Job summary
The East London Intensive Support Team provides a 7 day a week urgent and intensive community response for people with Learning Disabilities with additional complex mental health needs and/or behaviours that services perceive to be challenging, that result in the person posing a risk to themselves or others. The service operates across the inner east London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City and Hackney.
As a senior clinician within the team your primary responsibility will be to deliver intensive community-based support, aiming to prevent unnecessary hospital admissions and facilitate the individual's well-being and recovery within their familiar environment. The role will also include providing in-reach support inpatient environments.
You will take a lead role in supporting adults with Learning Disabilities in the community who are experiencing a crisis in their mental health or behaviour. You will be experienced in working with adults with Learning Disabilities and co-occurring mental health difficulties. You will also provide consultation and advice to colleagues supporting Autistic adults without a Learning Disability who are experiencing acute mental health needs.
You will work as a part of a multidisciplinary team, building relationships within the Intensive Support Team as well as with the Community Learning Disability and Inpatient services across east London.
Main duties of the job
- Maintain clinical direction and leadership; helping to coordinate a team of clinical staff for the continuous and consistent provision of high quality health care to people in mental health or behavioural crisis in the community
- Act as a role model in the practice area, encouraging staff in teaching, supervision, facilitating and assessing, create and sustain a supportive/teaching/learning environment for the practice setting
- Participate in developing policy and improve quality standards across the service
- Take responsibility for the smooth running of the service on a day to day basis, as delegated
- Take responsibility for leading on the review and collation of data for the service ensuring it meets performance targets and escalate concerns or variations to this as delegated
- Undertake advanced clinical reasoning in assessment and intervention for people with Learning Disabilities, working to avoid placement breakdown or admissions under the Mental Health Act (1983)
- Work collaboratively with service users, carers, Community Learning Disability Services, inpatient services, local authorities and other primary and secondary care services within East London
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
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Person Specification
Education/ Training/ Qulification
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse/ Learning Disability Nurse or Allied Health Professional or Social Worker with suitable clinical experience at Band 6 In Learning Disability Services
- oRegistration with relevant clinical body
- oEvidence of continual professional development
Experience
Essential
- oWell developed experience in working with adults with Learning Disabilities with behaviours perceived as challenging and/or co-occurring mental health difficulties during a period of a crisis
- oProven leadership skills and experience
- oDemonstrable experience in providing management and clinical supervision
- oExperience in undertaking audit/review
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oHighly developed and demonstrable clinical assessment skills
- oKnowledge of current legislation/policies relating to working within Learning Disability and Mental Health Services
- oKnowledge of the needs and rights of service users and carers
- oEvidence of excellent organisational skills as required to ensure the smooth and safe running of the East London Intensive Support Team
- oExcellent demonstrative interpersonal and communication skills
Other
Essential
- oComputer literacy
- oAbility to travel between sites and across boroughs
- oWillingness to work flexibily to meet the needs of the service, which will include travelling and supporting service users in their own homes, inpatient wards or other varied settings
- oExperience working with service users from different cultural backgrounds
Person Specification
Education/ Training/ Qulification
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Health Nurse/ Learning Disability Nurse or Allied Health Professional or Social Worker with suitable clinical experience at Band 6 In Learning Disability Services
- oRegistration with relevant clinical body
- oEvidence of continual professional development
Experience
Essential
- oWell developed experience in working with adults with Learning Disabilities with behaviours perceived as challenging and/or co-occurring mental health difficulties during a period of a crisis
- oProven leadership skills and experience
- oDemonstrable experience in providing management and clinical supervision
- oExperience in undertaking audit/review
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- oHighly developed and demonstrable clinical assessment skills
- oKnowledge of current legislation/policies relating to working within Learning Disability and Mental Health Services
- oKnowledge of the needs and rights of service users and carers
- oEvidence of excellent organisational skills as required to ensure the smooth and safe running of the East London Intensive Support Team
- oExcellent demonstrative interpersonal and communication skills
Other
Essential
- oComputer literacy
- oAbility to travel between sites and across boroughs
- oWillingness to work flexibily to meet the needs of the service, which will include travelling and supporting service users in their own homes, inpatient wards or other varied settings
- oExperience working with service users from different cultural backgrounds
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
