We have an exciting opportunity for a Speech and Language Therapist to join our healthcare team working across various HMP sites across West Yorkshire.
Within this role you will be working across our West Yorkshire Cluster of prisons which will include HMP Leeds, Wakefield, Wealstun and New Hall. To provide clinical leadership for the SLT pathway across West Yorkshire and establish robust partnership links with both the healthcare teams and prison staff across the different prisons. Working to develop a patient-centred Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) pathway across the various prisons in West Yorkshire.
Job summary
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Hours: 37.5 hours a week Monday to Friday
Salary: This position is full-time, you'll receive an annual salary up to £53,277 per annum FTE - depending on experience.
How will we support you?
* Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
* Competency framework
* Regional and national career development opportunities
* Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
* Support from the wider team
Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.
Main duties of the job
As the West Yorkshire cluster Speech and Language Therapist, your responsibilities will vary:
* Be aware of the communication challenges facing people in the criminal justice system and have an understanding of the prevalence of communication difficulties in the prison system.
* You will be responsible for the development of a training strategy to support awareness raising of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) in the prison population.
* You will provide expert consultation and advice to staff teams working with prisoners with complex communication needs.
* You will need to be skilled at delivering assessments for SLCN and formulate communication guidance for staff based on these assessments, as well as producing detailed reports summarising your assessments.
* You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team made up of a variety of registered and non-registered professionals including; primary care, mental health, social care, end of life care and substance misuse practitioners.
It doesn't stop there, we also offer:
* Company pension scheme which we as Practice Plus Group also pay into
* 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus 8 public bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time)
* An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
About us
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.
Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:
* We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
* We act with integrity
* We embrace diversity
* We strive to do things better together
We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Qualifications required
* You should be an established speech and language therapist as well as being Health Professions Council Licence to Practice.
* You should have a good understanding of how to support people with neurodiverse conditions, including autism and ADHD, and the complex communication challenges faced by this patient group in the criminal justice system.
* Ideally, have experience of working with people with mental health conditions, learning disabilities, behaviour that may challenge and neurodiverse conditions such as autism.
* You will have experience working with mental health within a forensics setting.
* The focus is subject expert leadership rather than leading a team, therefore require excellent partnership building and time management.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
Employer name: Practice Plus Group
Address: Hawker House, Napier Court, 5-6 Napier Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8BW
Employer's website: Practice Plus Group Careers
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