We are seeking a SLT who is passionate about improving the lives of neurodivergent young people & adults to join our innovative Sussex-wide team. This specialist SLT post is based in the Transforming Care autism team (TCAT) part of the MDT working with autistic adults to provide specialist assessment & consultation with people who are mental health inpatients or at risk of admission. You will be working with autistic people to assess and formulate with the MDT how the person's communication needs contribute to an understanding of the presenting risk. We are looking for someone who enjoys being part of a team and working in partnership with clients, carers, multi-disciplinary team members and other agencies in the network. We pride ourselves in neuroaffirmative practice as a service and actively welcome applications from neurodivergent SLTs, people with other protected characteristics and people with lived experience. You will be joining a team of 40+ SLTs working across child and adult learning disability, forensic, gender, mental health and dementia services with a well-established SLT and AHP leadership structure, you would have regular supervision and CPD opportunities. Accessibility: Many of our team are proudly neurodivergent and we will ensure our services are flexible to meet your needs if you are neurodivergent.
For more information contact: Viki Baker, Trust Lead for Speech and Language Therapy & Associate Clinical Director viki.baker1@nhs.net
Main duties of the job
This is a specialist SLT post primarily based in the Transforming Care autism team (TCAT) and working into the Neurodevelopmental service diagnostic service as required by the principal SLT for the neurodevelopmental service. The post holder will play a core role in the MDT team consisting of OTs, clinical psychologists, therapy assistants and peer support workers who work with autistic adults and young people from 14 years old who do not have a learning disability. The team criteria is to provide specialist assessment and consultation regarding people who are on the Dynamic support register, and who are therefore inpatients or at imminent risk of requiring inpatient admission. The SLT will assess, formulate and make recommendations regarding how a shared understanding of the person's communication needs will contribute to understanding and reducing the presenting risk.
About us
The SLT will offer advice and support to enable the person and their support system to live well with their neurodivergence and reduce risk of future hospital admission. If the person has dysphagia the role will be to identify this and signpost to the appropriate SLT team. The SLT will be working very closely with inpatient and community mental health services, including the SLT inpatient team and the Specialist Assessment Multidisciplinary team (SAM) SLTs. The post holder will work in partnership with clients, carers, team members and other agencies to inform assessments of individual needs, make recommendations for placement, intervention, and support needs. They will also work to develop the skills of local community services to deliver recommended care plans. The NDS diagnostic team is a specialist diagnostic assessment service for adults with suspected autism or ADHD. Clinicians carry out a comprehensive assessment, write a diagnostic report and will signpost to appropriate services. Patients with higher levels of complexity have an MDT assessment with a combination of the following professionals: Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologist, Specialist Autism Practitioner and the Speech and Language Therapist (SALT). This postholder will contribute to the diagnosis for some individuals referred as requested by the Principal SLT.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to autistic people who are on the Transforming Care Risk Register as part of TCAT in order to support discharge or avoid admission.
2. To provide specialist assessment and contribute to differential diagnosis in the NDS as required by the Principal SLT NDS.
3. To provide highly specialist supervision to other Speech and Language Therapists or Speech and Language Therapy Assistants within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, as necessary.
4. Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies.
5. Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and secondary provider services.
6. To work within the MDT to undertake risk assessment, formulation, and management for individual clients with complex presentations and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment, formulation, and management in relation to communication needs.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pan Sussex
Brighton
BN23EW
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