Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, caring, and creative person to come and join us and help pioneer a newly developed clinical service, working with dual diagnosis clients in the UK's founding Early Intervention for Psychosis community team. Specifically, the post holder will work as a dual diagnosis specialist within the Lambeth Early Intervention community service, targeting clients experiencing their first episode of psychosis and using methamphetamines to improve outcomes and provide holistic support.
The post holder will provide specialist assessments and evidence based interventions to eligible patients within an Early Intervention team, liaise with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice, undertake audit activity and data collection. The post holder will ensure that high standards of assessment and treatment are provided to people with co-existing mental health and use of methamphetamines, based on the best available evidence and using an assertive outreach approach. The post holder will provide education, training, support to this group of service users as well as supervising a peer support worker and co-ordinating a peer support group.
This is a Fixed term clinical position lasting for 2 years that also gives the opportunity to work alongside world leading experts in addiction and psychosis.
Main duties of the job
To provide comprehensive assessment of mental health and substance misuse issues specific to needs of service area.
To undertake time-limited treatment specific work with clients with complex dual diagnosis needs namely Psychosis and Methamphetamine use whose care is co-ordinated by other members of the EIS.
Undertake holistic assessments and risk assessments to help determine service and support needs and identify where these needs can be met.
To be able to communicate with and meet the needs of families and carers as appropriate to the care group and the individual client.
To attend reviews, case conferences, network meetings, ward and community based multi-disciplinary meetings. Understand and participate in safeguarding processes.
To deliver specialist information, advice, assessment, caseload management, recovery and harm reduction, signposting and support with harm minimization. To coordinate peer support groups alongside a peer support worker.
To have experience of and specialist knowledge on methamphetamine use and evidence-based interventions and lead on their dissemination across clinical areas.
About us
South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of mental health services to the people of Croydon, Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham as well as national specialist services.
The Borough of Lambeth is one of the most densely populated inner London boroughs, with a population of around 303,000. It has a striking cultural and ethnic diversity with 30% of people describing themselves as belonging to non-white ethnic group. Approximately 150 languages are spoken in the borough. After English the main languages spoken are: Portuguese, Yoruba, French, Spanish and Twi.
A wide range of health indicators highlight Lambeth as one of the most deprived areas in England. For example, compared to national averages, the area has lower socio-economic status and higher unemployment; higher death rates from suicide and higher use of acute inpatient mental health services.
Lambeth Early Intervention Community Mental Health Team is one of the first of the 117 early intervention services rolled out across England over the last two decades. LEO aims to reduce the delays that people with psychosis experience in accessing good quality evidence-based care, provides intensive follow up for 2 years to maximize their chances of a full recovery to normal functioning, minimize the potential for relapse during the critical first years of their illnesses, and reduce the distress of carers.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for more details.
Post holder will provide ongoing specialist support and guidance to colleagues to enable staff to work effectively with people with complex needs. They will promote understanding of the effect that substance use can have on community support/treatment such as in engagement and risks to physical health. The post holder will work jointly around assessment, treatment, management and evaluation of support for people who present with dual diagnosis issues.They will provide support to people in line with the clinical pathways and best practice within the Early Intervention and substance misuse services including motivational interventions to enable people to engage with services and encourage change behaviour.
Adults with psychotic disorders often struggle to engage with the existing addiction services and therefore someone motivated and some experience in working creatively and assertively with this clinical population would be preferred.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see Job Description for more details.
Post holder will provide ongoing specialist support and guidance to colleagues to enable staff to work effectively with people with complex needs. They will promote understanding of the effect that substance use can have on community support/treatment such as in engagement and risks to physical health. The post holder will work jointly around assessment, treatment, management and evaluation of support for people who present with dual diagnosis issues.They will provide support to people in line with the clinical pathways and best practice within the Early Intervention and substance misuse services including motivational interventions to enable people to engage with services and encourage change behaviour.
Adults with psychotic disorders often struggle to engage with the existing addiction services and therefore someone motivated and some experience in working creatively and assertively with this clinical population would be preferred.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/ RGN), Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychology degree with some experience working with people with substance misuse related problems
- Evidence of continuing professional development and training relevant to substance misuse/ mental health work
Desirable
- Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area of practice such as CBT, dual diagnosis, etc. A/I
- Experience with working with adults with a psychotic disorder or EI
- Experience of working with vulnerable adults and safeguarding
- Awareness of challenges an EI/addictions population face
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse (RMN/ RGN), Social Worker, Occupational Therapist or Psychology degree with some experience working with people with substance misuse related problems
- Evidence of continuing professional development and training relevant to substance misuse/ mental health work
Desirable
- Diploma or degree level qualification in addictions or related area of practice such as CBT, dual diagnosis, etc. A/I
- Experience with working with adults with a psychotic disorder or EI
- Experience of working with vulnerable adults and safeguarding
- Awareness of challenges an EI/addictions population face
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
