Dual Diagnosis Homeless Outreach Practitioner

CIH International Housing Group; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Un groupe de santé reconnu recherche un praticien en santé mentale pour rejoindre son équipe d'outreach. Ce rôle se concentre sur l'amélioration de l'accès aux soins pour les personnes sans abri souffrant de problèmes de santé mentale et de toxicomanie. Le candidat idéal aura une qualification professionnelle et une expérience pertinente, et sera passionné par le soutien des populations vulnérables.

Benefits

Équilibre travail-vie personnelle

Développement de carrière

Logement pour travailleurs clés

Réductions NHS

Services de conseil

Événements de bien-être

Primes de long service

Plan de location de voiture

Prêts de saison

Vouchers de garde d'enfants

Qualifications

• Expérience de travail avec des personnes ayant des problèmes de santé mentale et de toxicomanie.
• Capacité à gérer des cas complexes.
• Compréhension des besoins des utilisateurs de services sans abri.

Responsibilities

• Fournir une évaluation spécialisée et une formulation clinique.
• Gérer des cas complexes et assurer la protection des individus.
• Développer un cheminement vers des soins pour les utilisateurs de services sans abri.

Skills

Communication

Gestion de cas

Approche informée par le traumatisme

Education

Qualification professionnelle en soins infirmiers/SW/OT

Formation en diagnostic dual

Job description

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good'.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone's potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I'm going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you'll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

We are recruiting for Dual Diagnosis Homeless Outreach Practitioner.

This is an exciting opportunity to join the award winning START Homeless Outreach Teams as an advanced practitioner, extending our service offer into Lewisham.

This is a borough based clinical role which focuses on providing a new pathway for individuals experiencing rough sleeping, mental ill health and substance use. This role is part of an ongoing pilot for Lewisham aimed at improving access to care for homeless clients, gathering data on service use and challenges and providing support to existing agencies working with this group in the borough.

Main duties of the job

1.To provide expertise and contribute to dual diagnosis within evidence-based practise for people rough sleeping in Lewisham

2.To provide specialist assessment and clinical formulation to rough sleeping clients with complex mental health needs and co-occurring substance misuse using a trauma informed outreach approach

3.To provide outreach clinics at the 999 Club and other settings as agreed

4.To provide complex case management and addressing Safeguarding for a small group of individuals who cannot be supported by third sector, CMHT or CGL alone

5.To lead the development of a robust and seamless pathway into care for homeless service users in the primary care group and are rough sleepers by effective collaborative planning and advocacy with local homeless, mental health and substance use services.

6.To work as an autonomous professional within guidelines of the relevant professional body and the policies and procedures of the service, taking full responsibility for own work.

7.To facilitate carers/family members' involvement in assessment and care planning where appropriate and ensure they are offered information about support groups

8.To participate in the monitoring and review of any serious incidents that involve homeless dual diagnosis cases as appropriate

9.Maintain good relationships and clear lines of communication with other professional agencies and departments, providing specialist advice and support where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

Benefits:

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close knit team at SLaM. It's important to us that you valued and appreciated and that are why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer

Some of our benefits are highlighted here:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, we offer a comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.

Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.

Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes

Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars

Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites

NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.

Other benefits include:

Counselling services

Wellbeing events

Long service awards

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Childcare vouchers

Staff restaurants

We look forward to receiving your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role also aims to improve capability and knowledge for homeless people within existing Lewisham community provision, by advice, advocacy, role modelling and direct complex case management.

Central to this approach is a focus on inclusive health practice for people who are often not accessing treatment due to needs across several areas. This will require an outreach, trauma informed style of delivery and a willingness to work in collaboration with other homeless and 3rd sector colleagues to create seamless care pathways across the system.

They will engage with continuing CPD across dual diagnosis and homelessness best practice and promote a system understanding of the ways that rough sleeping and substance use can impact on recovery, wellbeing, safeguarding and physical health.

The post holder requires highly advanced communication and influencing skills as they will be required to work collaboratively with key stakeholders across professional and organisational boundaries, within and outside of the Trust. They will be able to skilfully and sensitively communicate highly complex and sensitive information to clients, carers and colleagues and galvanise support of staff and services within and outside the Trust.

The post holder will maintain regular contact with colleagues. This will include the team leaders, nurses, doctors and allied health professionals within the team. They will communicate regularly with the START Homeless Outreach CSL, other dual diagnosis practitioners in Lewisham and keep abreast of developments in the evidence base and changes in services provision.

The post holder will liaise, communicate effectively and update the CSL (START) on a frequent basis to feedback progress and highlight any areas of focus or concern.

The post Holder will maintain regular contact with other clinicians within the trust and other statutory/non statutory services including 999 Club, street outreach, Rough Sleeping Coordinator, GP homeless health service, inpatient wards, Community Mental Health Recovery and Support Teams, Home Treatment Team, GP Practices and Local A&E psychiatric liaison services.

They will regularly collaborate with partner agencies involved in the care of people experiencing homelessness and promote information sharing and joint working.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Hold a professional qualification i.e. Nursing/SW/OT
• Evidence of training in Dual Diagnosis

Desirable criteria

• Non - medical prescriber
• formal qualification in therapies i.e CBT

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with people with co-morbid mental health and substance misuse problems
• Experience of managing complex caseload
• Experience of Quality improvement

Desirable criteria

• Delivery of Level 2 dual diagnosis training (e.g., 'pan-London')
• Working clinically within a homeless or substance use team

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria

• Understanding of experiences faced by homeless service users with dual diagnosis and their families
• Understanding of and ability to complete comprehensive assessments of homeless dual diagnosis clients

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of quality standards & policy regarding current Dual Diagnosis and Homelessness best practice guidance

The Trust is committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Confident Employer, we welcome applicants from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We provide reasonable adjustments for candidates with a disability and are committed to treating people fairly with compassion, respect and dignity and in promoting equality and human rights. We aim to put this commitment into practice by:

• Embedding our commitment to tackling inequality, eliminating discrimination and harassment; promoting equality of opportunity and fostering good relations in our everyday practice
• Ensuring that all our services and all staff understand and support our commitment
• We believe that people who use our services, their carers and our staff, should be treated with compassion, respect and dignity

Please note:

• That all applications for this post will need to be made online
• That you read and understand the Job Description and Personal Specification attached to the role. Your Statement in Support should reflect the requirements specified as your application will be judged against these criteria
• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received. We advise that you submit your application as early as possible
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system. All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

SLaM is a Stonewall Diversity Champion , Stonewall is the largest Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBT) rights charity in Europe'

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• JD PS (PDF, 512.3KB)
• SLaM Staff Benefits (PDF, 1.1MB)
• Happy to Talk Flexible Working (PDF, 680.1KB)