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cCBT services in Oldham
Computerised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(cCBT) Service in
What is
Beating the Blues?
Beating the Blues is a computerised cognitive behavioural therapy
(cCBT) programme for depression, which was developed jointly by
Ultrasis plc and Dr Judy Proudfoot from the
What is FearFighter?
FearFighter is a computerised cognitive behaviour therapy package,
jointly developed
by Stuart Toole and Prof. Isaac Marks.
FearFighter has been approved by the
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE)
as an effective treatment for panic/anxiety and phobias.
FearFighter consists of nine steps which help users identify
specific problems, develop and work on realistic treatment goals,
and monitor achievement of those goals' by repeated self-exposure.
See
http://www.fearfighter.com/
for more information
About
this service
The service
itself is co-ordinated by Self Help Services – a registered charity
(No. 1122063) housed within the Big Life Group - and is commissioned
by NHS Oldham. The service runs from the following venues:
Cultural Quarter,
Greaves Street
Oldham
OL1 1AL
Service operates on Monday’s from 3:30pm to
6:30pm
Brierley Avenue
Failsworth,
Manchester
M35 9HA
Service operates on Tuesday’s from 6:30pm –
8:30pm
The
LaticZone Centre,
Oldham Athletic,
Boundary
Furtherwood Road,
Oldham
OL1 2PA
Service operates on Wednesday’s from 10:30am - 2:30pm
451 Middleton Road
Chadderton,
OL9 9LB
Service operates on Thursday’s from 4:00pm – 9:00pm
The service
offers clients living with depression and/or anxiety who are
patients of Oldham GPs, the opportunity to undertake the cCBT
packages; Beating the Blues or FearFighter. This service is
available via the following referral routes; Self-referral, GP
referral; & Mental Health Professional referral.
About our
cCBT Support Workers
Beating the
Blues and FearFighter are both self-help packages and therefore
participants may find that they are able to work through the modules
with little or no assistance. However, we do have a team of cCBT
Support Workers on hand to help if any assistance is necessary.
The cCBT
Support Workers work on a voluntary basis and receive support, line
management and regular external supervision from Self Help Services.
All cCBT Support Workers undertake a programme of mandatory training
through the cCBT packages to familiarise themselves with their
content and operations. The cCBT Support Workers are not therapists
but are people who either have direct personal experience of
depression, anxiety or low mood or have a special interest in these
areas because of their studies or career. The cCBT Support Workers
have also completed an enhanced criminal disclosure before they have
undertaken their voluntary role. During the cCBT session, one or
more cCBT Support Workers will be available to offer guidance or
support to clients. If there are any technical problems during the
session or clients need assistance in understanding any of the
material being presented, then the cCBT Support Workers are on hand
to help.
Confidentiality
The cCBT coordinator will liase with a client’s GP at the start
(self referrals only) and end of the cCBT course. During the course
the cCBT Co-ordinator will not usually need to contact a client’s GP
– however, if issues of safety arise, for example, if the cCBT
Support Worker believes that someone is a risk to themselves or
others, they may need to discuss this further with the cCBT
Co-ordinator who may then contact the clients GP. The cCBT
Co-ordinator will always discuss this with the client before making
contact with the GP and additional appropriate crisis contacts will
be provided to the client at this stage. In turn, if it is felt that
the cCBT service is not appropriate for the client or the client is
not finding any benefit from accessing the cCBT service, the option
of ‘stepping up’ the client to a more appropriate service will be
discussed in collaboration with the client. The cCBT Co-ordinator
will then assist to make a more appropriate referral.
Monitoring
and evaluation
In order to
ensure that we provide a high quality, accessible service that
continues to meet clients’ needs, we ask that clients’ assist us by
completing a ‘Record Form’. This form asks questions such as area of
residence, age, sex etc. and helps us to monitor whether our cCBT
service is accessible to all. As this service is continually
evaluated, clients will also be asked to complete a number of
additional clinical measures whilst accessing the service.
Comments, compliments and complaints
If you wish to discuss the cCBT service further or wish to make a comment, suggestion, or complaint, please contact Self Help Services cCBT Service at:
Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme,
Manchester, M15 4ZY, Telephone number: (0161) 232 7854 or email
oldhamccbt@selfhelpservices.org.uk
Alternatively you may wish to fill in the feedback form on our website:
www.selfhelpservices.org.uk.