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| Jarna |
RA post in PooleHi,my post has just been adverstised in the Daily Echo and you can also find details from the www.jobs.nhs.uk. The details below I've copied and pasted from the NHS job website. If you are interested, please note that they want the applications back by 30th June (I think). Hope this helps! Job Reference 152-J4909 Job Title Research Assistant, Band 4 Area of Work Employer Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust Department Department of Psychological Therapies Location Poole Salary £16,405 - £19,730 p.a. Hours per Week 37.5 hrs Job Type Fixed Term Temporary Interview Date 17/07/2006 Closing Date 30th June 2006 Dorset Healthcare NHS Trust Department of Psychological Therapies Intensive Psychological Therapies Service We require a Psychology Graduate, with a good first degree, to work on two projects looking at the outcomes of psychological therapies with Personality-disordered patients. This is a full-time post for a fixed term until the 31st March 2007 and is based in Parkstone. Web site: www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk Car owner/driver essential, subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995). Employment in this post is subject to a satisfactory Disclosure for the Criminal Records Bureau. COMMITTED TO EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY We are a No Smoking organisation |
| Kay |
The advertised jobHello Jarna, I have applied for the IPTS post and it does look really interesting. Could you tell me a bit more about what the research actually involves as these adverts areso brief.Thanks Kay |
| Jarna |
Hi Kay,
There are two outcome trials in the IPTS, one is a randomised control trial in CAT (cognitive analytic therapy) and the other one is/was DBT-trial (dialectical behaviour therapy). The DBT trial is nearly finished. if you would like more info, why don't you ring me in IPTS, I don't mind answering your questions. Good luck with your application! 
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| guest |
I am quite confused by the object relations part of CAT and procedual Sequence Object Relations Model and was wondering if you could perhaps explain it a bit in case I am lucky enough to get an interview. |
| Jarna |
Hi,
Sorry it's taken so long to get back to you, but I forgot to check this website this week... 
I have to admit that I find the object relations bit of CAT very confusing as well and am not even going attempt to explain it as I really don't understand it myself!  Re: procedural sequence model, I would recommend reading Chess Denman's article (2001) 'Cognitive-analytic therapy' in Advances in Psychiatric treatment (vol 7, pp 243-256). I found it quite clear account of CAT and it starts by explaining the procedural sequence model.
In my opinion, you really don't need to know about CAT in that much detail. I think it is enough to have a rough idea of what CAT entails but I wouldn't worry about the CAT-theory too much. Not understanding everything about CAT doesn't make a difference when you are carrying out the outcome research on CAT. After all, the therapists are doing all the CAT-work and you are collecting the data. I'd say that the idea is to learn more about CAT, DBT and personality disorders while working here so in-depth knowledge beforehand is not essential. I hope that helps a bit and puts your mind at ease. Good luck with it all!
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