Advanced Speech and Language Therapist - Band 7

Job summary

30 hours, permanent role

(There may be additional hours available for applicants looking for a full time role)

Looking for a new challenge? Looking to use your skills and experience in a new setting?

We are looking to recruit an innovative, enthusiastic and experienced Speech and Language Therapist to join our Forensic Assessment Consultation, Training and Treatment team (FACTT) which covers the area of Coventry and Warwickshire.

FACTT is a community forensic support service which was originally commissioned in 2018 as part of the Transforming Care Agenda. for adults with a learning disability (LD) to support timely discharge from hospital and prevent unnecessary admission to hospital or prison. In an exciting development, the FACTT team expanded late 2021 to include autistic adults who have forensic needs across Coventry and Warwickshire. Based on the core functions of the national specification for community forensic LD and autism services, the community forensic service provides:

• Forensic in-reach support to inpatient services to support safe and timely discharges
• Assessment and management of forensic risk in the community to ensure public safety and safety of the individual
• Consultancy and support
• Training and advice to other agencies
• Treatment: Delivery of offence specific therapeutic interventions
• Case Management of the most high risk cases

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting post; offering the right candidate the opportunity to take a lead role in speech and language therapy provision within the FACTT team. The successful applicant will be an integral member of a multidisciplinary team, which includes psychology, nursing, occupational therapy, social work and psychiatry. The post holder will be professionally managed and supervised by the AHP lead within the LD & A directorate but will receive clinical support and supervision from within the FACTT team.

To organise, deliver and develop the Speech and Language (SALT) provision in order to deliver agreed service objectives in line with relevant protocols and procedures.

To offer highly-specialist Speech & Language Therapist assessment and interventions to families and carers, working across inpatient and community services.

To manage their own caseload and work with other professionals/carers to help service users to reach recovery goals in the context of their LD and/or autism, risk and social circumstances.

To lead on and contribute to research and service development projects, in line with service priorities and timescales.

To supervise and manage clinical practice as required, including SALT students and other staff working in their clinical area.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

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:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

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.