253452 (AJM) Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist
Key Result Areas
- Case holding, as part of the neurodevelopment assessment pathway, often in the context of mental health considerations.
- Training and supporting colleagues and families to recognize and appropriately support speech, language and communication skills; and eating, drinking and swallowing, in the context of working within mental health services.
- Providing specialist SLT assessments and supports.
- Creating and delivering environmental adaptations and supports for children and young people with neurodevelopmental and mental health conditions.
- Promoting a partnership approach to enhance communication supports across settings using evidence-based, targeted approaches.
- Evaluating and reporting on the quality improvements delivered through SLT.
Requirements
You will be a qualified Speech & Language Therapist with experience of working with children and young people with a wide range of neurodevelopmental and communication conditions in Health and Education settings.
You will contribute to case management, assessment and evidence-based interventions as part of a multidisciplinary team and be familiar with monitoring and reporting outcomes on this work.
You will contribute to service developments, as a SLT working with a mental health service.
You will be familiar with national developments in Mental Health and the neurodevelopmental pathway and keen to promote the role of SLT in this field of work.
Qualifications
Applicants must be registered with HCPC.
Benefits
The Speech and Language Therapy Service is innovative and supportive. It is committed to the principles of improvement methodology to provide a high quality service focused on the child and family’s needs.
All staff have a personal development plan and are encouraged to extend their skills through a variety of CPD activities.
Schedule
The post is on a fixed term, one year basis.
Pay
The salary will be pro-rata due to the part-time nature of the post.