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Structured Clinical Management (SCM) Basic Training
Structured Clinical Management (SCM) is an evidence-based method that helps generalist mental health practitioners better support people with complex emotional and relational difficulties - sometimes diagnosed as ‘borderline personality disorder’ .
About this training
Structured Clinical Management (SCM) is an evidence-based approach that enables generalist mental health practitioners to work effectively with people with complex emotional and relational difficulties – sometimes diagnosed as ‘borderline personality disorder’.
SCM provides generalist mental staff with a coherent systematic approach to working with people with 'BPD’. It is based on a supportive approach with case management and advocacy support. It focuses on problem-solving, effective crisis planning, medication review and assertive follow-up if appointments are missed.
The SCM Basic Training consists of 18 hours of instructor-led content over 3 days, and 21 hours of self-guided content. To achieve Practitioner status, you are required to attend 12 supervision sessions in addition to completing the three-day basic training. If you are interested in pursuing Practitioner status, please contact our team for more information on how to arrange supervision sessions.
If you are interested in this training but no dates are available, please complete this expression of interest form. Once dates become available, we will contact you with more information and a booking link.
Aims of this training
By the end of the training, participants will:
understand the rationale and evidence base for SCM
show increased awareness of personality disorder
develop skills to treat people with 'BPD' alongside affective and other disorders
be able to implement strategic and core processes of SCM.
Who is this training for?
The course is suitable for all mental health professionals currently working with patients who have a complex emotional and relational difficulties – sometimes diagnosed as ‘borderline personality disorder’. No specialist or high-level psychological treatment skills are required to attend the course.
SCM has been implemented successfully by general mental health professionals without additional specialist training. It is particularly suitable for mental health nurses, graduate workers and others interested in the treatment of personality disorder.
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Professor Anthony W Bateman MA, FRCPsych
Prof Anthony Bateman is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Psychotherapist and MBT co-ordinator at Anna Freud; Visiting Professor University College, London; Honorary Professor in Psychotherapy University of Copenhagen.
He developed mentalization based treatment with Peter Fonagy for borderline personality disorder and wrote the manual for mental health professionals on Structured Clinical Management of Personality Disorder. He received a senior scientist award from British and Irish group for the Study of Personality Disorder in 2012 and in 2015 the annual award for “Achievement in the Field of Severe Personality Disorders” from the BPDRC in the USA.
David Rawlinson
David Rawlinson is the SCM co-ordinator and tutor at Anna Freud and Consultant Psychological Therapist; Associate Psychological Services Director - Community and Access; at West Cumbria Mental Health Community Treatment Team (CTT) and Complex Emotional Needs pathway lead in North Cumbria.
Mark Sampson
Mark Sampson is a consultant clinical psychologist and the clinical lead for personality disorder for 5bp NHS Foundation Trust.
Mark has extensive experience in personality disorder – he has been involved in local and national policy development (e.g. NICE guideline development group BPD) and is a member of the Clinical Reference Group for tier 4 personality disorder.
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We currently run an SCM training programme funded by Health Education England for NHS England staff several times each year. We advise NHS England Staff to liaise with your service lead and HEE regional lead to request places on the HEE-funded SCM training programme. Anna Freud will deliver the SCM training programme for several cohorts of NHS England staff each year, over the next three years.
If this does not apply to you, we can deliver this training locally to organisations. The fee for the three-day programme delivered online is £750 per person and the training requires 28 - 36 participants. We charge an additional 10% fee for face-to-face delivery.
In addition to the three live days of training, attendees would be added to an online training platform to carry out 11 hours of self-guided work during the training. If you are interested in commissioning the SCM training, please email MBTSCM@annafreud.org.
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The online platform Zoom will be used to deliver this training. Prior to booking on, please ensure you meet the system requirements so you're able to join this training.
Before the training, please test your equipment is working by going to Zoom.us/test and follow the instructions.
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