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UPDATE FROM THE DUAL DIAGNOSIS
NETWORK
RICHARD BELL
DUAL DIAGNOSIS PROJECT MANAGER
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST 6
MONTHS?
Continuing to develop and expand the network
Working with Adult Social Care and Prison Services
7 New services with Lead Practitioners – Stockshill, The Vale, Community
Alternatives Team, Cottingley Court, Bewerley Croft, Spen Lane, HMP Leeds
Ongoing work to ensure all services across the city are appropriately represented
Working with LYPFT to implement Dual Diagnosis Strategy
Supporting LYPFT DD working Group to identify training needs e.g. legal highs
Currently supporting to ensure community services are engaged with the network
following transformation
Common Screening Tools – AUDIT, ASSIT, Brief MH Questionnaire, GAD7,
+ PHQ9
Delivered training to Criminal Justice Services and Multiple Choice on Brief Mental
Health Questionnaire
Available on the website
Level 2 training will include these
Care Pathways and Protocols
Leeds Care Co-ordination Protocol reviewed and updated to match the pathways
guide and service mapping against dual diagnosis quadrant mapping
Set up 2 new link working partnerships – LAU + MC, LAU + HR
Continuing to implement the Common Mental Health Problems Protocol agreed
between Community Drug Treatment Services and Primary Care Mental Health –
IAPT
Supporting other drug + alcohol services to work with IAPT
Service User Involvement
Dual Diagnosis Expert Reference Group established March 2012
Continue to support and develop the influence of the group in the project
Website Update
Update the website to reflect the developments over the past year - Pathways guide
and service mapping information linked to care pathways, common screening tools,
resources e.g. information leaflets, useful websites, training
Currently visit services to promote and explain the website
SERVICE MAPPING?
MOVING FORWARD - THE NEXT 6 MONTHS
Karen returns November 2012
Service Evaluation
Recently completed a pilot service evaluation
Piloted 2 questionnaires – DD prevalence + How services support people with DD
Planning to begin a service evaluation of all services approx November 2012
Aim is to use learning to inform future development of services, DD strategy and
continued improvement of access to treatment.
Service User Involvement
Build on the recent establishment of Expert Reference Group
Inform PR + promotion, case studies framework, strategy
Continue to promote the case study framework
Training
Currently developing a funded level 2 DD training course in line with ‘Dual
Diagnosis Capability Framework’ (Hughes 2006)
The course is aimed at generic workers who work with dual diagnosis clients
regularly, but don’t have a specific role with this group.
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The content and focus of this course would be understanding and promoting the principles of recovery + the therapeutic
relationship
providing advice and delivering brief interventions
performing screening and risk assessment
care co-ordination
knowledge of local services and partnership working
120 places available beginning in 2013
Thank you for listening
Questions ?