Band 5 Well Being Practitioner - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
3 weeks ago
Description
An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen to work as part of the COMPASS Programme (Dual Diagnosis) in the post of Band 5 COMPASS Wellbeing practitioner.
The COMPASS Programme is a trust-wide service working with clients who experience both severe mental health and substance use difficulties.
The COMPASS Programme provides quality, evidence-based interventions for clients with co-morbid difficulties. There will be opportunities for the successful applicant to be involved in relevant and audit projects.
This post would ideally suit applicants who are enthusiastic and self-motivated and have knowledge of the impact that substance use can have on mental health.
COMPASS is BSMHFT's Dual Diagnosis team, We are a small but friendly team, who support each other and work with the Trusts values.
Integral to the multi-disciplinary team a key role will be to offer advice and training to healthcare workers and to run substance use groups for service users.
The post holder will work with the multidisciplinary team and support clinical Compass specialists to deliver our evidence based programme of interventions.
The team will contribute to ongoing assessment and care planning for service users and offer group works and brief interventions, team liaison, education.
The post holder will offer evidence based recovery focused interventions to individuals or groups who use substances problematically with a Mental Health diagnosis; this will included dependent alcohol drinkers and drug/ substance users with complex presentations and who are under of BSMHFT Mental Health Teams.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year.
We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally.We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need.
We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.
If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
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