UPDATE FROM THE DUAL DIAGNOSIS NETWORK RICHARD BELL DUAL DIAGNOSIS PROJECT MANAGER

1. UPDATE FROM THE DUAL DIAGNOSIS NETWORK RICHARD BELL DUAL DIAGNOSIS PROJECT MANAGER

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

7. SERVICE MAPPING?

8. 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.

9. 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

10. 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. • 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

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