Job Description

Do you have a passion for supporting young people with learning disabilities to maximise their full potential?



Are you interested in a role where you can focus on your own development?



Perhaps you love to work in a community-based role within a CAMHS Service



We are seeking a Band 6 Learning Disability Nurse to Join the CAMHS Learning Disability Service in the Bristol Team



As a Community Learning Disability Nurse in our team, you will be a key member of our MDT, working in close partnership with Children's Services, Child Health and Education colleagues to support young people with learning disabilities, who may also have complex physical and mental health needs including behaviours that challenge.



Our community CAMHS LD Service works across Bristol & South Gloucestershire to provide specialist community support for young people with a learning disability, their families and carers.



In this role you will be providing high-quality assessment, support and advice to young people with learning disabilities, their families and networks.



You will be managing your own case load, working across the team to support young people in the most efficient and effective way possible. An ability to be able to travel around service area and sometimes further across city is essential, as you will need to complete home visits, attend meetings and training.



You will have support from the team's Senior Learning Disability Nurse, the multi-disciplinary team and our wider CAMHS Learning Disability Service . Peer support and CPD are at the forefront of how we operate, with your development goals being highly valued and supported.



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.



AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture, which can have a beneficial impact on everyone who works for the organisation and the care we provide to those who use our services.



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.



To work as a Community Learning Disability Nurse in the Community Adolescence Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Learning Disability Team for Children with Learning Disability.



To ensure a clinically effective, high quality nursing service provided to children and young people with learning disabilities and their families/carers.



The post holder will be a role model for the support workers and will be responsible for their supervision. The post holder must be clinically competent to hold an active caseload, and provide support, advice, healthcare and health promotion as well as initial and on-going holistic health assessment to children and young people with learning disabilities and their families/carers, whilst working as part of, and promoting joint working with the multi professional within CAMHS Learning Disability Service.



The post holder will help to improve early identification of challenging behaviour and mental health issues in children and young people with moderate to profound learning disabilities



The post holder will help with improving the quality of support to children and young people with moderate to profound learning disabilities who are based within specialist educational settings.



To work closely with the Senior CAMHS Learning Disability Nurse and Team Manager to review, audit and help implement strategic changes to CAMHS Learning Disability Service to achieve CCHP Core Values and Targets in line with government initiatives



For further details around the role responsibilities and personal requirements, please see job description and person specification.