistic way. Case Management provides the opportunity to draw together and manage an appropriate team of skilled professionals to meet a client’s psychological, physical and social needs’. N221 Jacqueline Webb and Unite Professionals are hosting a joint event with a unique opportunity to learn about Case Management and Care Expert work. Time: Starts at 6.00pm and lasts approximately 90 minutes. Venue: thestudio, Birmingham, B2 5PB. Date: Wednesday 13 February 2019. To book your place visit rebrand.ly/expertcasemanagerevent COURSES A Masterclass with Dr Tony Attwood A one day masterclass from Professor Tony Attwood, one of the world’s leading experts on therapy with adolescent and adult autism spectrum disorder (ASD) clients A sizeable proportion of your clients will have problems relating to ASD. Do you know who they are and how to work with them? Many therapists either struggle with therapy with ASD clients or use an ASD diagnosis as a basis for exclusion from all “talking therapies”. Difficulties with theory of mind, articulating emotions and a failure to understand the unique experiences of ASD clients often make therapy a challenge for both client and therapist. This is a major problem. Nearly 80% of ASD clients suffer from a mental health problem at some stage in their lives, 40% have symptoms of at least one anxiety disorder and 30% suffer from depression. Research indicates that between 10-30% of drug users have ASD. Even worse, 35% have thought about or attempted suicide. This Masterclass with a world-renowned expert, Dr Tony Attwood, will teach you how to work successfully with ASD adolescents and adults in your CBT and counselling work. You will learn: • how ASD clients think and see the world so you can communicate with them more effectively; • to explore issues important to your clients which are the direct result of their ASD; • how to help ASD clients identify and label emotions; • how to use special interests and ASD characteristics as strengths that your clients can use to manage their problems; • how to adapt and choose CBT strategies & techniques so that your ASD clients can respond effectively to them Professor Tony Attwood Dr Tony Attwood, Clinical Psychologist, is an acknowledged world expert on therapy with ASD clients. Professor at both Griffith University in Australia and Strathclyde University in Scotland, he’s worked with an estimated 8000 clients with some form of ASD diagnosis. He is author of innumerable peer reviewed studies and book chapters on autism, Asperger’s Syndrome and ASD. He’s also published 15 books in the field with sales topping 1 million, and titles translated into 28 languages. 8 May 2019, King’s College London or Live Webcast SAVE £15 – Code: OT15 Book at: www.skillsdevelopment.co.uk/ASD Call: 01825 763 710 50 OTnews January 2019 N207