The Leeds Personality Disorder Managed Clinical Network is a city-wide multi-agency and multidisciplinary service that aims to work effectively with people who present with personality disorder, complexity of need and significant risk issues. It provides a range of different services to meet the needs of people at the varying stages of their journey in the recovery process.
These interventions include:
care co-ordination
Journey Occupational Therapy Group work programme
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Informed Skills Groups as part of the city wide DBT service
Personality Disorder Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) Awareness level training for staff across the city.
The range of interventions, available from the Personality Disorder Clinical Network are only available at present to service users living in the Leeds area and registered with a Leeds GP.
Changes during COVID19
All of our group work activity is now being undertaken via video link. These interventions will not now be available to service users unable to access video link technology.
Get in touch
The Leeds Personality Disorder Managed Clinical Network is a city-wide multi-agency and multidisciplinary service and team members work across Yorkshire and Humberside. The service has an administrative base at The Sugar Refinery and can be contacted on 0113 85 57950.
Health professionals wishing to get in touch regarding a referral can also email: pdreferrals.lypft@nhs.net.
We believe that people who use personality disorder services are experts by experience, so your involvement is vital to improve services. There are lots of ways for you to give feedback about your experiences with the Network, and to get involved in developing and improving our services. Download our service user involvement leaflet for more details
Personalities in Action is the service user involvement group for Leeds Personality Disorder Managed Clinical Network. It is a friendly group that meets on the third Tuesday of every month at Leeds Civic Hall.
Members of the group all have lived experience of personality disorder and have used mental health services provided by our Trust.
The group is informal and friendly and offers the opportunity to:
ensure service users have a voice within our network
share views, opinions and feedback on both our services and our involvement opportunities
increase confidence and self-esteem
stay connected with other people who understand personality disorder and who may have had similar experiences
empower new service users to feel part of a supportive community
The Personality Disorder Managed Clinical Network recognise that young people may wish to get involved in different ways, and with their own peer group. We are now working with more young adults aged 18-25 and ran an event in June 2018 specifically for younger adults who are using or who have used the Network. You can download the feedback from the event for more information.
If you are 18-25, have lived experience of personality disorder and would like to get involved, please contact Ruth Sutherland on 0113 8557950 or email Pdinvolvement.lypft@nhs.net for more information.
Connecting Personalities
Connecting Personalities is a new group run by Dial House in partnership with the Personality Disorder Managed Clinical Network.
This is a peer support group for people who have used Personality Disorder services, facilitated by people with lived experience.
The group takes place on alternate Fridays from 2.15pm – 5.15pm and alternate Saturdays from 12noon – 3pm at Dial House, 12 Chapel Street, Leeds LS15 7RW
Visit our events pages to find out the date of the next Connecting Personalities meeting
Useful information about our services
Care Coordination
Care coordination offers the opportunity for service users to develop a trusting relationship with a member of the team and together consider how their care is provided. Watch this video to find out more. Alternatively you can download our service information leaflet
Referrals into the journey programme will be open again from Monday 6 January 2020.
Information about DBT skills group training
DBT stands for dialectical behavior therapy and it aims to help people who experience intense emotional distress and struggle to manage their emotions. Watch this video to find out more, you can also download our DBT skills group training information sheet for service users for more information.
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Validate is the newsletter for Leeds Personality Disorder Network which features contributions from our current service users.
We’re currently designing a new website to replace the newsletter and we’d like you to get involved and have your say on how the site will look. Join us in a design meeting on Tuesday 21st January 2020 from 10.30am-12.30pm, Committee Room 3, Leeds Civic Hall to help us create a site for service users, designed by service users.
This is a bi-monthly support group that offers carers the opportunity to chat and share experiences with other carers, to get information and advice and to focus on your own wellbeing as a carer.
The group is run in partnership with Carers Leeds and meets every second month at the Carers Leeds office, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 6PT. There’s no need to book, just come along and join in.
For more information about the bi-monthly carers support group please contact Ruth Sutherland on 0113 85 57951 or Stephen Taylor on 0113 380 4300 or email PDcarers.lypft@nhs.net.
Cygnus Carers Support Course (six-week course)
This is a six-week course that meets weekly and provides advice and support on a variety of topics for carers who support someone with a personality disorder including:
what is personality disorder?
what helps someone recover who experiences personality disorder?
ways of offering support to someone who experiences personality disorder
Watch this video for more information on the course
We recommend you attend all six sessions to get the most out your course. Visit our events pages to find out the dates of the next carers support course or download a poster with details.
For more information about the six-week carers support course or to book your place please contact Ruth Sutherland on 0113 85 57951 or email PDcarers.lypft@nhs.net.
More information on support available for carers is available on our Carers page.
Treat me like a person – Guidance for working with personality disorder
A range of guidance, jointly developed with service users, has been created to provide guidance for healthcare staff on how best to work with people with a diagnosis of personality disorder. Whether this is for a one-off assessment, treatment appointment, or for staff offering regular treatment or care.
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