We caught up with Catherine Phillips, STORM® Facilitator and Practice Development Lead for Mental Health in Guernsey to find out more about her Facilitator journey.
Catherine along with her colleague Nicky Thomas have trained close to 300 professionals – wow!
“I have worked as a registered mental health nurse in Guernsey since 2002, predominantly in acute in-patient.
Prior to this I worked in acute in-patient and community dual diagnosis for South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLAM).
Currently I work clinically with psychological therapies as I have recently trained as an Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapist.
I have extensive experience working in secondary mental health services which has included supporting people with lived experience of self-harm and/or suicidal ideation or behaviours. As a frontline clinician this has also included those people who may have been bereaved by suicide.
In my role as Practice Development Lead for Mental Health in Guernsey, it is imperative that I am aware of The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines and policy documents including research indicating the evidence for efficacy of interventions and/or approaches when working with people who have complex presentations, this includes self-harm and/or suicide.”
We usually run a STORM® training session at Basic level, level 1, 2 or 3 at least monthly or on demand if service areas request this.
Overall we have most likely trained close to 300 professionals within the service.
We have sessions booked throughout 2020 and moving forwards will continue to deliver the training throughout HSC.”
“For me the key piece of advice that I could give to anyone is that any professional who has a working relationship with people with lived experience of self-harm and/or suicide should be collaborative. This means that decisions should be shared so that people are enabled to make choices, and feel empowered in relation to making decisions about their care.”
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The University of Nottingham are inviting professionals working across different settings with young people who have self-harmed to share their views on the CaTS-app – which aims to improve shared understanding and assessment of self-harm between young people and professionals.
Two of our wonderful team members, Dani and Emma, lead our Wellbeing Programme for the internal Storm Skills Training team. They’re passionate and committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our team and are invested in promoting a happy and supportive environment.
Since getting the go ahead from our CEO Bianca and our Board, they have introduced and grown a programme which has gone from strength to strength. We are so proud and thankful to them for developing this idea.
In this piece Dani and Emma tell us how it all began, what they’ve learned, and what their plans are for the future.
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