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The community team consists of Nurses, Doctors, Psychologists, Occupational Therapist, Physiotherapist, Speech and Language Therapist and Health Care Facilitators.
They work closely with colleagues in Social Work and other agencies to support people who have an intellectual disability to live in the community by:
• Helping service users to access mainstream services
• Assess, treat and monitor mental ill health
• Assess and treat people who find it difficult to manage behaviour
• Refer for hospital admission if required
• Support carers - providing advice and training on specific conditions relating to intellectual disability such as autism and dementia
• Promote good health