Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist
Job overview
At the start of 2025 are you looking for a new adventure, a rewarding challenge to give your career a boost....then we have just the job for you! why not consider joining our passionate, innovative and supportive SLT Team in the Nottinghamshire Low Secure Community Forensic Care Unit.
If this opportunity is calling out to you then please note that we would be happy to support a band 6 applicant to take on the role as a development opportunity; using their exisiting skills and expertise to develop a forensic specialism. We have great CPD opportunities annually, both in house and externally funded and strong connections with the national Criminal Justice SLT network additional to in house peer support.
We are advertising a permanent post in the Nottingham City & County Liaison and Diversion Team. You will be working with adults and young people who are navigating the Criminal Justice System. These individuals have Speech, Language and Communication Needs that require your support and expertise.They often experience co-occurring needs such as ASD, ID etc
The role requires a high level of clinical and professional expertise in order for the population to benefit from a well-coordinated pro-active, specialist, efficient and effective SLT. The role remit includes individual assessment, diagnosis, therapy and management, training, advice & liaison.There is no Dysphagia component to the role
Main duties of the job
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for full details- To be autonomous and responsible for the assessment, formulation and management of a specialist clinical caseload ensuring practice is in line the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapist’s Position Paper and Quality Guidelines.
- To coordinate access to speech and language therapy
- To develop and implement the 5 Good Communication standards
- To represent the Speech and Language Therapy service at agreed forums as required.
- To work as an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team across a variety of agencies and locations in order to maximise communication opportunities for patients
- To be responsible for the mentoring, supervision and management of junior speech and language therapists, assistant speech and language therapists and students as required
Working for our organisation
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire.Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
See Job Description and Person Specification for full details re: the main role and responsibilities
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Person specification
Contractual
Essential criteria- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Qualifications, Training, Experience & Knowledge
Essential criteria- Recognised SLT Degree/diploma
- Portfolio of relevant post qualification CPD
- Working experience of assessing and managing a complex caseload
- Experience of effective multi-disciplinary/agency working
- Experience of designing and delivering different learning and development opportunities
- Experience of delivering environmental approaches
- Experience in developing evaluation/audit tools
- Knowledge of Speech Language Communication tools, assessments and interventions relating to the client group.
- RCSLT Registered HCPC Registered
- Experience of diagnostic assessments.
- Experience of supporting students and other staff
- Experience of linking communication to risk issues.
Skills
Essential criteria- Empathetic and psychologically minded
- Well organised and able to prioritise
- Applied leadership knowledge and skills
- Reflective practitioner
- Ability to manage own wellbeing and motivation to access to supervision to maintain this
- Autonomous and able to work without direct supervision.
- The closing date given is a guide. We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants, so we advise you to submit your application early to prevent disappointment.
- We will be requesting references by email. Please ensure you include email addresses and contact numbers for your referees to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
- The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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- For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.