Job summary
To provide agreed support to adults with intellectual disabilities, their families, carers and the multi-disciplinary team. Specifically, this will relate to the communication needs of an individual, and subsequent environmental needs. Support may be for individuals, environments or providers and is under the direction of qualified Speech and Language Therapists but often delivered without direct supervision, across different multi-agency day and residential settings.
Main duties of the job
The role will help support the delivery of an efficient and effective Speech and Language Therapy Service to ensure that individual's with mental health conditions and associated communication and swallowing needs receive the best possible outcomes in relation to their care, treatment and recovery. The SLT service involves providing individual assessment, intervention, advice, training, and a consultative approach and the post-holder will support the qualified SLT to deliver this service. Well-developed IT skills are essential for this post to support production of accessible information and resources. The post holder needs excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work confidently and flexibly with service users, families and support staff within a fast-paced inpatient environment.
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 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
Job responsibilities
To independently carry out agreed communication and eating and drinking support to users of the speech and language therapy service, as directed by a qualified speech and language therapist.
To observe service users in a range of settings and report observations to the speech and language therapist
To participate in assessment alongside speech and language therapists
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across a variety of agencies and locations in order to maximise communication opportunities for service users and support eating and drinking needs.
To develop resources to support effective communication and to support others to enhance mealtimes. This will include symbol books, charts, communication profiles, and accessible information literature.
To carry out other administrative duties related to clinical work, such as photocopying and collating materials, data entry and sending out letters
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To independently carry out agreed communication and eating and drinking support to users of the speech and language therapy service, as directed by a qualified speech and language therapist.
To observe service users in a range of settings and report observations to the speech and language therapist
To participate in assessment alongside speech and language therapists
To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team across a variety of agencies and locations in order to maximise communication opportunities for service users and support eating and drinking needs.
To develop resources to support effective communication and to support others to enhance mealtimes. This will include symbol books, charts, communication profiles, and accessible information literature.
To carry out other administrative duties related to clinical work, such as photocopying and collating materials, data entry and sending out letters
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
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.
Person Specification
contractual
Essential
- Car driver with ability to travel across different sites within the Nottinghamshire area
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience/familiarity with/ of using a range of communication tools
- IT skills/experience developed to a standard in order to produce Communication tools independently
- Demonstration of, commitment to and ability to work as a team member
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Ability to work flexibly and independently
- Well organised
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people
- Experience of co/delivering training to staff teams
- Competence with relevant IT and graphics software used to produce visual communication resources (e.g. Symbol Software)
- Competence with communication approaches such as developing easy read information, Social Stories and decision-making tools such as 'Talking Mats'.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths
Person Specification
contractual
Essential
- Car driver with ability to travel across different sites within the Nottinghamshire area
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience/familiarity with/ of using a range of communication tools
- IT skills/experience developed to a standard in order to produce Communication tools independently
- Demonstration of, commitment to and ability to work as a team member
- Experience of working as part of a team
- Ability to work flexibly and independently
- Well organised
Desirable
- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of working with people with learning disabilities and/or autistic people
- Experience of co/delivering training to staff teams
- Competence with relevant IT and graphics software used to produce visual communication resources (e.g. Symbol Software)
- Competence with communication approaches such as developing easy read information, Social Stories and decision-making tools such as 'Talking Mats'.
Qualifications
Essential
- Good standard of general education to GCSE level or equivalent including English and Maths
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.
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).
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.
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).
