CMS Briefing, Vol 4, Oct-Dec-2013
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CMS Briefing, Vol 4, Oct-Dec-2013
2013/Volume 4 (October-December) Briefing About CMS At Case Management Services Ltd, our staff provide community based rehabilita1on and supported living to adults and children who have sustained brain injuries and other serious injuries. The case manager will: • assess needs • formulate care and rehabilita1on plans • set goals • coordinate service provision • assess risk • monitor/evaluate input received by our clients The case manager may also be involved in preparing medico-legal reports. CMS provides a mul1disciplinary approach to rehabilita1on, having Occupa1onal Therapists, Physiotherapists, Psychologists and Rehabilita1on Assistants. Our team has experience of brain or spinal injury rehabilita1on and community working. This enables us to provide a comprehensive rehabilita1on package. CMS can also provide quan1fica1on reports looking at the costs of past and future needs for legal purposes. Our other area of exper1se is providing neuropsychological assessments, reports and treatments. Inside this issue: Hot topic - Northern England 2 CMS & CPD 2 Meet the team/ BIRT day 3 Recrui1ng NOW! 4 Compe11on 4 News We would like to welcome Dr Andrew Harrison, Consultant Clinical Neuropsychologist to our team. He comes with a wealth of experience of brain injury rehabilita1on at the Astley Ainslie hospital and Programme Director of the Edinburgh Brain Injury Rehabilita1on Training (EBIRT). We would also like to welcome Sherrie McGowan, Administra1ve Assistant who joins our office team. Members of the team have recently been aAending EBIRT at the Astley Ainslie Hospital, to keep up to date with current best prac1ce in brain injury rehabillita1on, dealing with challenging behaviour, acute management, physical rehabil1aiton and longterm management. See more about our commitment to CPD on page 3 of this edi1on. We have also commenced trial of a new basket of outcome measures to monitor client progress and case management input. These outcome measures shall be conducted by telephone where appropriate. We are recrui1ng for a paediatric neuropsychologist. See the advert on page 4 for further details. Amanda Campbell recently completed the Great ScoBsh Run at the start of October and raised over £200 for Spinal Injuries Scotland—well done Amanda! Diary Dates • Digby Brown Winter Dinner Dance for Spinal Injuries Scotland - Thistle Hotel, Glasgow, November 8 hAp://www.digbybrown.co.uk • Essen1al Guide to Medical Expert Repor1ng - Irwin Mitchell, Glasgow, November 28 [email protected] Case Management Services Ltd, 350A Lanark Road West, Edinburgh, EH14 5RR www.caseman.co.uk 01314515265 Page 2 2013/Volume 4 (October-December) Hot Topic : CMS Ltd crosses the border into England CMS Ltd have expanded into the North of England, with Case Managers Pauline PickeA based in Leeds and Sharon Green in the North West, offering community-based rehabilita1on programmes tailored to people with ABI and spinal injury, and also Immediate Needs Assessments and Quant reports. CMS Ltd have strong contacts with solicitors in Manchester, Carlisle, Leeds, Sheffield and Newcastle, and are developing contacts with solicitors in other areas to share our long standing exper1se in case management for the benefit of our clients. We adhere to the BABICM and CMSUK competencies and standards of prac1ce. We have also made links with Headway, Veterans Welfare Service, and BIRT, and have entries in the Brain Injury Group Directory and the Spinal Injury Associa1on case manager booklet. Pauline and Sharon regularly aAend training and networking opportuni1es and look forward to mee1ng future partners, and to further spreading the CMS approach to case management in England. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to arrange a visit from the North of England team and hear more about our services. Pauline Picke, Case Manager Have a ques1on for our team? Email it through to [email protected] and we will endeavour to answer your ques1on in an upcoming edi1on. Brain Injury Rehabilitaon Trust - Perspecves on How People Regulate Their Behaviour Case Management Services jointly sponsored this day with Digby Brown Solicitors. From a survey we conducted, case management currently provides approximately one third of specialist brain injury rehab in Scotland. The legal process is a powerful way to access the rehabilita1on and con1nuing resources to rebuild a life. Naomi Bidwell, Case Manager at CMS Ltd presented sharing her experience of seeing the behavioural consequences of being involved in li1ga1on for clients following a brain injury. This process can be stressful for the client both going through their problems with each expert and seeing the reports which may seem very nega1ve – seBng out as they do the limita1ons and prognosis etc. In addi1on Naomi spoke about how as part of team working with the client, we can limit this impact and facilitate