Welcome page Returning Candidate? Log back in! Dual Diagnosis Recovery Worker Location Ealing-Greater London Job ID 2024-14846 Number of Vacancies Remaining 1 Category Health and Social Care Practitioner Type of Contract Permanent employee Contracted Hours Per Week 37.50 Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 - £31,529.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe Inner London Weighting (£4,072.06) Click Here for Job Description https://changegrowlive.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=5941&hashed=-800931884 Click here for the role specifics https://changegrowlive.icims.com/icims2/servlet/icims2?module=AppInert&action=download&id=35425&hashed=-1651120782 Overview

Change Grow Live are a charity dedicated to the belief that we can make a difference to our Service Users lives, offering support and respect in a safe environment, treating each user as an individual and working with them to find the right treatment and care options. 

 

Our core values are ‘Be open, be compassionate and be bold’ and our team members apply these daily to achieve our mission of helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to its full potential. 

 

RISE (a consortium, led by Change Grow Live, and includes Central and North West London NHS Mental Health Trust,  and service user-led organisation Build on Belief) is the integrated end-to-end treatment and recovery service which offers a wide range of pharmacological and psychosocial interventions to Ealing residents 18 years and over.

 

The Dual Diagnosis Team for RISE supports service users dealing with complex co-existing mental health and substance use conditions. A dedicated pathway of care will enable collaborative delivery of support by multi-agency teams in response to their needs in order to create & deliver combined treatment plans which are appropriate & effective in addressing their substance misuse issues.

 

A post has arisen in this Team for a specialist Recovery / Engagement Worker role. As RISE continues to increase the provision of support, access, and assessment for individuals who due to their complex mental health condition(s) have historically been unable to engage and/or be retained in substance misuse treatment.

 

Where: Ealing

Full Time Hours: 37.5 per week

Full Time Salary: £27,449.53 - £31,529.41 dependent on experience, Pro Rata for part time

Allowance: £4,072.06 Inner London Weighting Pro Rata 

Responsibilities

The post holder will carry a dedicated caseload of clients with complex Co-existing Mental Health and Substance Use disorders, who have compounding issues and/or other needs; including non-compliance or engagement with support services, neurodevelopmental conditions, learning disabilities, challenging personality disorders, poor physical health, lack of community &/or family support, unsuitable living conditions, challenges from multiple services involvement and of course safeguarding or exploitation concerns.

The post holder will work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team of Recovery Practitioners, Doctors, Nurses, Psychiatrists, and Psychologists; to deliver high quality provision from point of entry into RISE. The role will support clients treatment/recovery journey; providing - screening, assessment, pharmacological support, psychosocial support - cognitive & behavioural based interventions, motivational interviewing interventions, recovery planning and onward referral; reducing drug and alcohol related harm to service users & the wider community; and promoting carer, service user & community involvement.

The post holder will need to work flexibly across the local community and inpatient settinings with hours to suit service need.
The team is peripatetic rather than hub based with the post holder expected to conduct assessments & reviews using assertive in-reach in a variety of venues – including Acute Psychiatric Wards, Substance Misuse Hubs, Community Mental Health Services, GP Surgeries, and Supported Accommodation.

CGL are committed to creating an inclusive environment, which celebrates difference and allows our staff and service users to flourish. We recruit the very best staff from a wide range of backgrounds, ensuring service users’ benefit from our diverse skills and expertise. We always work to the principles of fairness and equality of opportunity in all our recruitment processes.

 

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Salary Range (pro rata if part time) CGL points 23 to 28 (£27,449.52 - £31,529.41) ILW / OLW /Fringe Inner London Weighting (£4,072.06) Closing Date 30/9/2024 If you have any questions on this opportunity that you would like to talk through please contact us using the below details: Philip Keightley | philip.keightley@cgl.org.uk | 07795391186   This post is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check at an enhanced level. Options ApplyApplyShareEmail this job to a friendRefer <p style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">Sorry the Share function is not working properly at this moment. Please refresh the page and try again later.</span></p><p style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;">&nbsp;</span></p> Share this vacancy on your newsfeed

 

We believe that having diverse people working as part of our team makes us the organisation that we are.

We actively encourage applications from people from all backgrounds to help us to provide the best possible experience for the people who use our services and to make Change Grow Live a great place to work. If you have any feedback on our recruitment processes (good or bad) we’d love to hear from you so that we can make sure they are fair and we attract and recruit the best, most diverse workforce possible.

The safety of vulnerable children, young people and adults is our absolute priority. We will support you in your role to make sure that you are equipped to support the safety of people who use our services and those around them, to the highest standard possible.

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