Speech and Language Therapist | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Speech and Language Therapist to support adults with autism experiencing mental health crises. The role involves clinical assessments and interventions, working within a specialist multidisciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant qualifications and experience in this field and be passionate about improving the lives of individuals and their families. This part-time role offers flexible working hours, with some requirements outside usual office hours.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in working with adults on the autism spectrum.
• Ability to conduct assessments and develop communication plans.
• Understanding of trauma-informed care.

Responsibilities

• Conduct clinical assessments and create communication plans.
• Provide individualized training for families and care providers.
• Engage with adults in their homes for assessments.

Skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Clinical assessments

Communication plans

Risk assessments

Specialist speech interventions

Education

Relevant qualification in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

Overview

Adults Autism Intensive Support Team – Speech and Language Therapist band 7

Do you want to work with individuals in mental health crisis who have a diagnosis of Autism? Read on.

Base: Wayside House; but travel across Coventry and Warwickshire may be required. Part time hours considered to support individuals at key times; some work may be required outside of usual office hours.

About the Team

The team is a specialist, multi-disciplinary team currently consisting of Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nursing and social workers.

Main duties of the job

• Clinical assessments
• Communication plans
• Specialist speech interventions
• Reviewing targets
• Risk assessments
• Autism informed interventions to reduce the risk of an admission due to mental health crisis
• Trauma informed practice
• Creating autism informed personal profiles as part of a MDT
• Providing individualised training to families and care providers

About CWPT

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.

• 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 groups

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a team we work systemically to understand and support the significant impact and challenges experienced by adults with autism who are in mental health crisis, and their families.

We work with the network around the adult (e.g., Adult Mental Health, Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a speech and language therapist you will have experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working, including attending and chairing regular MDTs, CETRs and EMDTs.

As a Speech and Language Therapist you would visit the adult in their home or in appropriate settings multiple times a week to engage them and carry out assessments and interventions.

This is an exciting time to join our Team as we mature and expand and continue to look for innovative ways to support the families we work with. If you are passionate and motivated and are driven to prevent children and adults with autism and mental health needs from being admitted to hospital, then we want to hear from you.

How to apply / Contact

For further details / informal visits contact:

Team Leader Kami Basra on telephone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
or Ann Cordery: [e-mail]

Expiry

This advert closes on Sunday 5 Oct 2025.