Job summary The Transforming Care Autism Team are a specialist assessment and consultation multidisciplinary team who work alongside SPFT colleagues to support discharges and avoid admissions for autistic young people and adults. We have some additional short term funding and we are looking for B6 or B7 Speech and Language Therapist who are interested in working with autistic young people and/or adults who are inpatient or at risk of admission using neuroaffirmative approaches. Main duties of the job The Speech and Language therapist role within the team provide specialist assessments of communication and language in order to support a holistic formulation of how neurodiversity may be contributing to presenting risks. Individual interventions may be completed with individuals to collaboratively understand their neurodiversity and make recommendations for communication strategies and reasonable adjustments required. About us Please contact us if you are able to provide specific Speech and Language assessments on an individual case by case basis at any point during the time period from now up until the end of March 2025. Please contact Dawn Howard for more information. Support and induction will be provided. Date posted 08 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 7 Salary £24.82 an hour per hour Contract Bank Working pattern Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, Term time hours Reference number 354-Bank-LD-20060-B Job locations East Brighton Brighton BN23EW Job description Job responsibilities 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 to support discharge or avoid admission. To provide specialist assessment and contribute to differential diagnosis in the NDS as required by the Principal SLT NDS 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. Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies. Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and secondary provider services. 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 need To prioritise, organise and manage a complex caseload as part of the MDT. To provide highly specialist evidence-based interventions and to evaluate effectiveness of interventions using agreed outcome measures To undertake comprehensive assessment of those referred to using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualized interventions based on advanced clinical reasoning and partnership working. To inform and counsel service users, relatives and carers and significant others to present complex information clearly and comprehensively to optimise communication. To encourage and enable service users and carers involvement and choice in all intervention options and decisions regarding their care plans / goals wherever possible. To negotiate with clients, relatives and carers and relevant others around care plans and complex case management to motivate and engage them in the therapeutic process. To provide specialist Speech & Language Therapy services for those referred based on national best practice. To be responsible for clinical administration and record keeping related to the specialist caseload according to Trust policy. To be aware of and adhere to, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy clinical guidelines, Health Professions Council standards of proficiency, conduct, performance and ethics, and policies and guidelines relating to specialism. To work within the specialist multidisciplinary team advising on the management of specific Speech and Language Therapy related clinical issues, to collaborate in the development and co-ordination of team objectives and in the development of care pathways and care protocols related to the specialist area. Job description Job responsibilities 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 to support discharge or avoid admission. To provide specialist assessment and contribute to differential diagnosis in the NDS as required by the Principal SLT NDS 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. Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies. Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and secondary provider services. 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 need To prioritise, organise and manage a complex caseload as part of the MDT. To provide highly specialist evidence-based interventions and to evaluate effectiveness of interventions using agreed outcome measures To undertake comprehensive assessment of those referred to using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualized interventions based on advanced clinical reasoning and partnership working. To inform and counsel service users, relatives and carers and significant others to present complex information clearly and comprehensively to optimise communication. To encourage and enable service users and carers involvement and choice in all intervention options and decisions regarding their care plans / goals wherever possible. To negotiate with clients, relatives and carers and relevant others around care plans and complex case management to motivate and engage them in the therapeutic process. To provide specialist Speech & Language Therapy services for those referred based on national best practice. To be responsible for clinical administration and record keeping related to the specialist caseload according to Trust policy. To be aware of and adhere to, Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy clinical guidelines, Health Professions Council standards of proficiency, conduct, performance and ethics, and policies and guidelines relating to specialism. To work within the specialist multidisciplinary team advising on the management of specific Speech and Language Therapy related clinical issues, to collaborate in the development and co-ordination of team objectives and in the development of care pathways and care protocols related to the specialist area. Person Specification Qualifications Essential HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist Person Specification Qualifications Essential HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Address East Brighton Brighton BN23EW Employer's website https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)