Job summary
- Main area
- Dual Diagnosis Senior Practitioner
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 10 months (end date: 31/03/25)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm)
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-1802-C
- Employer
- Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Chase Farm Hospital or/and Park Avenue
- Town
- Enfield, London
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 per annum including Outer London Allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dual Diagnosis Senior Practitioner
Band 6
We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a suitably qualified individual to join our established and highly energetic Dual Diagnosis team in Enfield, as a Dual Diagnosis Senior Practitioner on a fixed term appointment basis.
The Dual Diagnosis Network in BEH-MHT NHS Trust is at the forefront of delivering modern Tier 3 care for people with mental health and substance misuse issues. The care and management of Dual Diagnosis patients within NHS is becoming an increasingly important specialty in its own right and DDN is developing and running high quality, clinically effective services for this exceptionally vulnerable group of patients currently in the London Boroughs of Haringey and Enfield.
Pervious Applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
The post holder should be enthusiastic and experienced in managing complex caseloads, preferably with co morbidity of substance misuse and mental health issues. You will be responsible for devising and implementing high quality packages of care, as well supervising staff, designing/implementing training to Trust and external organisations, as well as deputising for and helping DDN Operational Manager around operational, strategic and service development areas.
Working for our organisation
DDN is a beacon service operating under a Hub and Spoke Model, being fully integrated within Trust Mental Health services, whilst at the same time fostering strong partnerships with non-statutory substance misuse services in the Trust and other external organizations. Another important role of the service is the design and delivery of dual diagnosis training to other Trust and external organizations, to help build on staff awareness, skill set, clinical practice and ethos in delivering quality care services to patients with concomitant substance misuse and mental health problems
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Provide clinical supervision to the dispersed Dual Diagnosis workers, in liaison with the Operational Manager. The Senior Practitioner will take the lead in identifying, consulting and arranging the provision of training to both substance misuse and mental health staff as well as ensuring all dual diagnosis staff’s training is current and appropriate. Other responsibilities will include undertaking specialist assessments of service users, managing complex cases, implementing risk management plans and providing high quality evidence-based interventions.
For more details please refer to the Job Description doc.
Person specification
EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience of working with those affected by substance misuse
- Experience of assessment of drug and alcohol users with complex needs
- Experience of key working with clients in substitute prescribing treatment
Desirable criteria
- Some knowledge of working in liaison with GPs
- Experience of working in dual diagnosis service
- Able to carry out quality one to one and/or group supervision for other members of staff, volunteers, students and secondees
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- A good working knowledge of the specific health risks that those affected by substance misuse are exposed to
- An understanding of the principles and practice of harm minimisation, and a commitment to work within the harm reduction model of practice
- Demonstrate awareness of the Recovery Model and the ability to conduct strengths based assessment eliciting a client’s recovery capita
Desirable criteria
- Able to apply advanced knowledge of Public Health directives, Alcohol Strategy including the impact on service delivery
- Demonstrate advanced skills in formulating assessment, risk and care management of dual diagnosis service users.
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS
Essential criteria
- Degree level qualification or relevant qualification in the field of substance misuse
Desirable criteria
- A leadership and management qualification
- Degree in addictions counseling, Dual Diagnosis, or Motivational Interviewing
- Validated Counselling Qualifications (BAC accredited).
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Helen Kyriakidou
- Job title
- Operational Manager, DDN
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 21 37561
- Additional information
Available Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm.
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Candi & Tavi
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