Job summary
To work as a member of a multidisciplinary disciplinary specialist drug
team,providing information, advice, assessment, caseload management,
recovery and harm reduction services to drug users.
Main duties of the job
- To carry out initial screening and triage assessment for new clients, and to follow up immediate risk/needs appropriately.
- To carry out in-depth assessments, including Strength-based assessment for Recovery Capital.
- To provide crisis intervention and duty services on a rota basis, for clients whose Keyworker is not available.
- To provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A,B and C and other blood borne infections.
- To carry out Dry Blood Spot testing for clients at risk from Hepatitis C, and to discuss and support service user with possible outcomes both before and after testing.
- To work closely with the nursing team and refer clients who test positive for BBVs.
- To manage a caseload, this may include service users with complex needs.
- In consultation with service users and multi-disciplinary team, to develop flexible and realistic strengths-based recovery plans.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff networ
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To carry out initial screening and triage assessment for new clients, and to follow up immediate risk/needs appropriately.
- To carry out in-depth assessments, including Strength-based assessment for Recovery Capital.
- To provide crisis intervention and duty services on a rota basis, for clients whose Keyworker is not available.
- To provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A,B and C and other blood borne infections.
- To carry out Dry Blood Spot testing for clients at risk from Hepatitis C, and to discuss and support service user with possible outcomes both before and after testing.
- To work closely with the nursing team and refer clients who test positive for BBVs.
- To manage a caseload, this may include service users with complex needs.
- In consultation with service users and multi-disciplinary team, to develop flexible and realistic strengths-based recovery plans.
- In consultation with multi-disciplinary team, to review care plans at agreed intervals, with the focus on service user input and participation, according to service policy.
- To provide one to one Key working with service users, ensuring that strength-based assessment and care and recovery planning is conducted on an individual basis according to the specific needs of the service user.
- To employ a range of interventions with service users, including ITEP, Motivational Interviewing, Level 1CBT-based brief solution focused therapy.
- To be fully familiar with treatment tools, including any tools that measure the cycle of change and the phasing and layering of treatment, to use in Key working sessions and in supervision, and to be able to provide training on such tools.
- To provide information about, signpost to and facilitate access to Recovery-focussed activities such as Mutual Aid, Peer Support, ETE, etc.
- To support prescribers with substitute prescribing for service users. This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
- To work with other team members to plan, facilitate and evaluate a comprehensive group work programme, including relapse prevention, harm reduction, SMART Recovery, Open Groups.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To carry out initial screening and triage assessment for new clients, and to follow up immediate risk/needs appropriately.
- To carry out in-depth assessments, including Strength-based assessment for Recovery Capital.
- To provide crisis intervention and duty services on a rota basis, for clients whose Keyworker is not available.
- To provide harm reduction advice, information and support with an emphasis on safer drug use, safer sex, HIV, Hepatitis A,B and C and other blood borne infections.
- To carry out Dry Blood Spot testing for clients at risk from Hepatitis C, and to discuss and support service user with possible outcomes both before and after testing.
- To work closely with the nursing team and refer clients who test positive for BBVs.
- To manage a caseload, this may include service users with complex needs.
- In consultation with service users and multi-disciplinary team, to develop flexible and realistic strengths-based recovery plans.
- In consultation with multi-disciplinary team, to review care plans at agreed intervals, with the focus on service user input and participation, according to service policy.
- To provide one to one Key working with service users, ensuring that strength-based assessment and care and recovery planning is conducted on an individual basis according to the specific needs of the service user.
- To employ a range of interventions with service users, including ITEP, Motivational Interviewing, Level 1CBT-based brief solution focused therapy.
- To be fully familiar with treatment tools, including any tools that measure the cycle of change and the phasing and layering of treatment, to use in Key working sessions and in supervision, and to be able to provide training on such tools.
- To provide information about, signpost to and facilitate access to Recovery-focussed activities such as Mutual Aid, Peer Support, ETE, etc.
- To support prescribers with substitute prescribing for service users. This includes testing service users for illicit drug use, liaising with pharmacies regarding dispensing and supervised consumption, GP liaison and producing/issuing prescriptions under the supervision of a medical prescriber.
- To work with other team members to plan, facilitate and evaluate a comprehensive group work programme, including relapse prevention, harm reduction, SMART Recovery, Open Groups.
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Experience in substance misuse
Desirable
interview
Essential
- NVQ3 or Diploma in health and social care
- Experience in substance misuse
Desirable
- Experience in substance misuse
essential
Essential
Desirable
- Good communication skills
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Experience in substance misuse
Desirable
interview
Essential
- NVQ3 or Diploma in health and social care
- Experience in substance misuse
Desirable
- Experience in substance misuse
essential
Essential
Desirable
- Good communication skills
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).
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).
