0930-1000hrs Annual General Meeting
1030-1230 hrs Workshop ‘Why the Difference’ exploring the influence of hormones on men and women.
All are welcome
RSVP on 01903 212275
Serving the Community for Over 25 Years
0930-1000hrs Annual General Meeting
1030-1230 hrs Workshop ‘Why the Difference’ exploring the influence of hormones on men and women.
All are welcome
RSVP on 01903 212275
The departure of Paul Smith after many years of devoted service as Director gives the Trustees the opportunity to review the structure of OCS. This was taken and to help us in our thoughts we visited one centre where there is a Director and were visited by the new wpf network chair from a centre with a flat structure. We were confirmed in our view that a flat structure would make the most of the talent and experience we have at OCS.
With the appointment of Terry Atkinson as Service Development Manager, selected from a field of three very strong internal candidates, the management team of four is complete. The team is:
Head of Counselling Marjorie Dale
Administrator Marilyn West
Head of Training Dian Eyres
Service Development Manager Terry Atkinson
The management team will run the service and will meet together regularly, (at least once every two months and certainly 2-3 weeks before each Trustees meeting) the team will report to the Trustees who will be in ultimate charge and have a strategic role. A member of the management team will attend the Trustees meeting – though more might be invited to discuss particular issues.
The Head of Counselling holds clinical responsibility for OCS. She will be involved in all the counsellor/ supervisor appointments and the PCT contract liaison. She will chair the Clinical Management Committee.
The Service Development Manager will cover computerised records and analysis, CORE and budget preparation. GPs surgeries or groups of GPs surgeries are going to be crucial in the government’s reorganisation of the NHS. The Service Development Manager, with the Head of Training, will play a vital role in forging links with surgeries and marketing OCS to them.
The Clinical Management Committee will consist of the management team, a Trustee, a supervisor representative and two counsellor representatives one of whom should be a student counsellor. It will meet 3 times a year.
In addition the supervisors meet together regularly and there is a meeting of the senior counsellors 3 times a year.
The Trustees feel that OCS is very well placed to meet the challenges of a new era.
We look forward to a collective and collaborative approach with good communication. High quality counselling is at the heart of OCS and we are grateful for all you do to provide this.
Chris Corin
Chair of Trustees
Please download application form here: Assessment Course Jan-Feb11
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