rehabilita1on and recovery. Robert Swanney, Li1ga1on Partner at Digby Brown LLP also presented. His presenta1on brought out some very relevant points to solicitors, case managers and those in the brain injury rehabilita1on field. He spoke about how important it is to get all the right experts and ask the right ques1ons to get a comprehensive view. However, a balance should be struck. He reiterated that a large award can no doubt provide for some morale-boos1ng treats/luxuries – but at base it’s not about the money, it’s about the future and the emphasis should be on this. Case Management Services Ltd, 350A Lanark Road West, Edinburgh, EH14 5RR www.caseman.co.uk 01314515265 Page 3 2013/Volume 4 (October-December) Meet the Team: Pauline Picke& Q. How long have you been working with CMS? A. I joined CMS in November 2012 Q. What is your professional background? A. I am a Clinical Psychologist with experience in adult mental health and chronic pain. Q. What do you enjoy about working at CMS? A. I enjoy the challenge of understanding brain and spinal injury, problem solving with the clients, working with colleagues and mee1ng other professionals at training and networking events. Q. What do you get up to outside of work? A. I spend my 1me keeping my six children on track, enjoying family and my pets, conserva1on volunteering, walking and bird watching, gardening, reading and theatre. Q. Where would you go on your ideal holiday? Iceland to swim in the blue lagoon, and to see glaciers and volcanoes. Q. What 4 people (dead or alive) would you invite to a dinner party? A. Desmond Tutu, Victoria Wood, Jessica Ennis and Freddie Mercury Q. What super hero power would you have? A. Hindsight CMS and Connuing Professional Development Here at CMS we pride ourselves on our commitment to our staff and their ongoing learning and professional development. This ranges from our own in-house training to aAending conferences and seminars further afield. In September we hosted a training day at our offices to help our team be beAer prepared to aAend consulta1ons and court. David McIntosh, Li1ga1on Partner at Balfour + Manson, kindly led the day and provided us with an invaluable insight in to how our work relates to the li1ga1on process, and how we can prepare ourselves to speak to our recommenda1ons. The ScoBsh Head Injury Forum was held in Aberdeen in September. The day included interes1ng presenta1ons on employment opportuni1es following brain injury such as volunteering, driving assessment and the common financial problems faced by clients and their families in the instance of rela1onship breakdown. Three of our staff recently aAended a day in the Court of Session in Edinburgh to observe the li1ga1on process first hand. Reports back indicate they found this to be a thoroughly interes1ng day and it gave them an idea of how emo1onally trauma1c the court process can be for the family of an injured person. Amanda aAended the Spinal Injuries Associa1on (SIA) day’s training for case managers regarding spinal injuries in London this month. From our recent referrals we are aware that more and more people with a spinal cord injury are requiring case management, and we want our case managers to be as well prepared as possible to support our clients in the community. This training also provided food for thought regarding long term issues and highlighted further equipment and services that people with spinal cord injuries should have access to and therefore costs allowed for within quan1fica1on report. Naomi and Pauline aAended the Catastrophic Injuries Symposium, sponsored by SIA in Manchester in September. Case Management Services Ltd, 350A Lanark Road West, Edinburgh, EH14 5RR www.caseman.co.uk 01314515265 Page 4 2013/Volume 4 (October-December) Case Management Services are looking to recruit a Paediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist to join our team on an associate basis. You would be required to complete medico-legal reports and treatment for our clients in Scotland and the north of England. For further informa1on please email us at [email protected] Compeon Every issue of CMS Briefing includes a compe11on to win a £50 voucher for M&S. Congratula1ons to Ann Healey who correctly answered our first three Team GB Olympics compe1tors to win a gold medal in London 2012. This edi1on’s compe11on is a liAle closer to home. As we have ventured in to the north of England, we thought we would put your knowledge of landmarks to the test. All you need to do is answer the ques1ons about this picture below: 1) What is this? 2) Which city is it in? Please email your answers to [email protected] before the 29th November to be considered for the prize draw. Winner will be drawn at random from all the correct entries and announced in the next issue of CMS Briefing. Editorial Team Naomi Bidwell Amanda Campbell [email protected] [email protected] Case Management Services Ltd, 350A Lanark Road West, Edinburgh, EH14 5RR www.caseman.co.uk 01314515265