We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000.
• Are you a band 6 speech and language therapist (SLT) looking for a new challenge, or an experienced band 5 SLT looking to take the next step in your career?
• Do you have a special interest in the field of autism and mental health?
• Would you like to develop a specialist skill set in dysphagia?
A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an SLT to join our warm, welcoming, and inclusive multidisciplinary team. You will be supporting the development of flexible, person-centred, and evidence-based SLT clinical pathways for our mental health inpatient services. An openness to challenge traditional ideas about models of communication and engage in innovative practice are essential for this role!
This is a newly-created post within a brand-new team. Our priority is providing the best service user experience and clinical outcomes possible. You will have access to regular supervision with a highly-specialist SLT. We offer a commitment to continuing professional development (CPD) and value your skills and ideas. You’ll be supported to develop your full potential in a team with many opportunities for joint working and skill sharing.
There are two posts available. One is predominantly based at either Bowmere Hospital in Chester and the other at Springview Hospital, Clatterbridge in Wirral, with opportunities for cross working.
Please note: we will consider applications from final year students who have undertaken a placement in mental health.
1. To support the development of the SLT Service within inpatient adults’ and older adults’ mental health services.
2. To complete assessments and interventions, including managing communication needs, dysphagia/eating and drinking difficulties, and advising on inclusive communication strategies for people with a range of mental health needs and co-occurring conditions.
3. Develop and deliver evidence-based intervention programmes, adapting and facilitating according to client-centred needs.
4. Offering advice, training, and consultation to other clinicians, family/carers, and support staff.
5. Taking a key role in improving the identification and support of autistic people.
6. To contribute to MDT working to ensure coordinated service provision.
7. To liaise, joint work, and advise other clinical, social, and care agencies and external agencies when appropriate.
8. Independently organise, plan, and prioritise your workload and caseload.
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health, and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.
We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, and Liverpool. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation, and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcomes applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
We also offer up to three weeks’ induction, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you hit the ground running with CWP.
Please download a copy of the job description for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website.
If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’
Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.
The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Mar 2025.
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