Intensive Support Teams

Learning Disability Nurses who work in Intensive Support Teams generally work with people in their own homes with the aim of reducing an escalation of the acute issues, and ultimately preventing admission to a specialist inpatient or mental health hospital.

The focus of the work within intensive support teams is centred around the person, their family, carers and other professionals; providing time limited, evidence based and specific interventions that ensure that people are confident in supporting the person who may be experiencing a crisis. Because of this they are skilled practitioners who understand how having additional behavioural and/or mental health needs and a learning disability can impact on a person’s life and the lives of those people around them.

Learning disability nurses working within intensive support teams must be able to ‘think on their feet’ in often challenging and rapidly changing circumstances and are well placed to be the conduit between different services and disciplines, being able to call on colleagues from different statutory services in order to organise a multidisciplinary response to ensure the person is effectively supported.

 
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Joseph King, Team Lead, Intensive Support Team
Joseph King, Team Lead, Intensive Support Team

“It’s a privilege to support people to live in the community with their loved ones, ensuring that should they ever need more help we can provide this quickly alongside colleagues from health, social care, and private providers.

“Building on quality of life and supporting individuals to pursue their goals and dreams is the most important part of what we do as an Intensive Support Team, and I am incredibly proud of the service we provide for the people of Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.”