Job overview

The Learning Disability Intensive Support Service (LDISS) is a nationally recognised service, it provides people with a Learning Disability with behaviours that challenge the service or a mental health condition that cannot be supported in mainstream services, the required support in the community with the aim at keeping people at home and out of hospital.

LDISS aims to give service users a meaningful, high quality and unrestrictive life where possible.  Through providing the right interventions and support, service users will be assisted to live a life where they have choices, are included in their communities and achieve their potential.

Main duties of the job

·         The LDISS Team, as part of the Gloucestershire Health and care NHS Foundation Trust provide a specialist service for people with a Learning disability whose behaviour is causing significant impact on the individual their family or the services supporting them.

·         To be a member of a multidisciplinary team providing a service across 7 days a week.

·         LDISS is operational 365 days year working 08:00 – 20:00 however occasional night shifts may be needed. Staff are expected to work flexibly across a 24 hour period when required. 

·         To work with both adults and children

·         To maintain responsibility for a shared caseload of up to 30 service users.

·         The post holder will be responsible for the implementation and collection of data required for clinical audits

·         The job role spans both LDISS and inpatient services and delivery into these services will be based on priority need.

·         The inpatient services provide specialist assessment and intervention on a short-term basis for those who require additional support and whose needs cannot be managed within their home environment.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey  gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.