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Dual Diagnosis Practitioner

3 months ago

Braintree, Essex, United Kingdom Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated qualified professional to join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) as locally we invest in the development of social workers, nurses and occupational therapist and as we play a lead role in the 'Think Ahead' initiative.

EPUT is a highly successful and ambitious organisation dedicated to providing mental health services, substance misuse services and other specialist award winning services to a population of approximately 2.5million throughout Essex, Bedfordshire and Suffolk.


We are seeking enthusiastic and resourceful qualified professional who will have the ability to respond positively and creatively to the needs of service users.


You will work as a staff member within the Community Mental Health team in Braintree working across the Mid area of Essex with Essex Specialist Treatment & Recovery Services (STaRS) (excluding Southend and Thurrock) and community mental health services leading on the delivery and provision of an integrated service for people with co-existing substance misuse and mental health problems.

Our posts require people with a high degree of flexibility and creativity and a positive, forward-thinking attitude.


You must be an excellent communicator, dynamic and well versed and assertive in multi-disciplinary working and developing and maintaining relationships with key partners.

In return we offer you support from our established Social Care Leadership Team, supervision, training and development opportunities.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loans
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
  • Day One Flexible Employer
Join our Staff bank

What is Staff Bank?


Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings.

Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.


All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.


If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank.


Responsibilities:


Integral to your role will be whole family working and a multi-agency ethos, underpinned by a non-judgmental attitude and approach.

You will undertake assessments and joint assessments with a range of services including Community Mental Health Services, Criminal Justice, Essex STaRS service and the third sector to ensure that service users with multiple needs are not passed from one service to another.


You will support the delivery of strength and asset based approaches promoting recovery and social inclusion with individuals and families including Motivational Interviewing techniques.

This post will involve implementing the personalisation agenda through strengths based assessments and you'll be vital to delivering the statutory social care duties and responsibilities within the Care Act


You will be expected to lead on the collaboration with key partner organisations, service users, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary services providing a flexible approach to meet the needs of service users and their families.

At times working evenings to meet the needs of service users and families and meeting in non -stigmatising environments.


If a social worker, you will also actively practice as an AMHP, undertaking Mental Health Act (MHA) assessments and other allocated work in relation to service users with a range of mental health problems and engaging with their carers so that, within the legislation, appropriate action is taken.