Gender: Female Age: 18+ Beds: 20 Cygnet Alders Clinic is a 20 bed rehabilitation service providing assessment, treatment and rehabilitation for women with personality disorder and complex needs. At Cygnet Alders Clinic we provide a specialist psychologically informed personality disorder pathway across three living areas; Severn, for assessment and stabilisation; Avon, where service users move as they engage and progress with their treatment pathway; and Coln, which focuses on transitioning to the community. We have a substantive multi-disciplinary team (MDT) comprising of a hospital manager, head of care, psychiatry, psychology, occupational therapy, nursing and support workers. We work closely with the local community, including dieticians and primary care. We promote physical health, wellbeing and meaningful occupation as part of our treatment programme, using strong community links to facilitate individualised wellbeing plans. Cygnet Alders Clinic is on the Welsh Hospital Framework with specialist service status. “Alders has changed my life… After 18 years of being in hospital I finally have a future!”Service user Our approach: We adopt an integrated modular approach to treatment for women with a diagnosis of personality disorder, accounting for diagnostic differences, NICE guidelines and the work of Livesley (2004). With a focus on interpersonal relationships, we use individual formulation to deliver a personalised and integrated combination of psychotherapeutic and pharmacological interventions. These can include: DBT-informed Therapy Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) Mentalisation Based Therapy (MBT) Schema Focused Therapy (SBT) Our aim is to address the core features of personality disorder: emotional regulation, interpersonal functioning, and self-identity and to prepare the women in our care for a transition to life back in the community. Our pathway Service user profile Women, aged 18+ Complex mental health needs, challenging behaviours and a primary or secondary diagnosis of personality disorder May be detained under the Mental Health Act May have a history of substance misuse or dependency May have experienced regular placement breakdowns Sustained relational and social functioning problems Forensic or non-forensic history Capacity to engage Referrals accepted from Tiers 1-4 Download the Cygnet Alders Clinic Flyer1.22 MB Photo Gallery Please click on the images to enlarge. A Career with Cygnet Alders Clinic Join our amazing nursing teams in Gloucester! A career at Cygnet comes with excellent benefits. Whether it’s saving you money on the high street, with healthcare, holidays & leisure – or securing your future with professional development and a pension – we support you to be happy both in & out of work. Nursing Jobs in Gloucester
26th November 2020 2020 Cygnet Christmas Card Competition Winners In September we asked our service users and residents from around the country to get into the festive spirit and enter the 2020 Cygnet Christmas Card Competition. We received over 100 fantastic entries and we are now pleased to announce the three winners.
22nd September 2020 Cygnet Nursing Awards 2020 – Celebrating our Nurses in the Year of the Nurse We are delighted to announce that we are holding our first ever Nursing Awards, on Tuesday 13th October 2020. The awards, which will be held ‘virtually’, feature eight categories with the finalists nominated by their peers across the Cygnet group.
3rd June 2020 2021 Cygnet Calendar Competition Winners In March we launched the 2021 Cygnet Health Care Calendar Competition. With so many fantastic entries we couldn’t choose just 13 pieces to feature therefore, the 2021 Cygnet Calendar will feature 21 pieces of artwork.
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