Highly Specialist Forensic Speech & Language Therapist
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below.When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/
Job overview
The post holder will provide skilled communication assessment and intervention to service users in OBIS, both in the community and within forensic medium and low secure services. Dysphagia experience is welcomed but not required.
The role is divided between the community Offending Behaviour Intervention Service (OBIS) and the medium and low secure forensic services at Warren Court and 4 Bowlers Green.
OBIS offers evidence-based, multi-disciplinary interventions to improve the lives of individuals with learning disabilities who have interacted with the Criminal Justice System. The service aims to reduce offending, prevent unnecessary inpatient admissions, increase access to forensic interventions, and build community support capacity.
Hertfordshire Forensic Services include multi-disciplinary teams providing secure care and treatment for individuals with learning disabilities and mental health needs. These services encompass Warren Court (Medium Secure), Beech Unit (Low Secure for men with mental health needs), and Low Secure for men with learning disabilities.We focus on personalised care, empowering patients to reach their full potential.
Main duties of the job
Role summary:
To provide high quality, highly specialist and comprehensive Speech and Language Therapy assessment and intervention
To carry a caseload as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
To provide highly specialist advice, education and training to increase the capacity and capability of others to work with people with a learning disability and forensic history
To develop Speech and Language Therapy provision within the service with support from Professional Lead Speech and Language Therapist
To undertake supervision and leadership of junior staff and students as required
To have a key role in developing, shaping and transforming services
To deputise for the Professional Lead Speech and Language Therapist in Learning Disability services as necessary
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will primarily provide highly skilled communication assessment and intervention to service users open to OBIS in the community or admitted to our forensic medium and low secure services. Dysphagia experience is welcome but not essential.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential criteria- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- State registration with HCPC
- Member of the RCSLT
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post graduate training in Learning Disabilities, Challenging behaviour and/ or Mental Health
- Post graduate training in Dysphagia
- Leadership Training/ Qualification
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria- Specialist knowledge and application of speech and language therapy assessments and interventions
- Detailed knowledge of evidence based practice and its contribution to practice governance
- Extensive clinical experience and ability to demonstrate application of advanced clinical skills
- Ability to facilitate therapist, generic technician and student development through effective supervision
- Planning and coordination of treatment packages
- Leadership and first line management experience
- Participation in research projects and audit
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”.This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority.
Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
Visa and Immigration
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.Those who are on a visa will be issued with Fixed Term Contract in line with your visa end date.