Hi,
My name is Lesley and I am a counselling psychologist working as a community
counsellor in an area of Stockton on Tees called Hardwick. Hardwick scores
in the top 10% of deprived wards nationally. My role is to provide a
counselling/psychological service to the people of this area. This includes,
individual face to face work, group work, community development, training
other professionals in matters of mental health, attending community group
meetings and much more. I am developing a web site for the residents, the
address is
communityalliancehardwick.co.uk
I would welcome comments on this site.
Many of the residents have enduring mental health problems and finding my
role is not easy. I have been in post for 15 months. This is new project and
if it is successful then it may be that it is rolled out in other wards
within Stockton.
I have attempted to engage residents in research to determine what they
would see my role as being. I used questionnaires, interviews and focus
groups. I have just finished writing this up and it is due to be released
soon. I am constantly looking to evaluate the work. The individual and group
work is relatively easy to evaluate but the research that I am wanting to do
is around what impact my work has on the community as a whole. The amount of
time I can allocate to research is getting smaller as the clinical work
increases. However if this work is to continue it is important that I do
this research.
I am hoping that membership of this group can help to motivate me.
best regards
Lesley
Lesley Katib
Counselling Psychologist
Community Alliance
c/o Hardwick in Partnership
High Newham Road
Stockton on tees
TS19 8RH
Tel/Fax 01642 808418
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