Ban 6 - Specialist Practitioner - Bristol

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Forensic Community Learning Disabilities Team (FCLDT) for an experienced specialist practitioner to join the team for a fixed 12-month period. We are a small specialistcommunity based service that is strongly committed to multi-agency working. We work closely with local learning disabilities services, social care, mental health services and the criminal justice system. We provide forensic risk assessment and consultation on risk and the management of offenders who have Learning Disabilities, as well as individualised offender treatments. Based in Petherton Road resource centre in South Bristol .We provide a service across BNSSG (Bristol, Bath & North-East Somerset; South Glos and North Somerset) providing direct assessment ,intervention and consultation to people with learning disabilities who may be at risk of offending or who may have offended. The team provide a consultancy based service across Swindon and Wiltshire working collaboratively with members of the Multi-disciplinary and Multi agency teams.,

• Work with local Learning Disabilities service to help assess referrals for eligibility for the Forensic Community LD Team
• Raise awareness, in all areas of health, social services, prisons, probationservices and courts, of the needs of people with LD who are at risk of offending.This involves formal and informal teaching.
• Assist the team with forensic risk assessments
• Provide individual interventions with service users aimed at helping them manageand reduce their offending risk
• To hold an allocated group of service users, formulating, implementing andevaluating care plans and treatment programmes accordingly
• Promote fair access to services for people with LD who are at risk of offending
• Provide information to service users in a manner that is accessible
• Provide specialist knowledge and opinion to the service user, carers and othersworking with the service user regarding the service users needs,treatment andrisk management
• Ensure good links are developed and maintained with community and inpatient LDservices, facilitating referrals where appropriate
• Organise review meetings and chair when appropriate
• To participate in and chair when required, Team Business Meetings and Allocation meetings.
• To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, including working with others in the planning development and review of protection plans, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information
  
  We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner to join us in our friendly and supportive team. The ideal candidate will have experience of working individuals with learning disabilities who may be at risk of coming into contact with criminal justice services or who have a history of offending behaviour. The post requires an emotionally resilient person who is also a strong team player.
  
  We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.