Job overview
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is a Top Employer Award Winner. We have a Health and Justice Services Directorate, within which sits the ‘Children and Young People’ Service line working in partnership with ‘Youth Custody Service’ colleagues to provide trauma-informed primary care, mental health, neuro-developmental and substance misuse services to the young people and young adults within our care.
It is our mission to deliver patient-focused, developmentally appropriate, high-quality care, promoting a trauma-informed environment in collaboration with our operational colleagues. We support young people and young adults in understanding their own health and wellbeing needs, and in maximising opportunities to achieve their goals during their stay and beyond.
We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Psychosocial Worker to provide Substance misuse support within our Integrated Healthcare Service at HM YOI Feltham A. Feltham A delivers healthcare services to young people (15-19 years). We are looking for staff who understand this and work in line with ‘Child First’ principles. By joining our team, you will not only attend to the healthcare needs of the young people we care for, but also have the opportunity to make a real impact on promoting health and well-being for this population.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Responsibilities: Support individuals with their substance use and/or harmful behaviours, using motivational interviewing and other evidence-based interventions. To ensure that full risk assessment and risk management are delivered effectively. To understand and implement clinical governance. To ensure the highest quality of service is offered by following local and national quality and performance standards, guidance, procedures, and practice guidelines. To ensure that all work is performed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, including Incident Reporting. To support the wider service with additional interventions as appropriate and with relevant training, e.g. initial clinical assessment, second signatory for controlled drugs, urine testing, dry blood-spot testing, etc. Perform CHAT assessments as requested
Communication: To participate in multidisciplinary team meetings. To liaise and communicate relevant information with partner agencies within local and Trust guidelines. To promote an open dialogue culture, where a positive culture of improving communication and maintaining healthy therapeutic relationships with clients is enhanced and valued.
Working for our organisation
There's a place for you at CNWL.
We're passionate about delivering first-class, patient-centred, safe, and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, a community clinic, or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.
Providing top-quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee, we aim to identify our future leaders, and we support our staff by providing opportunities for career development.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibilities:
1. To counsel individuals about their substance use and/or harmful behaviours, using motivational interviewing and other evidence-based interventions.
2. To ensure that full risk assessment and risk management are delivered effectively.
3. To understand and implement clinical governance.
4. To ensure the highest quality of service is delivered by following local and national quality and performance standards, guidance, procedures, and practice guidelines.
5. To ensure that all work is performed in accordance with Trust policies and procedures, including Incident Reporting.
6. To support the wider service with additional interventions as appropriate and with relevant training, e.g. initial clinical assessment, second signatory for controlled drugs, urine testing, dry blood-spot testing, etc.
7. Perform CHAT assessments as requested.
Communication:
8. To participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
9. To liaise and communicate relevant information with partner agencies within local and Trust guidelines.
10. To promote an open dialogue culture, where a positive culture of improving communication and maintaining healthy therapeutic relationships with clients is enhanced and valued.
11. To contribute to the promotion of team cohesiveness and working collaboratively with colleagues in all parts of the Trust to achieve healthy and effective communication.
12. To work collaboratively in developing professional links with other statutory and voluntary service providers, ensuring a corporate approach is adopted.
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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