Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 6
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
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Job overview
Coventry and Warwickshire Neurodevelopmental Service- Adults
Band 6 Speech and Language Therapist
12 Months (maternity leave)
Secondment would be considered if internal to CWPT
Hours: 28 hours (0.75wte)
Are you an experienced Speech and Language Therapist looking to be part of a friendly and dynamic multi-disciplinary team working with autistic adults and adults with ADHD?This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join the adult neurodevelopmental team in providing post diagnostic support and intervention. The post holder will provide highly specialised, evidenced based assessments of language and communication differences. You will have regular supervision from the Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist as well as attendance to team CPD sessions..
You will be providing remote and face to face specialist sessions via group and individual therapy.
You will be working within a supportive multidisciplinary team which includes a Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, Psychologists, Nurses, Psychiatry,Occupational Therapists, Experts by Experience and admin.
More details about the team can be found here:
https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/service-detail/health-service/neurodevelopmental-service-adult-760/
Main duties of the job
To provide an effective Speech & Language Therapy Service for adults with Speech, Language and Communication Needs, with reference to Trust policies and procedures and also professional standards set out by the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and the Health Care Professions Council.
The post holder will work as a specialist Speech and Language Therapist as part of a multidisciplinary Adults Neurodevelopmental team. The post will provide interventions for adults with Neurodevelopmental disorders such as Autistic Spectrum Conditions. As a Speech and Language Therapist the role will predominantly work with the client’s communication skills.
The post holder will contribute to the development of services as well as carrying a caseload. The role will include group and individual work The role involves multi agency working across social care, education and the third sector services.
Essential Requirements include:
RCSLT membership and HCPC registration
Excellent communication skills
Experience of working with autistic adults and adults with adhd.
Driver with access to independent means of transport
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Essential Requirements include:
RCSLT membership and HCPC registration
Excellent communication skills
Experience of working with autistic adults and adults with adhd.
Driver with access to independent means of transport
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSC Speech and Language Therapy or equivalent Or equivalent
- Unrestricted registration with Health Professions Council (HPC)
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communications and interpersonal and communication skills
- An understanding of the specific contribution of Speech and Language Therapists in Neurodevelopmental services
- Ability to demonstrate team building, leadership and organisational skills
- Demonstrates and understanding an ability to practice in a person centred, recovery focussed way
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in working in autism / neurodevelopmental conditions
- Substantial experience and competence with clients with complex needs, communications issuesr
- Experience on working as part of an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary team
- Experience or interest in working in mental health services
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lisa Whitley
- Job title
- Team Lead - Adult Neurodevelopmental Service
- Email address
- [email protected]
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