Community Forensic Intellectual and Developmental Disability Service (CFIDD)
We support adults with a learning disability and/or autism who are at risk of being involved with the criminal justice system across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire.
Our team includes:
- Nurses
- Psychiatrists
- Speech and language therapists
- Occupational therapists
- Psychologists
- Social workers
We promote the most effective assessment, treatment and management for individuals whilst promoting their recovery.
We may work with people who are currently in secure hospitals to support them moving back into the community. We can also offer specialist support and guidance to other services. We also case manage complex and high risk individuals, using the care programme approach.
Four key areas of intervention
Case Management
The team works with people in the community whose cases are complex and high risk. The service will find out what risks the person poses to themselves and others, and work with them to reduce these risks to safe levels so they can then be supported by other services.
In-reach
The team will work with people in hospital to support and advise their planned move into the community. We give expert advice and guidance to other colleagues. Treatment is focused upon constant assessment and management of risk of harm to others, as well as risk reduction where this is possible. We work closely with probation services, the police and social services.
Consultancy
We work together with a wide range of other services on areas including training, support and guidance. This role will apply after in-reach support when the person is living in the community and working with a different community team.
Forensic risk assessment
We assess people’s risk of harming themselves or others, and develop strategies which ensure the wellbeing and safety of the people we work with, as well as the wider public.
Accessing our service
We are currently prioritising cases identified by Transforming Care. Therefore we are not currently accepting community referrals external from this. However we can discuss and review community cases which may require forensic risk advice and guidance. To make a referral please complete one of the forms below and return to the following email address: CommunityForensicIDD@nottshc.nhs.uk
Contact and find us
Westminster House
598 The Wells Road
Nottingham
NG3 3AA
Tel: 0115 952 9400
Help in a crisis
Contact the main switchboard on 0808 196 3779
- City Crisis Team: Option 3
- County Crisis Team: Option 4
Information for health professionals
If a health professional has any queries they wish to discuss, they can send this request to the email address provided above. Any queries received will be discussed at the clincial forum meeting which is held weekly on a Wednesday. This is attended by the multi-disciplinarary team.
Lead supervisors
- Team Manager: Richard Robinson
- Forensic Consultant Psychiatrist: Dr Ilyas Ali
- Operational Manager: Fiona Lamb
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