Dual Diagnosis Recovery Worker | North London NHS Foundation Trust

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for suitably qualified individuals to join our established and highly energetic dual diagnosis team in Haringey, as a Dual Diagnosis Recovery Worker on a permanent basis. The service comprises clinical and psychosocial elements of substance misuse treatment which will be delivered within an exciting new model of delivery focused upon recovery and underpinned by a key working system based upon a variety of skills around structured psychosocial and recovery consistent packages of care.

The Dual Diagnosis Network is a specialist Tier 3 treatment service working with service users who have complex mental health and concurrent drug and alcohol problems. Dual Diagnosis Recovery workers are embedded into local mental health (acute/community) services and can be accessed at those services.

The post holder should be enthusiastic and experienced in key working individuals having problems with substance misuse. Experience of working with individuals presenting co-occurring substance misuse and mental health problems is a bonus. You will be responsible for devising and implementing packages of care for clients with dual diagnosis presentations in a variety of mental health teams  (Acute/inpatient and Community), under the guidance and supervision of the Senior Practitioner and oversight of the Dual Diagnosis Network Service Manager.

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:  

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.  

1. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all  

1. We will offergreat placesto work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.  

Why NLFT?  

• We develop andretainour 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 annualleaveand NHS pension scheme  

• Excellent internal staff network  

In order tomeet the needs of the Trust you may berequiredfrom time to time to work atdifferent locationsto your normal place of work. This may mean that youare required towork at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield,Haringeyor 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. 

The post holder will take a lead in developing and delivering dual diagnosis services, ensuring that high quality services are delivered to service users with a dual diagnosis.  The post holder will act as a specialist resource to mental health and substance misuse teams, in statutory and voluntary sectors.  The post holder will be responsible for undertaking substance misuse triage of service users, implementing and managing complex management plans in joint partnership with other teams in Haringey ensuring that effective and responsive plans are in place.  The post holder will assist the Service Manager and Dual Diagnosis Network (DDN) team to develop and maintain high quality standards of care.

For more details please see Job Description.

 

Relevant Substance Use Qualification / Experience

Do you possess either a relevant Level 3 qualification (or higher) in Substance Misuse, Addictions, Mental Health, Health & Social Care, Psychology, or a related field, OR a minimum of two years' recent experience supporting individuals affected by drug and/or alcohol use?

If yes, please proceed with the application. 

If not, please DO NOT proceed with your applicaion - we regret that this role requires a relevant qualification and/or significant recent experience supporting individuals affected by substance use.

 

Substance Use Experience

Do you have recent experience working directly with adults who experience drug and/or alcohol use problems, either within substance use services, mental health services, homelessness services, social care, criminal justice services, or another relevant setting?

If yes, please proceed with the application. 

If not, please DO NOT proceed with your application:We regret that this role requires recent experience of supporting people affected by drug and/or alcohol use.

 

Assessment and Recovery Planning

Do you have experience undertaking assessments, recovery planning, support planning, keyworking, or structured interventions with individuals affected by substance use and/or co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions?

If yes, please proceed with the application. 

If not, please DO NOT proceed with your application: We regret that this role requires previous experience of assessment, recovery planning or structured interventions.

 

Dual Diagnosis Practice

Maximum 300 words

Describe your experience of supporting individuals with co-occurring substance use and mental health conditions. How did you assess their needs, contribute to their care and support their recovery?

 

Engagement and Harm Reduction

Maximum 300 words

Please provide an example of how you engaged an individual whose substance use was causing significant harm, but who was ambivalent or reluctant to engage with support. What approaches did you use and what was the outcome?

 

Multi-Agency Risk Management

Maximum 300 words

Describe a situation where you worked with mental health services, substance use services, or other partner agencies to support an individual with complex needs. How did you contribute to risk management and coordinated care?

This advert closes on Wednesday 25 Nov 2026