Yesterday marked the 4th and final session of our initial PACE workshops of 2013 for parents and carers.
Recovery from trauma is a long process and key to this is developing the relationships between children and their foster carers or adoptive parents. Since January we have teamed up with just short of 60 adoptive parents and foster carers from across the South West to support them in tackling the challenges they face in building these relationships. We have done this through introducing the concepts of PACE (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity and Empathy) developed by the American Psychologist, Dan Hughes (see his most recent book, written jointly with UK Psychologist Kim Golding, for a great exploration of this approach; Creating Loving Attachments: parenting with PACE to create loving attachments, 2012).
PACE is a highly successful parenting approach for working with children who have experienced trauma in their attachment relationships. Sessions were facilitated by our experienced clinical psychologist, Dr Emma Greatbatch. The principles of PACE were introduced and participants were given the opportunity to reflect on their own experiences of trying to use the approach and to learn from their fellow participants.
Our next PACE session will take place on 1st May, when we will welcome professionals working in the field of Fostering and Adoption to join us in exploring the use of PACE in supporting the parents and carers they work with. The workshop will take place over a full day and we are excited that we have been commissioned to deliver this workshop in-house on behalf of other agencies over the coming months.
As a practice there are several others ways in which we seek to support parents and carers to strengthen and build the relationships with their children:
We offer various direct therapeutic services for children, young people and their families such as DDP, Theraplay, Sensory Integration Therapy, Eye Movement Desensitisation & Reprocessing (EMDR), Family Systems Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. The therapy offered will depend on the difficulties presented and on a psychological formulation, or understanding, of these, which is developed during an initial consultation with one of our psychologists.
We also offer assessment as a standalone service where this is helpful for the planning of placements or support services, or where an assessment can help a network to better understand a child’s presentation. We offer various types of psychological assessment including assessment of children’s attachment styles and relationships, and full cognitive assessment, both of which can be helpful to carers and parents in meeting the needs of the children they care for.
If you are interested in attending any of our future PACE workshops, or would like details of our bespoke training events, please email sam.morley@psychologyassociates.org.uk or call 0845 026 7260.
Thursday 21 March 2013
Wednesday 13 March 2013
NHS Change Day 2013
NHS Change Day is aiming to bring together the innovative thoughts thousands of NHS staff to improve care for patients, their families and their carers.
Here at Psychology Associates we are supporting Dr Alys Cole-King and her pledge to share the message that we can get through distress and suicidal thoughts.
Alys along with her colleagues recently devised the new College of Emergency Medicine Mental Health Toolkit which promotes compassionate assessments of anyone who attends ED with suicidal thoughts or following self-harm. The tool kit was launched at the College of Emergency Medicine at the end of February and can be viewed here.
As of 10.30am this morning over 130,000 pledges had already been made. You can read more the pledges and messages of support here.
We’d love to support further pledges aiming to tackle mental health issues so please let us know your pledge by commenting below.
Here at Psychology Associates we are supporting Dr Alys Cole-King and her pledge to share the message that we can get through distress and suicidal thoughts.
Alys along with her colleagues recently devised the new College of Emergency Medicine Mental Health Toolkit which promotes compassionate assessments of anyone who attends ED with suicidal thoughts or following self-harm. The tool kit was launched at the College of Emergency Medicine at the end of February and can be viewed here.
As of 10.30am this morning over 130,000 pledges had already been made. You can read more the pledges and messages of support here.
We’d love to support further pledges aiming to tackle mental health issues so please let us know your pledge by commenting below.
Friday 8 March 2013
International Women’s Day 2013
"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights" Gloria Steinem
Today mums, aunties, sisters, daughters, wives and grandmothers across the globe are celebrating what marks the 100th International Women’s Day. Here at Psychology Associates we wanted to take time to consider some of the great female figures who are inspirations to us.
Camila Batmanghelidjh is a psychotherapist and founder of The Kids Company. For 17 years Camila has lead her organisation fighting to help and support vulnerable children across London who are faced with emotional and mental health difficulties, homeless, sustained trauma and substance misuse to name just a few. As psychologists we experience too often some of the vulnerable situations which children and young people are sadly exposed to – Camila works with such energy and passion to remove children from these cruel surroundings and is an inspiration.
