Over the last 35 years I have gained a great deal of experience in the field of Mental health and Substance misuse in all the range of Services and roles I have been employed in. This has been accumulated in both a managerial capacity and a face to face role dealing with individuals and groups thru counselling and therapy based interactions.
Although I acknowledge a lapse in this knowledge over the last 6 years that I have been absent from the field. I feel I have a great deal to offer and will work upon getting up to speed on changes that have occurred and current Local and Government guidelines.
Working on an Agency Basis in a number of Services- including Mental health /Substance Misuse and Homeless hostel.
Group counselling.
Rehab Referral.
HIV/HEP B awareness.
Needle exchange programmes.
Consistent with previous roles, responsibilities and duties included.
Recruitment and selection.
Budget Management.
Multi-Disciplinary Meetings.
Management Supervision.
Disciplinary Procedures and Investigations.
Safeguarding Issues.
Care standard requirements for Mental Health Services.
The Service Manager role predominantly focused upon Registration and Inspection in line with Government Care Standards Commission expectations at the time.
Multi-Disciplinary Meetings on a Clinical level.
Recruitment and Selection.
Budget Management.
Disciplinary Procedures.
Management responsibilities in this role consisted of the following,
Recruitment and Selection.
Budget Management.
Staff Supervision.
Disciplinary Procedures.
Multi-disciplinary meetings with external services.
National Care Standards Inspection Process.
In this role I gained experience in a number of roles, these included
Recruitment and selection of Staff.
Professional staff supervision.
Budget Management
Assessment and Referral process of Service users.
Safeguarding.
Disciplinary Procedures.
I have developed a range of skills over many years within the field of Mental Health and Substance Misuse work
Listening skills
Leadership skills
Counselling skills
Behaviour modification
Understanding of loss
Management and decision making