Dual Diagnosis Assertive Outreach Recovey Practitioner
| Posting date: | 23 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £29,124 to £32,946 per year |
| Additional salary information: | including London Weighting where appropriate |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 23 May 2024 |
| Location: | Harrow, London |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Via |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JOB00000524 |
Summary
Are you passionate about supporting people with substance misuse who are also experiencing mental health issues, towards their recovery journey? Then this role could be for you!
The Role
We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to join our Via Harrow service in the Borough of Harrow.
This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals.
The main purpose of this role is to provide excellent quality of care to people who use our service accessing treatment cross the Borough with a particular focus on people with opioid use and poly substance users with complex needs, including prescription management. Responsibilities will include the following.
• Working as part of a dynamic team delivering an effective and safe service covering Duty, Referrals and Assessments.
• You will be responsible for managing a caseload of clients which include opiate substitute prescribing, relapse management, providing a good quality of interventions at varying stages of their recovery.
• Work as part of a creative team in developing and delivering a wide range of group sessions.
• Liaising with external agencies (GP, CMHT, Hospitals, Safeguarding Teams) to promote safe treatment and wellbeing (work in partnership approach) for the best outcome for all clients.
• The role involves outreach (based out of the service) etc; to the local CMHT, attending team meetings, and working together to increase numbers of referrals from mental health services within the Borough of Harrow.
• Duties may include supporting other areas of service delivery as well as helping to take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support health and wellbeing and local events.
The Service
Via Harrow is an established Community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox, as well as robust family and carers and service user involvement provision.
Working hours will be Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm, with some evenings (7pm) and occasional weekends if needed.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Antonio Silvestro, Team Leader on Antonio.Silvestro@viaorg.uk or Natacha Compton, Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner on Natacha.Compton@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 26 May at midnight.
The Role
We are looking for a dynamic and committed individual to join our Via Harrow service in the Borough of Harrow.
This exciting and rewarding role will provide you with significant scope for growth and innovation within a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team of clinical and non-clinical professionals.
The main purpose of this role is to provide excellent quality of care to people who use our service accessing treatment cross the Borough with a particular focus on people with opioid use and poly substance users with complex needs, including prescription management. Responsibilities will include the following.
• Working as part of a dynamic team delivering an effective and safe service covering Duty, Referrals and Assessments.
• You will be responsible for managing a caseload of clients which include opiate substitute prescribing, relapse management, providing a good quality of interventions at varying stages of their recovery.
• Work as part of a creative team in developing and delivering a wide range of group sessions.
• Liaising with external agencies (GP, CMHT, Hospitals, Safeguarding Teams) to promote safe treatment and wellbeing (work in partnership approach) for the best outcome for all clients.
• The role involves outreach (based out of the service) etc; to the local CMHT, attending team meetings, and working together to increase numbers of referrals from mental health services within the Borough of Harrow.
• Duties may include supporting other areas of service delivery as well as helping to take part in a wide range of special interests and activities that support health and wellbeing and local events.
The Service
Via Harrow is an established Community Integrated service that is well performing and highly functioning. The service consists of both clinical and psychosocial and is CQC registered to provide a range of clinical interventions including BBV & health interventions, OST, and community detox, as well as robust family and carers and service user involvement provision.
Working hours will be Monday – Friday, 9am to 5pm, with some evenings (7pm) and occasional weekends if needed.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Via we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Antonio Silvestro, Team Leader on Antonio.Silvestro@viaorg.uk or Natacha Compton, Criminal Justice Senior Practitioner on Natacha.Compton@viaorg.uk
The closing date for applications is Sunday 26 May at midnight.
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