Community Forensic Learning Disability Consultant

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

The Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) is a newly commissioned service based at Hollins Park House in Warrington. This service is for patients with a learning disability and or autism with a forensic need, and serves the community in Merseyside and Cheshire. There are currently 2 Community Forensic Learning Disability Services, one that serves Greater Manchester and one that serves Lancashire. These service aims to prevent the admission or re-admission to secure services and provides support and advice to local learning disability services in helping to look after service users in the community and to stop future admissions.
The Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) for the Cheshire and Mersey area is newly commissioned and will sit alongside the services in Greater Manchester and Lancashire. The SCFT provides preventative, reactive and evidence-based interventions through a combination of specialist risk assessments and management, face-to-face therapeutic interventions and support, as well as support, training and consultancy to other services to meet the needs of this group. A core element of this provision is the facilitation of smooth and effective discharge from secure and other inpatient settings. Work collaboratively with in-patient services to reduce length of stay Support step down and recovery in the community Apply a proactive risk management approach to enable service users to fulfil their individual potential and achieve their goals Apply specialist forensic skills and knowledge to prevent admission and re-admission, including the role of Clinical Supervisor when supporting people who are Conditionally Discharged Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions Ensure robust multi-agency involvement to ensure public/community safety It is anticipated that the team will supportaround 90 people who have a learning disability and or autism who have offended or are at risk of offending.
The psychiatry role includes Approved Clinician / Responsible Clinician provision where a person is subject to Conditional Discharge or a Community Treatment Order under the Mental Health Act or where there is an identified need. This is anticipated to equate to a case load of approximately20 people. The Responsible Clinician will be required to have prescriber function as well for the team besides offering specialist assessment (including risk assessments) and management of patients on their caseload. The SCFT offers a full MDT component including highly skilled specialist nurses, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Support Worker, Social Work and Psychologists.This role will be supported by a designated medical secretary.
There are no junior doctors attached to the team and therefore this is the single medical role for the service. This post will require close working with Cheshire and Merseyside Learning Disability services and Mersey Care Forensic LD services. This role is for 6 sessions per week. The candidate will be expected to hold a full GMC registration.
MRCPsych qualification is desirable. Candidates who are included in the Specialist Register through Article 14 would be welcome to apply. Trainees in Learning Disability or Forensic Psychiatry who are eligible to commence work as a Consultant Psychiatrist would also be welcome. The applicant must be approved under Section 12(2) of The Mental Health Act 1983 and must have Approved Clinician status.
The post holder will have flexibility of starting in gradually increasing number of activities which can be discussed with the Clinical Director for LD&A Services. This is a part-time post with Total PAs: 6 [SPA: 1.5 + DCC: 4.5

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