In North Tyneside, the Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) is part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. It is a multi-disciplinary team managed along with services provided by the Local Authority.

Building on the current CLDT provision, this post will facilitate the provision of children and adult specialist services offering assessment, intervention, and training for people who have a learning disability, complex behavioural/and or mental health needs.

This post involves a range of clinical activities, including supporting a senior nurse with monitoring of behavioural case load, assessments and interventions, and managing risk in the community. Liaising and working in collaboration within the multi-disciplinary workforce.

The ideal candidate will be passionate about working in collaboration with service users, their family, carers, and professional colleagues in order to enhance health and well-being, and to prevent or reduce behaviour that challenges.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Main duties of the job

This post will be based with the Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside. The post holder will work within the Enhanced Crisis Aversion Team. The post holder will provide and support in highly specialised behavioural assessments and interventions for children and adults who present with severe behaviours that challenge.

The post holder will assist senior staff with the development of highly specialised Positive Behavioural Support Plans for patients and service providers in order to reduce or prevent placement breakdowns or admissions into inpatient settings.