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Job overview

We are looking to recruit an experienced harm reduction worker to enhance our clinical offer. This is an opportunity to join a developing service as a harm reduction practitioner, supporting individuals with co-occurring mental health and addictions needs.

CREST is part of the integrated care systems approach focused on providing different ways of working with individuals who have spent long periods of time in hospital, to improve outcomes for this service user group.  As a regional service we cover Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield supporting individuals in transitioning from Level 2 rehabilitation placements who have likely experienced a long hospital admission and previous unsuccessful discharges.

This new role will focus on individualised support to a range of service users in collaboration with the wider MDT to identify a range of individualised direct and indirect interventions which will support service users to reduce the harmful impact of their drug and/or alcohol use, and support their recovery in the community. The role will form part of our MDT offer to address rehabilitation needs of the caseload to empower them in their recovery journey.

Our commitment to you if successful is that you will be offered strong support structures including reflective practice and clinical supervision, be supported to develop new skills, psychologically informed training and opportunities to be part of evaluation and development of the service.

Main duties of the job

CREST work with individuals within level 2 rehabilitation to address barriers to community discharge, assess their ongoing rehabilitation needs and readiness for discharge. The varied needs of service users on CREST’s caseload and their long history of support within inpatient environments mean that CREST need to take an innovative approach to developing therapeutic relationships and engaging service users in interventions.

The post holder will work closely alongside the wider MDT . CREST is a supportive team with a strong focus on co-production and multi-agency working, many of the caseload being supported by private hospital providers, supported living and a range of statutory and non-statutory organisations.

If successful, you will be responsible for working with individuals on the team’s caseload with a harm reduction/substance misuse focus to coproduce care plans and plan interventions which can support individuals in addressing their substance misuse and working towards their harm reduction goals. Due to the nature of the cohort the successful candidate will need to demonstrate an ability to think creatively and utilise a range of engagement skills to achieve positive outcomes. There will be a mixture of independent direct work with service users and indirect work through the MDT where service users may not be ready for direct work.

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. 

Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. 

 

 

 

 

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Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.

Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that from 1^st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children.  Please refer to job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a  focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response. 

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria. 

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs. 

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.

 

In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not. 

If you have not received any further communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.