Dual Diagnosis Practitioner

Dual Diagnosis Practitioner (Clinical)

Location: HMP Highdown

Salary: £35,392.00 - £39,005.00 per annum

The Forward Trust empowers people to break the cycles of addiction or crime to move forward with their lives. Since 1991, we have been working with people to build positive and productive futures.

The Role

Dual diagnosis is an all-encompassing cross sector and cross-agency concern. The sheer breadth and complexity of issues makes it essential that people using, providing and working in services all work together. Dual diagnosis needs to become a bigger priority at all levels.

The Dual Diagnosis practitioner will operate across HMP Highdown and HMP Downview with a focus on establishing an effective Dual Diagnosis pathway and integrated framework that enables services to meet the complex and changing needs of people experiencing co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues. This role requires leadership and ability to manage strategic partnerships. There is particular emphasis on partnership working with mental health services.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of service users ensuring effective co-ordination of care between substance misuse and mental health services
• Monitoring engagement and effective sharing of information between services
• Development of robust referral pathway & eligibility criteria for 'Dual Diagnosis pathway’
• Co-design of group work and interventions with relevant agencies/partners
• Co-delivery/facilitation of group work and interventions with relevant agencies/partners
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings (MDT) or other meetings relevant to pathway development
• Delivering training to the team and wider stakeholder groups. Possible line management and supervisory duties

The post holder will promote an agenda of recovery from drugs and/or alcohol dependence which supports client group goals in reducing re-offending, increasing re-integration into meaningful and sustained occupation, improving social and family relationships.

The post holder will work seamlessly across healthcare and substance misuse services to ensure that the delivery and management of the service meets contractual obligations. This includes ensuring that all data and information requirements (HJIPs/KPIs) are submitted within agreed deadlines and data is utilised to manage the performance of the team and individual staff - taking corrective action in the case of underperformance.

Please note some flexibility may be required for evening/weekend working on a rota basis.

Benefits

Alongside Simply Health coverage, and a contributory pension scheme to assist employees with their general health and well-being. We offer:

• Training opportunities and career development
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme - Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for The Forward Trust, please click apply to be redirected to our website where you can complete your application.

We believe and are committed to providing opportunities to all people including those with 'Lived Experience’ we encourage applications from all background including those in recovery from addiction, co-dependency or gambling, have experience of previous offending or homelessness.