A second female figure who has been at forefront many of our minds of late is Malala Yousufzai. Malala is a Pakistani school girl who was shot by the Taliban in October 2012 for advocating girls' education. Malala has become renown around the world for her levels of courage and bravery in campaigning for female rights for education, a basic human right for most of us. As another inspirational figure Malala continues to hold her beliefs that young women in Pakistan should be able to pursue their dreams of education despite being a victim of the Taliban.
Take a few minutes this afternoon to find out how women across the world are celebrating:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
Today mums, aunties, sisters, daughters, wives and grandmothers across the globe are celebrating what marks the 100th International Women’s Day. Here at Psychology Associates we wanted to take time to consider some of the great female figures who are inspirations to us.
Camila Batmanghelidjh is a psychotherapist and founder of The Kids Company. For 17 years Camila has lead her organisation fighting to help and support vulnerable children across London who are faced with emotional and mental health difficulties, homeless, sustained trauma and substance misuse to name just a few. As psychologists we experience too often some of the vulnerable situations which children and young people are sadly exposed to – Camila works with such energy and passion to remove children from these cruel surroundings and is an inspiration.
A second female figure who has been at forefront many of our minds of late is Malala Yousufzai. Malala is a Pakistani school girl who was shot by the Taliban in October 2012 for advocating girls' education. Malala has become renown around the world for her levels of courage and bravery in campaigning for female rights for education, a basic human right for most of us. As another inspirational figure Malala continues to hold her beliefs that young women in Pakistan should be able to pursue their dreams of education despite being a victim of the Taliban.
Take a few minutes this afternoon to find out how women across the world are celebrating:
http://www.internationalwomensday.com/
Tuesday 5 March 2013
Self Injury Awareness Day 2013
Today is Self Injury Awareness Day.
Self injury is often misunderstood and hidden. Sometimes it is the only way we seem to be able to cope with difficult experiences and emotions. Sometimes it is a way of communicating how bad we feel when words don’t seem enough or don’t seem to get through to others. Thankfully there are a number of different therapeutic interventions, such as those we offer, and organisations available to help and support people across the life span who maybe experiencing these difficulties.
LifeSIGNS (Self Injury Guidance & Network Support) for example is one of a number of organisations who work hard to raise awareness. The charity also provide information and support to people of all ages who are affected by self-injury and are urging people to take a look at some of the small things people can do to make a difference.
If you want further information it may help to visit their website which provides a voice to people who self injure; as well as information for families, friends, schools and/or colleges. We have particularly found the fact sheets very helpful in sessions with young people and their families.
Alternatively if you wish to arrange an appointment with one of our team of Clinical Psychologists please call us on 0845 026 7260 within usual office hours.
Self injury is often misunderstood and hidden. Sometimes it is the only way we seem to be able to cope with difficult experiences and emotions. Sometimes it is a way of communicating how bad we feel when words don’t seem enough or don’t seem to get through to others. Thankfully there are a number of different therapeutic interventions, such as those we offer, and organisations available to help and support people across the life span who maybe experiencing these difficulties.
LifeSIGNS (Self Injury Guidance & Network Support) for example is one of a number of organisations who work hard to raise awareness. The charity also provide information and support to people of all ages who are affected by self-injury and are urging people to take a look at some of the small things people can do to make a difference.
If you want further information it may help to visit their website which provides a voice to people who self injure; as well as information for families, friends, schools and/or colleges. We have particularly found the fact sheets very helpful in sessions with young people and their families.
Alternatively if you wish to arrange an appointment with one of our team of Clinical Psychologists please call us on 0845 026 7260 within usual office hours.
Tuesday 26 February 2013
HMP Aylesbury TV Series - what do we think?
Following last night’s second part of the observational documentary filmed in HMP
Aylesbury, young offenders
institution, viewers witnessed some difficult scenes. We support the
view that young offenders have often had very challenging early lives due to
abuse and neglect, resulting in difficulties in developing healthy attachments
and thus in self-soothing and feeling safe. This impacts on every aspect
of life: managing emotions, developing healthy relationships, dealing with
stress, being able to focus and pay attention. Things are changing very
gradually and there is lots we can do to help.
We support the development of youth offender systemic approaches based around attachment which help the young persons to develop trust, to manage emotions and to gain self-confidence, rather than perpetuating the neglect they experienced in early life.
