An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Practitioner to join our new Intensive Support Team (IST) working alongside the Community Autism and Learning Disability Service.
This is a community-based, specialist team preventing crisis, reducing hospital admissions, and supporting people in the least restrictive setting.
The service will be integrated at a local level and provide psychological and psychiatric person-centred interventions.
The team is intrinsically linked with the dynamic support register and offers support over the 7-day period and aims to proactively target people with learning disabilities and/or autism who are most at risk of unplanned admissions due to mental illness or behavioural presentation.
The Pathway Manager is responsible and accountable for
* Monitoring the performance and quality of the service the team delivers,
* Clinical leadership and effective day-to-day management of the team,
* Commitment to promoting recovery and maximising independence and fulfilling wider management responsibilities as required by the organisation and performance management .
We are seeking an individual who has experience and knowledge of supporting individuals with a learning disability and autism.
The role offers the opportunity to influence service development and play a key part in the shaping how we deliver community care to people with Learning Disabilities and/ or Autism.
Provide day-to-day management of the team, hold excellent communication skills and ability to form positive working relationships with Systems Partners
Support with recruitment, retention, and induction of staff
Conducting clinical and managerial Supervision, Appraisals, and oversight of individuals development
Managing performance and absence/staff wellbeing
Ensure statutory and mandatory training is completed
Support implementation and development of patient and carer experience
Oversight of a support with Informal and Standard Complaints process
Engagement within Interface Meetings
Dealing with grievance and disciplinary cases
Motivate, engage, and develop the team within a multi-disciplinary team environment
Lead and coordinate team communication, including holding regular team meetings, communicating, and consulting on service changes (which may be contentious), and acting as a conduit of information
Support Team following Serious Incidents and with Debriefs, Local and After-Action Review Process and Serious Incident Panels
Support staff offering learning and training opportunities, clinical supervision, and a supportive, collaborative team culture.
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return, we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
There are opportunities for further professional development within scope of the successful candidates experience and development needs, alongside service need
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 19 th August 2025
Closing date : 2 nd September 2025
We welcome your application.