Community Learning Disability Team Manager

NELFT Redbridge are delighted to offer the post of Community Learning Disability Team (CLDT) manager as a substantive position. This post was recently created due to a change in operational management for the service which previously sat within a Local Authority portfolio. Following a structure review the service is now operationally managed in NELFT, so the successful post holder will have all the benefits of being in a NHS organisational structure with learning disability operational pathways and specialists across the Trust, and part of the wider Senior Leadership Team in the NELFT Redbridge directorate. The multi-disciplinary learning disability team consists of staff including Psychiatrists, Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Speech & Language Therapists and Physiotherapists with LD specialism, as well as peer support workers and admin staff. The successful candidate will have experience of managing a multi-disciplinary team. They should have a good understanding
of the particular issues facing the carers of, and people with learning disabilities and autism,and be passionate about supporting them to be involved in their own care. They would need to understand the legal frameworks that govern the work and support partnership working with the Local Authority. The main duties of the role can be outlined as, To take the lead in NELFT Redbridge to develop and ensure the safe and timely provision of assessment and care services for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism. To manage the staff and resources within the Community Learning Disability Team to ensure that effective systems and processes are in place and adhered to in order to deliver appropriate services to adults with learning disabilities in the context of their need and NELFT policies.

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.