We support the development of youth offender systemic approaches based around attachment which help the young persons to develop trust, to manage emotions and to gain self-confidence, rather than perpetuating the neglect they experienced in early life.
Thursday 21 February 2013
New experts join our team
Wednesday 20 February 2013
The Compass Therapy Centre opens up to students this University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day
Today on University Mental Health and Wellbeing Day 2013 Psychology
Associates are ensuring that individuals living and working in Higher Education
throughout Devon and Cornwall are aware of our specialist services which can
help individuals with personal,
emotional and psychological concerns.
The Compass Therapy Centre is run by our very own Dr Mary Welford, Clinical Director of Therapy Services and founding member of the Compassionate Mind Foundation (please see notes to editor). Mary is supported by our team of expert clinicians who work across the lifespan and also in collaboration with a range of other ethical organisations to offer a range of therapy services to help improve psychological well being.
The Centre is committed to making psychological services more accessible for people living and working close to our practice in Cornwall and offers reduced rates for therapy sessions starting from £20 per hour. The therapy sessions can help support both students and teaching professionals who are experiencing signs of anxiety, depression, stress, trauma or any other mental health issues which are affecting their academic performance, work life or day to day lives.
The Compass Therapy Centre is run by our very own Dr Mary Welford, Clinical Director of Therapy Services and founding member of the Compassionate Mind Foundation (please see notes to editor). Mary is supported by our team of expert clinicians who work across the lifespan and also in collaboration with a range of other ethical organisations to offer a range of therapy services to help improve psychological well being.
The Centre is committed to making psychological services more accessible for people living and working close to our practice in Cornwall and offers reduced rates for therapy sessions starting from £20 per hour. The therapy sessions can help support both students and teaching professionals who are experiencing signs of anxiety, depression, stress, trauma or any other mental health issues which are affecting their academic performance, work life or day to day lives.
Our clinicians will offer an initial consultation then based on the
information discussed they will then recommend and offer the most suitable therapeutic
approach.
If you would like to find out more about the therapies we offer, or if
you are concerned about someone, please call us on 0845 026 7260. Monday 28 January 2013
Successful and Schizophrenic by Elyn Saks
Wrirren By ELYN R. SAKS
Published: January 25, 2013
Angie Wang
THIRTY years ago, I was given a diagnosis of schizophrenia.
My prognosis was “grave”: I would never live independently, hold a job, find a
loving partner, get married. My home would be a board-and-care facility, my
days spent watching TV in a day room with other people debilitated by mental
illness. I would work at menial jobs when my symptoms were quiet. Following my
last psychiatric hospitalization at the age of 28, I was encouraged by a doctor
to work as a cashier making change. If I could handle that, I was told, we
would reassess my ability to hold a more demanding position, perhaps even
something full-time.
Then I made a decision. I would write the narrative of my life. Today I am a chaired professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. I have an adjunct appointment in the department of psychiatry at the medical school of the University of California, San Diego, and am on the faculty of the New Center for Psychoanalysis. The MacArthur Foundation gave me a genius grant.
Although I fought my diagnosis for many years, I came to accept that I have schizophrenia and will be in treatment the rest of my life. Indeed, excellent psychoanalytic treatment and medication have been critical to my success. What I refused to accept was my prognosis.
Conventional psychiatric thinking and its diagnostic categories say that people like me don’t exist. Either I don’t have schizophrenia (please tell that to the delusions crowding my mind), or I couldn’t have accomplished what I have (please tell that to U.S.C.’s committee on faculty affairs). But I do, and I have. And I have undertaken research with colleagues at U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. to show that I am not alone. There are others with schizophrenia and such active symptoms as delusions andhallucinations who have significant academic and professional achievements.
Over the last few years, my colleagues, including Stephen Marder, Alison Hamilton and Amy Cohen, and I have gathered 20 research subjects with high-functioning schizophrenia in Los Angeles. They suffered from symptoms like mild delusions or hallucinatory behavior. Their average age was 40. Half were male, half female, and more than half were minorities. All had high school diplomas, and a majority either had or were working toward college or graduate degrees. They were graduate students, managers, technicians and professionals, including a doctor, lawyer, psychologist and chief executive of a nonprofit group.
