Dual Diagnosis Practictioner

We are looking to recruit a Band 4 Dual Diagnosis Practitioner to be a member of the Cannabis Clinic for Patients with Psychosis (CCP) multi-disciplinary team, taking a leading role in the provision of on-going assessments, groups running , care planning, treatment delivery of the young adults with psychotic disorders and cannabis used referred to the service. Young adults with psychotic disorders often struggle to engage with the existing addiction services and therefore someone with experience in working with this clinical population would be preferred.The Maudsley Charity recently awarded to the lead Consultant of this service and her team funding to carry out a Randomised Control Trial (RCT) of the service intervention.This is a fixed term post is funded as part of this award to support the delivery of the Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis intervention to those referred to the service who have been enrolled in the RCT.The post holder will join the Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis team as well as be part of the RCT, having the opportunity to learn about this new service as well as gaining experience in translational research.Work closely with the Trust dual diagnosis pathway practitioners and the Early Intervention Community Mental Health teams to promote awareness of the service and of the RCT and coordinate new referrals to the Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis Deliver the one to one intervention to those under the care of the service and participate in the weekly clinical group supervision where all the cases under the care of the service are presented Take part in the organization and expansion of the weekly PEER group open to the clinical population served by the CCP. The PEER group runs on ZOOM every Tuesday pm.The post holder will be working with the Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis, highly skilled and knowledgeable multi-disciplinary team who will support them in their development and ability to deliver the best care to our service users while offering the post holder the opportunity to take part in research activities.The Cannabis Clinic for Psychosis is part of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM).SLaM provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. There are very few organisations in the world that have such wide-ranging capabilities working with mental illness. Our scope is unique because it is built on three major foundations: care and treatment, science and research, and training.For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Marta Di Forti Job title: Professor Email address: marta.diforti@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07970211938Please use Dr Marta Di Forti's email address to enquire about this post:marta.diforti@kcl.ac.uk