We have an opportunity for a Speech & Language Therapist who has a keen interest in working with children with a wide range of Speech, Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) resulting from having complex needs. This post involves supporting children with complex needs in a variety of locations including homes, clinics, nurseries, special and mainstream schools.
We offer good support networks, regular supervision, and access to internal training.
Main duties of the job
This is an opportunity to develop skills and expertise in working with children with a wide range of SLCN resulting from complex needs.
1. Work as part of the complex needs team and wider multidisciplinary team to support children, families and settings.
2. Assess, diagnose, design and deliver appropriate packages of care for children with a wide range of SLCN and complex needs.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
Job description
The Speech and Language Therapy Service supports children with a wide range of speech, language and communication needs (SLCN) and eating and drinking needs, across Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire County. The service provides a range of packages of care for children with speech and language difficulties, developmental language disorder, autistic spectrum disorder, learning difficulties, physical difficulties, eating and drinking difficulties, voice disorders, hearing impairment and disorders of fluency. The service aims to provide support to children in the most appropriate setting e.g. health, education, home.
We are a large department relative to other departments across the country. This means that there are frequent opportunities to develop skills, and we have therapists who are able to specialise in clinical areas and share their knowledge/support less experienced therapists.
We actively support new staff to build up their confidence in managing cases, allowing the gradual build-up of skills and experience over time. This includes shadowing and CPD opportunities, and time to discuss cases, whilst you develop your skills.
We would love to hear from you if you can or are keen to develop your skills to:
1. Assess, diagnose, design and deliver appropriate packages of care for children with SLCN and complex needs.
2. Work collaboratively with, and provide training and coaching for parents, education staff and other professionals, ensuring a well-coordinated support plan for children who meet the criteria for speech and language therapy.
3. Assist in the identification and management of children with SLCN as part of the integrated team and advise SLTAs.
Essential criteria includes:
1. Recognised Speech and Language Degree Qualification or equivalent/working towards.
2. An interest in and experience (which could be undergraduate) of working with children and young people with a wide range of SLCN and eating and drinking difficulties.
3. Experience (which could be undergraduate) of working in schools and/or pre-school settings with children with a variety of communication difficulties.
4. An understanding of the role of the speech and language therapist in meeting the needs of children in homes and/or school/pre-school settings.
5. An interest or experience in multi-disciplinary team working.
6. 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.
Why Choose us?
You will be welcomed by an extremely supportive team who display high levels of quality and compassion in the services and care they provide.
You will receive a local induction which is tailored to your individual needs and individual support sessions from leaders in the team, providing opportunity for you to begin to develop your personal and professional development plan.
As you settle in you will receive regular clinical and managerial supervisions and an appraisal, within 4 months of commencing in your role, to establish how we can support you to develop your clinical and professional skills in the context of your own career aspirations and to meet the needs of our children and families.
You will have access to internal and external training and quality improvement opportunities and not to mention the wide range of employee benefits NottsHC offer:
* Annual leave of 27 days plus bank holidays (this will increase up to 33 days depending on NHS service and in accordance with A4C terms and conditions).
* Pension scheme.
* Flexible working and job share opportunities.
* Promotion of a healthy work-life balance.
* Salary sacrifice schemes e.g. public transport loans, cycle schemes.
* Staff discount schemes e.g. Discounted Leisure Centre membership.
* Free on-site parking (dependent on site).
* An extensive health and wellbeing package including Occupational Health, Physiotherapy and Staff Counselling services.
* Support for carers.
Further information regarding NottsHC employee benefits can be found on our website www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Recognised SLT degree/diploma.
* RCSLT and HCPC Registered or pending registration for final year SLT students.
Desirable
* NQ communication competencies completed.
Experience
Essential
* Experience of administration associated with caseload management.
* Experience of range of types of assessment for children with SLCN.
* Experience of working with children with a wide range of SLCN.
* Experience of delivering a range of POC's for children with SLCN.
* Some experience of successful team working.
* Experience of working in range of settings.
* Experience of working through others (coaching/supporting parents/setting based staff).
Desirable
* Range of experience of team working.
* Experience of being involved in training others.
* Experience of working with/supporting SLTA's.
Knowledge
Essential
* Theoretical knowledge of SLT delivery including the use of different approaches and multi-disciplinary working, across different contexts and environments.
* Knowledge of national policies and procedures (relevant to the client group).
* Undergraduate Knowledge of different approaches to working.
Desirable
* Signs and symbols knowledge.
Skills
Essential
* Empathetic.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Well organised.
* Good reasoning skills.
* Motivated and a motivator.
* Team builder and team member.
* Reflective practitioner.
* Ability to manage own well-being with access to supervision to sustain this.
Desirable
* Experience of working in a team and to discuss the benefits of teamwork.
* Experience of delivering Learning and development opportunities for others.
* Can discuss issues involved in managing a caseload.
Values
Essential
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
* All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion as identified within the Trust's Equality and Diversity Policy and associated Equality, Diversity and Human Rights legislation.
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* 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.
Employer details
Employer name
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Children's Development Centre, City Hospital
Hucknall Road
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
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