At the same time, most were unmarried and childless, which is consistent with their diagnoses. (My colleagues and I intend to do another study on people with schizophrenia who are high-functioning in terms of their relationships. Marrying in my mid-40s — the best thing that ever happened to me — was against all odds, following almost 18 years of not dating.) More than three-quarters had been hospitalized between two and five times because of their illness, while three had never been admitted.
How had these people with schizophrenia managed to succeed in their studies and at such high-level jobs? We learned that, in addition to medication and therapy, all the participants had developed techniques to keep their schizophrenia at bay. For some, these techniques were cognitive. An educator with a master’s degree said he had learned to face his hallucinations and ask, “What’s the evidence for that? Or is it just a perception problem?” Another participant said, “I hear derogatory voices all the time. ... You just gotta blow them off.”
Part of vigilance about symptoms was “identifying triggers” to “prevent a fuller blown experience of symptoms,” said a participant who works as a coordinator at a nonprofit group. For instance, if being with people in close quarters for too long can set off symptoms, build in some alone time when you travel with friends.
Other techniques that our participants cited included controlling sensory inputs. For some, this meant keeping their living space simple (bare walls, no TV, only quiet music), while for others, it meant distracting music. “I’ll listen to loud music if I don’t want to hear things,” said a participant who is a certified nurse’s assistant. Still others mentioned exercise, a healthy diet, avoiding alcohol and getting enough sleep. A belief in God and prayer also played a role for some.
One of the most frequently mentioned techniques that helped our research participants manage their symptoms was work. “Work has been an important part of who I am,” said an educator in our group. “When you become useful to an organization and feel respected in that organization, there’s a certain value in belonging there.” This person works on the weekends too because of “the distraction factor.” In other words, by engaging in work, the crazy stuff often recedes to the sidelines.
Personally, I reach out to my doctors, friends and family whenever I start slipping, and I get great support from them. I eat comfort food (for me, cereal) and listen to quiet music. I minimize all stimulation. Usually these techniques, combined with more medication and therapy, will make the symptoms pass. But the work piece — using my mind — is my best defense. It keeps me focused, it keeps the demons at bay. My mind, I have come to say, is both my worst enemy and my best friend.
THAT is why it is so distressing when doctors tell their patients not to expect or pursue fulfilling careers. Far too often, the conventional psychiatric approach to mental illness is to see clusters of symptoms that characterize people. Accordingly, many psychiatrists hold the view that treating symptoms with medication is treating mental illness. But this fails to take into account individuals’ strengths and capabilities, leading mental health professionals to underestimate what their patients can hope to achieve in the world.
It’s not just schizophrenia: earlier this month, The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry posted a study showing that a small group of people who were given diagnoses of autism, a developmental disorder, later stopped exhibiting symptoms. They seemed to have recovered — though after years of behavioral therapy and treatment. A recent New York Times Magazine article described a new company that hires high-functioning adults with autism, taking advantage of their unusual memory skills and attention to detail.
I don’t want to sound like a Pollyanna about schizophrenia; mental illness imposes real limitations, and it’s important not to romanticize it. We can’t all be Nobel laureates like John Nash of the movie “A Beautiful Mind.” But the seeds of creative thinking may sometimes be found in mental illness, and people underestimate the power of the human brain to adapt and to create.
An approach that looks for individual strengths, in addition to considering symptoms, could help dispel the pessimism surrounding mental illness. Finding “the wellness within the illness,” as one person with schizophrenia said, should be a therapeutic goal. Doctors should urge their patients to develop relationships and engage in meaningful work. They should encourage patients to find their own repertory of techniques to manage their symptoms and aim for a quality of life as they define it. And they should provide patients with the resources — therapy, medication and support — to make these things happen.
“Every person has a unique gift or unique self to bring to the world,” said one of our study’s participants. She expressed the reality that those of us who have schizophrenia and other mental illnesses want what everyone wants: in the words of Sigmund Freud, to work and to love.
Published: January 25, 2013
LOS ANGELES
Then I made a decision. I would write the narrative of my life. Today I am a chaired professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. I have an adjunct appointment in the department of psychiatry at the medical school of the University of California, San Diego, and am on the faculty of the New Center for Psychoanalysis. The MacArthur Foundation gave me a genius grant.
Although I fought my diagnosis for many years, I came to accept that I have schizophrenia and will be in treatment the rest of my life. Indeed, excellent psychoanalytic treatment and medication have been critical to my success. What I refused to accept was my prognosis.
