Substance Misuse Practitioner - Manchester, United Kingdom - Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
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Manchester Case Management Team


Manchester Case Management (MCM) is a multi skilled service established across the City which proactively supports people identified as at high risk of hospital admission.

The service brings together the skills and experience of GPs, Nurses, Mental Health Practitioners, Social Workers, Pharmacists and Wellbeing Advisers to provide intensive and flexible support to people who are struggling to stay healthy, safe and well at home.

The service shares the care of patients across the disciplines, providing support through clinic appointments, home visits and telephone calls.

The MCM service focuses on what is important to each individual patient and collaborates with people and their carers and families to agree goals and aspirations.

The MCM service is embedded in the three localities; North, Central and South Manchester. The service is delivered through the Neighbourhood model.

MCM typically supports people for between 3 and 6 months enabling them over time to better manage to live well at home and engage with community groups and mainstream services as appropriate.

We currently have an opportunity for a Substance Misuse Practitioner role in the Centrallocality team.


The post holder will lead on providing expert substance misuse knowledge to members of the MCM teams, offering assessment and intervention for complex cases, and offering specialist supervision, advice and consultation on substance misuse care to MCM team colleagues.


The Substance Misuse practitioner will lead development and delivery of SMS practice within the MCM teams in line with national best practice guidance, NICE and DoH guidance, and Trust policy in consultation with other GMMH colleagues.


The post holder will work with colleagues of all disciplines within the MCM teams to develop their knowledge, skills and confidence in working with people with substance misuse problems, promoting understanding of the effect that mental health problems and substance use can have on individuals, their families and the wider community, e.g.

risk to physical health, incidence of hospital admissions/presentation in crisis, safeguarding adults, achieving and maintaining recovery and involvement in the criminal justice system.


The Substance Misuse practitioner will support the development of excellent relationships within the MCM teams, Neighbourhood Teams and partner agencies to promote effective collaborative working and seamless pathways, support the teams to engage and work with services such as CMHTs and substance misuse services from an early point to help with recovery plans and harm reduction approaches.

The Substance Misuse Practitioner will be aligned to one MCM locality team.


Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.


We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work.

From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.


Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Please see attached Job Description & Person Specification.

  • Pay Enhancements 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays.
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme
  • Blue Light Card Discounts
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