Band 6 Learning Disability Crisis Response and Intensive Support Team Practitioner

Leicestershire Partnership; Leicester; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a motivated Band 6 Practitioner to join the Learning Disability Crisis Response and Intensive Support Team (LD CRIST). You will manage your own caseload within a multidisciplinary team providing specialist support, clinical assessments and risk management to prevent inpatient admissions and placement breakdown in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

The role requires a registered professional with experience in learning disabilities, plus a full

Qualifications

• Registered professional in a relevant NHS discipline
• Experience with people with learning disabilities
• Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle

Responsibilities

• Triaging new referrals from patients, carers or professionals.
• Provide clinical assessment, planning, and oversight for community cases at risk of admission or placement breakdown.
• Offer training and advice to carers, providers and health and social care staff on meeting individuals’ needs and Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Provide specialist advice to enable people to remain in the community and prevent inpatient admissions.
• Monitor pathways and coordinate handover to LD Community teams when longer-term monitoring is required.

Job description

Job Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic registered professional to join the Learning Disability Crisis Response and Intensive Support Team (LD CRIST) as a Band 6 Practitioner.

LD CRIST provides a service 7 days a week, 8:00am to 9:00pm, including bank holidays. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to discuss flexible working arrangements within these hours. Weekend and bank holiday working is undertaken on a rotational basis.

As a Band 6 Practitioner, you will manage your own caseload while working within a specialist multidisciplinary team comprising nurses, healthcare support workers, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, psychiatry and psychology colleagues, with input from a range of allied health professionals.

The team provides specialist support, clinical assessments, interventions and risk management for people with learning disabilities who are at risk of admission to an inpatient unit or at risk of placement breakdown within the community across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland. Our aim is to support individuals to remain safely within their communities wherever possible.

This post offers an excellent opportunity for a registered professional with experience of working with people with learning disabilities. It is an ideal role for someone looking to further develop their clinical skills, knowledge and competencies while being part of a passionate and supportive team dedicated to improving outcomes for people with learning disabilities and complex needs.

A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle insured for business use are essential requirements for this role.

Job Description Summary (Main duties and responsibilities)

Please see attached job description and person specification for full details.

• Triaging new referrals from a number of sources including referral directly from patients, carers or professionals.
• Provide clinical assessment, support, planning and oversight for patients who are in the community at risk of admission and/or placement breakdown.
• Offer training and advice to carer’s, providers and health and social care staff specifically in relation to meeting the individuals’ needs and through their Positive Behavioural Support Plan.
• Provide specialist advice and support to people to enable them to remain in the community and prevent, if possible, in-patient admissions.
• Monitor/ support utilising our pathways including the Mental Health Pathway and Positive Behavioural Support Pathway until there is sustainable evidence that the risks are manageable/ reduced and if required handing over to LD Community teams for longer term monitoring.

About Us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.