Conventional psychiatric thinking and its diagnostic categories say that people like me don’t exist. Either I don’t have schizophrenia (please tell that to the delusions crowding my mind), or I couldn’t have accomplished what I have (please tell that to U.S.C.’s committee on faculty affairs). But I do, and I have. And I have undertaken research with colleagues at U.S.C. and U.C.L.A. to show that I am not alone. There are others with schizophrenia and such active symptoms as delusions andhallucinations who have significant academic and professional achievements.
Over the last few years, my colleagues, including Stephen Marder, Alison Hamilton and Amy Cohen, and I have gathered 20 research subjects with high-functioning schizophrenia in Los Angeles. They suffered from symptoms like mild delusions or hallucinatory behavior. Their average age was 40. Half were male, half female, and more than half were minorities. All had high school diplomas, and a majority either had or were working toward college or graduate degrees. They were graduate students, managers, technicians and professionals, including a doctor, lawyer, psychologist and chief executive of a nonprofit group.
At the same time, most were unmarried and childless, which is consistent with their diagnoses. (My colleagues and I intend to do another study on people with schizophrenia who are high-functioning in terms of their relationships. Marrying in my mid-40s — the best thing that ever happened to me — was against all odds, following almost 18 years of not dating.) More than three-quarters had been hospitalized between two and five times because of their illness, while three had never been admitted.
How had these people with schizophrenia managed to succeed in their studies and at such high-level jobs? We learned that, in addition to medication and therapy, all the participants had developed techniques to keep their schizophrenia at bay. For some, these techniques were cognitive. An educator with a master’s degree said he had learned to face his hallucinations and ask, “What’s the evidence for that? Or is it just a perception problem?” Another participant said, “I hear derogatory voices all the time. ... You just gotta blow them off.”
Part of vigilance about symptoms was “identifying triggers” to “prevent a fuller blown experience of symptoms,” said a participant who works as a coordinator at a nonprofit group. For instance, if being with people in close quarters for too long can set off symptoms, build in some alone time when you travel with friends.
Other techniques that our participants cited included controlling sensory inputs. For some, this meant keeping their living space simple (bare walls, no TV, only quiet music), while for others, it meant distracting music. “I’ll listen to loud music if I don’t want to hear things,” said a participant who is a certified nurse’s assistant. Still others mentioned exercise, a healthy diet, avoiding alcohol and getting enough sleep. A belief in God and prayer also played a role for some.
One of the most frequently mentioned techniques that helped our research participants manage their symptoms was work. “Work has been an important part of who I am,” said an educator in our group. “When you become useful to an organization and feel respected in that organization, there’s a certain value in belonging there.” This person works on the weekends too because of “the distraction factor.” In other words, by engaging in work, the crazy stuff often recedes to the sidelines.
Personally, I reach out to my doctors, friends and family whenever I start slipping, and I get great support from them. I eat comfort food (for me, cereal) and listen to quiet music. I minimize all stimulation. Usually these techniques, combined with more medication and therapy, will make the symptoms pass. But the work piece — using my mind — is my best defense. It keeps me focused, it keeps the demons at bay. My mind, I have come to say, is both my worst enemy and my best friend.
THAT is why it is so distressing when doctors tell their patients not to expect or pursue fulfilling careers. Far too often, the conventional psychiatric approach to mental illness is to see clusters of symptoms that characterize people. Accordingly, many psychiatrists hold the view that treating symptoms with medication is treating mental illness. But this fails to take into account individuals’ strengths and capabilities, leading mental health professionals to underestimate what their patients can hope to achieve in the world.
It’s not just schizophrenia: earlier this month, The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry posted a study showing that a small group of people who were given diagnoses of autism, a developmental disorder, later stopped exhibiting symptoms. They seemed to have recovered — though after years of behavioral therapy and treatment. A recent New York Times Magazine article described a new company that hires high-functioning adults with autism, taking advantage of their unusual memory skills and attention to detail.
I don’t want to sound like a Pollyanna about schizophrenia; mental illness imposes real limitations, and it’s important not to romanticize it. We can’t all be Nobel laureates like John Nash of the movie “A Beautiful Mind.” But the seeds of creative thinking may sometimes be found in mental illness, and people underestimate the power of the human brain to adapt and to create.
