Introduction to Caswell
Clinic
Peter Ghroum
Senior Nurse
South Wales Forensic Service
ABM University NHS Health Board
Honorary Lecturer at Swansea University, Cardiff
University & South Wales University
Caswell Clinic
• 5 Wards:• Penarth Wd:- Intensive Care
Unit (Mixed).
• Ogmore Wd:- Rehab. (Male).
• Newton Wd:- Admission &
Assessment (Female).
• Tenby Wd:Admission/Assessment incl.
prison Transfer Care (Male)
• Cardigan Wd:- Continuing
Care (Male)
Caswell Clinic Medium secure
Service.
SERVICE PROFILE
5 Clinical Teams:
 Responsible Medical Officer
 Clinical Psychologist
 Occupational Therapist
 Social Worker
 Nurse
5 Wards:
 30 WTE nursing staff each ward
 49:51 nursing skill mix
 Dedicated ward-based Domestic and
Housekeeping Service
Community Support Service & Academic Department:
 Social Workers
 Professor in Forensic Psychiatry
Community Psychiatric Nurses
 Lecturer Practitioner in Forensic Mental Health Nursing
Caswell Clinic Philosophy
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Public Protection
Care & Hope
Non-judgemental attitudes
Tidal Model/Recovery Star within the CTP
Patient Story Priority
Primary Nursing Central to success
Where will your Journey take
You ?
THE TIDAL MODEL PHILOSOPHY
INTRODUCTION
The Tidal Model® is a philosophical approach to the discovery of mental health,
focused on helping people recover their personal story, as a first step towards
reclaiming control over their lives.
The Tidal Model is one of the very few recovery models to have been rigorously
evaluated across different setting.
The Tidal Model is an approach to recovery, rather than a rigid system. Tidal
projects in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Canada, are
presently exploring the diverse ways that the recovery or discovery of mental health
might be enabled, across different cultures and social settings.
Life presents most people with challenges serious challenges, at some time. The
Tidal Model is focused on helping people decide what needs to be done, now, to
help address their present difficulties, and so continue living as full and meaningful
a life as possible.
(Excerpt taken from the Tidal Model website)
Ten Point STAR
The Ladder of Change
Seeing the Big Picture
• Stuck
• Accepting Help
• Believing
• Learning
• Self-reliant
The STAR
Intelligent kindness
“ Kindness is something that is
generated by an intellectual and
emotional understanding that selfinterest and the interest of others
are bound together”.
Ballatt and Campling, 2011)
Thank you for listening!
Peter Ghroum
Tel.No: 01656 662179
peter.ghroum@wales.nhs.uk