Principal Responsibilities:1. To carry a clinical caseload within the prison with individuals who present behaviour thatchallenges or where there is a risk of offending.2. Under direction undertake a thorough assessment of new referrals using a range of tools.3. Under direction provide comprehensive risk assessment of offending and/or other complexbehaviours.4. Under supervision carry out initial assessments with service users.5. Under the supervision of senior staff complete comprehensive risk assessment of offendingand/or challenging behaviours.6. Under the supervision of senior staff, develop Risk Management Plans including strategiesand recommendations.7. Contribute to the development of a formulation of offending behaviour and/or risk.8. Under the direction of senior staff support the implementation of specialist therapeuticinterventions.9. To evaluate the outcome of any interventions.10. Develop detailed care plans when planning release from prison settings or when seekingalternative placements in community settings.11. To encourage the ethos of the Positive Behavioural Support model in delivery of care.12. To provide advice and support to teams to maintain consistency in the overallmanagement and response to risky or challenging behaviour.13. To undertake on occasions urgent or emergency assessments, including risk assessments.14. To provide recommendations for a gate keeping assessment where appropriate.15. To provide advice, consultation and support to partner agencies regarding complexchallenging behaviour and offending.16. To support and lead on the development of contingency plans for crisis and relapses.17. To organise own workload and work schedule.18. To provide clinical and managerial supervision to junior members of staff.19. To act as supervisor, assessor and mentor for students, nurses and junior staff.20. To facilitate the education of service users, relatives and other agencies concerned withprovision of learning disability services in the prison service.21. To be involved in the development of training / information resources for partner agenciesin the area of Learning Disabilities.22. To ensure Safeguarding requirements are upheld.23. To organise and chair regular staff meetings and other forums as appropriate.24. To provide statistical information as required by the Trust.25. To ensure effective communication between services, and the co-ordination of otherservices as appropriate.26. To undertake duties as may be delegated by the Service Manager.27. To utilise theory, evidenced based literature and research to support practice.28. To contribute to the evidence base by leading and participating in research and auditswhenever possible.29. To develop and review protocols, policies and procedures.