An approach that looks for individual strengths, in addition to considering symptoms, could help dispel the pessimism surrounding mental illness. Finding “the wellness within the illness,” as one person with schizophrenia said, should be a therapeutic goal. Doctors should urge their patients to develop relationships and engage in meaningful work. They should encourage patients to find their own repertory of techniques to manage their symptoms and aim for a quality of life as they define it. And they should provide patients with the resources — therapy, medication and support — to make these things happen.
“Every person has a unique gift or unique self to bring to the world,” said one of our study’s participants. She expressed the reality that those of us who have schizophrenia and other mental illnesses want what everyone wants: in the words of Sigmund Freud, to work and to love.
A law professor at the University of Southern California
and the author of the memoir “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through
Madness.”
Source: New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/opinion/sunday/schizophrenic-not-stupid.html?_r=0
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/27/opinion/sunday/schizophrenic-not-stupid.html?_r=0
Wednesday 23 January 2013
Adoption blogs
We’ve recently stumbled upon a couple of new blogs written by adoptive parents which we would like to share with our readers. We found them through recommendation of Sally Donovan.
The One Hand Man
The Puffin Diaries
http://thepuffindiaries.wordpress.com/about/ - (We particularly enjoyed reading your recipe page!)
Thanks
Sally for the recommendation!
Please feel free to share some of your regular reads below...
Barnardo’s Fostering and Adoption week 2013
Today
marks day 1 of Barnardo’s annual Fostering and Adoption week.
With
the UK’s child adoption list having recently reached 7,000 (the highest since
2007) and a recruitment target 9,000 foster carers, Barnardo’s 2013 campaign is
very much centred at raising awareness of the reasons as to why some children
are not being adopted and encourages people to consider becoming a foster carer
or adoptive parent.
Barnardo’s
kick started their campaign this morning by projecting images of children on
the V&A Museum of Childhood in London. The images highlighted the
difficulties which are stopping children from finding their new families. You
can see the campaign underway here: www.barnardos.org.uk/news/Barnardo8217s_Fostering_and_Adoption_Week/latest-news.htm?ref=85514
As
a private psychology practice we are always looking at ways to support new
carers and adoptive parents which our specialist services as we understand how
difficult it can be to help a child recover from a traumatic experience. The
role of a psychologist can play an integral part in helping to shape new
healthy relationships between a child and their foster carers or adoptive
parents and we offer a number of different services to support the fostering
and adoption process.
Our
Clinical Psychologists, Dr Emma Greatbatch is running a 2 day PACE workshop in Plymouth on 6th and 20th March. The sessions are
specifically designed for adoptive parents and foster carers whose children
have experience trauma in their attachment relationships. You can find our more
about our PACE training here: www.psychologyassociates.org.uk/events/97.pdf
If
you would like to find out more about the psychological services which we offer
in fostering and adoption, or if you are concerned about a child please call us
on 0845 026 7260.
Friday 18 January 2013
New support staff vacancies
We have just announced two new job vacancies within our practice. If you have any questions please call us on 0845 026 7260.
Business Manager
Salary: £27,000 - £30,000 per annumDue to reorganisation we have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated team player to join our practice in Saltash. The successful candidate will administratively manage the practice and have experience of working in a similar level role. We require applicants to understand our sector and have knowledge of the sensitivities. Experience of competitive tendering, PBR and other business development activity an advantage. The post holder will be a motivating manager, have excellent networking skills, be creative, a good communicator, flexible, personable and want to grow with the practice.
The role is subject to an enhanced CRB check and references.
Call Sarah on 0845 026 7260 for a recruitment pack.
Closing date: 4th February at midday
Interview date: 11th February
Administration Assistant
Salary: £13,500 per annumThis excellent opportunity is a full time administration role within an expanding company based in Saltash and will include a variety of tasks. Therefore, the ideal candidate will be professional, helpful and organised and be able to demonstrate the following:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent all-round administration skills
- Diary management with the ability to multi task
- Comprehensive knowledge of Microsoft Office and strong typing skills
The role is subject to an enhanced CRB check and references.
Closing date: Friday 1st February 2013
Interview: Friday 15th February 2013
To apply send your CV with a handwritten covering letter to 41-43 Lower Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall, PL12 6JQ
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