Childrens Intensive Support Team - Speech and Language Therapist band 7
Do you want to work with children with a diagnosis of autism and/or learning disability in mental health crisis? If so, please read on...
Base: Wayside House, but will be required to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire.
Part-time: 22.5 hours per week, 3 days per week. - To support individuals at key times; some work may be required outside of usual office hours.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to be part of our Childrens Intensive Support Team for Coventry and Warwickshire.
If you are driven, passionate, and want to work with children and their families who are in mental health crisis and are at risk of admission to hospital, then we want to hear from you.
The team is a specialist, multi-disciplinary team currently consisting of Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, and Nursing.
Main duties of the job:
1. Clinical assessments
2. Communication plans
3. Specialist speech interventions
4. Reviewing targets
5. Risk assessments
6. Autism informed interventions to reduce the risk of an admission due to mental health crisis
7. Trauma informed practice
8. Providing individualised training to families and care providers
About us:
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability, and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire, and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
These include:
1. Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
2. Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
3. Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership, and more
4. Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants, and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount scheme
5. Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline, and more
6. Staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity, and respect.
Job responsibilities:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
As a team, we work systemically to understand and support the significant impact and challenges experienced by children who are in mental health crisis and their families.
In order to do this, we work with the network around the child/adult (e.g., RISE, Adult Mental Health, Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a speech and language therapist, you will have experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working as you will need to attend and chair regular MDTs, CETRs, and EMDTs.
As a Speech and Language Therapist, you would visit children in their home/school/appropriate setting multiple times a week to engage them and carry out our assessments and interventions.
This is an exciting time to join our Team as we mature and expand and continue to look for innovative ways to support the families we work with. If you are passionate and motivated and are driven to prevent children from being admitted to hospital, then we want to hear from you.
We are holding open sessions for you to find out more about the team and what we offer. Please email for further details on how to book onto a session or arrange an informal visit.
Person Specification:
Essential:
1. Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy.
2. Significant post-graduate training in Autism/Learning Disability.
3. An understanding of the specific contribution of Speech and Language Therapists in Neurodevelopmental/Learning Disability services.
Employer details:
Employer name:
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address:
Wayside House, Wilsons Lane, Coventry, CV6 6NY
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