Intensive Support Service practitioner

The post holder will work in close collaboration with other professionals, including the wider Multi - Disciplinary Team (nursing, psychiatry, psychology and speech and language therapy) in assessing service user's needs, devising care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote service user empowerment through the process. The post holder, with the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team will provide high quality, individualised care, which addresses the needs of the service users and meets individual health needs.

The Intensive Support Team (ISS) team will provide intensive support to adults with learning disabilities who are presenting challenging behaviour and / or mental health problems in the community to prevent, where possible, admission to hospital. The team will act as a gateway to the inpatient assessment and treatment service and work in close liaison with inpatient services to facilitate appropriate admission and timely discharge from services. The team will provide a 9am to 5pm (there may be some variation to this) service across the seven day week (Including bank holidays) and will work with the service user in a variety of health and social care settings. The post holder may be required to work within 24 hour shift patterns to support the role in agreement with the Team Leader.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

Maintain responsibility for a caseload of people with learning disabilities and health needs, providing a holistic approach to service user assessment, treatment, review and management of packages of care.

Ensure that the statutory requirements of the Mental Capacity Act are observed and applied.

Have the clinical skills relative to the delivery of care in the service area.

Have effective working relationships with other professionals within the service area, across the Divisions, Trust and other NHS providers and key stakeholders.

Contribute towards effective management and utilisation of resources within the service area.

Provide clinical advice for service users who present challenging and mental health needs, that promotes and facilitates the positive health and wellbeing of people with learning disabilities. Including direct work with service users, carers, colleagues and other service providers.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout