Debbie Nwafor

• Gained experience working in a primary care talking therapies team.
• Experience being supervised by a BABCP accredited CBT psychotherapist, fostering professional development.
• Experience advocating on behalf of clients, promoting rights and autonomy.
• Gained experience delivering 1:1 high intensity CBT treatment to promote mental health recovery for various mental health disorders e.g. Panic disorder/agoraphobia, Social anxiety disorder, Depressive disorder, Post traumatic stress disorder, health anxiety, Obsessive compulsive disorder, specific phobias disorder and generalised anxiety disorder.
• Experience in devising psychosocial education materials, promoting mental health awareness.
• Gained experience working within a MDT team
• Experience in information gathering, and sharing
• Gained experience conducting initial CBT assessments of individuals with various mental health disorders.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments
• Experience in gaining consent of service users to record CBT treatments, and analyse recordings in

supervision meetings, with a BABCP accredited CBT psychotherapists.

• Gained experience working in a secondary community mental health service.
• Experience conducting initial assessments. Using the 5 P's formulation, in order to gain a shared understanding of presenting problems.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments.
• Gained experience in care planning for service users with complex needs, and signposting to necessary services.
• Experience in delivering 1:1 low intensity cognitive behavioural psychological interventions, to service users who have severe mental health difficulties.
• Gained experience working within a MDT team.
• Experience in co-facilitating structured clinical management therapy groups for high intensity/risk service users.
• Experience in information gathering, and sharing regarding carer champions, within the service.
• Experience in care coordination of service users.

• Gained experience working in a secondary community mental health service.
• Experience conducting initial assessments. Using the 5 P's formulation, in order to gain a shared understanding of presenting problems.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments.
• Gained experience in care planning for service users with complex needs, and signposting to necessary services.
• Experience in delivering 1:1 low intensity cognitive behavioural psychological interventions, to service users who have severe mental health difficulties.
• Gained experience working within a MDT team.
• Experience in assisting clinical psychologist with psychological assessments.
• Experience in information gathering, and sharing regarding carer champions, within the service.
• Experience in gaining consent of service users to record psychological treatments, and analyse recordings in supervision meetings, with a clinical psychologist.

• Gained experience working on a project with mentees in year 11 and 12.
• Experience in helping mentees explore a range of career or higher education options related to a specific subject or sector.
• Gained experience helping mentees develop an understanding of routes into educational and professional sectors or areas.
• Experience helping mentees build the soft skills required for success in their chosen field.
• Gained experience in helping mentees to understand their own strengths and weaknesses in relation to the sector/subject.

• Gained experience working in an acute female ward.
• Gained experience undertaking protocol base psychological self-report measures, eg. AQ-10 and GAD-7.
• Experience in assisting with running therapeutic psychology groups implementing CBT and DBT frameworks.
• Gained experience assisting Psychologists with 1:1 psychological therapeutic sessions.
• Experience in running 1:1 psychological support sessions.
• Gained experience writing patient notes and reports.
• Experience writing positive behavioural plans.
• Experience in helping Psychologist with organising workload and risk assessments.
• Gained experience working in a multi-disciplinary team.

• Gained experience working on a female psychiatric intensive care unit ward.
• Gained experience working 1:1 with patients with a wide range of psychological disorders including; schizophrenia, bipolar, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
• Experience in growing and maintaining a person-centred therapeutic relationship, and promoting positive behavioural support with patients.
• Attained knowledge about mental health disorders through discussions with clients, doctors, psychologists and carers, in a sensitive and effective way.
• Gained experience writing patient notes on a weekly basis and supporting members of staff in senior positions with patient care plans, to provide safe and effective care.
• I have worked with a large multidisciplinary team, however still able to work effectively and independently when needed.

• Experience providing person-centred care to elderly clients with mental health disorders and learning disabilities.
• Gained experience supporting clients with daily tasks, whilst developing and sustaining therapeutic relationships with service users.
• Experience working with a large team to risk assess and develop effective and safe care plans for service users.
• Experience in administering medication on a daily basis and writing daily care notes.

• Experience in providing personal care to service users within the community, in their homes.
• Experience in providing companionship, and ensuring clients mental, and physical needs are met.
• Gained experience in administering daily medication, and writing client care notes on a daily basis.

• Experience working with individuals with various mental health disorders in a retail environment.
• Experience in communicating and actively listening to individuals who have mental health disorders when distressed.
• Gained leadership skills when being appointed as floor manager on several occasions.

• Gained experience working closely with children in year six.
• Assisting the teacher with daily tasks in the classroom.
• Ensuring the care and safety of students, and also being there to actively listen, and help them with their education.