Speech & Language Therapist NDS

The Methodist Church in Britain; Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee Assistance Programme

Staff discounts

Supervision from highly specialist SLT

Support for reflective practice

Job summary

Your Healthcare CIC's Neurodevelopmental Service is seeking a Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to work with adults with learning disabilities, assess communication needs, manage caseload and deliver person-centred interventions under supervision.

Registration with HCPC and RCSLT is required. Open to new graduates and those already in clinical practice; NHS Agenda for Change terms apply with generous supervision and development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in speech and language therapy.
• Registration with HCPC and membership of RCSLT.
• Experience with adults with learning disabilities recommended; able to assess and plan SLT interventions.

Responsibilities

• Assess adults with learning disabilities and a range of communication needs.
• Manage own caseload and deliver evidence-informed, person-centred interventions.
• Promote total communication and accessible information.
• Support eating, drinking and swallowing needs under specialist supervision.
• Work with families and multi-agency teams to coordinate care.

Skills

SLT for LD

Assessment

Caseload management

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Therapy

Job description

This Band 5 post sits in the Neurodevelopmental Service run by Your Healthcare CIC, a not-for-profit social enterprise delivering NHS community services. The Speech and Language Therapist will assess adults with learning disabilities, manage their own caseload and deliver person-centred interventions, while building skills in supporting eating, drinking and swallowing needs under specialist supervision. It is a permanent full-time role in a specialist multidisciplinary team, open to new graduates as well as those already in clinical practice. Registration with the HCPC and RCSLT is required.

What the job involves

• Make a meaningful difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities
• Assess adults with learning disabilities and a range of communication needs
• Manage own caseload and deliver evidence-informed, person-centred interventions
• Promote total communication and accessible information
• Support eating, drinking and swallowing needs under specialist supervision
• Work with families, carers, residential and day services, and health and social care colleagues
• Reflect on practice and develop professionally within a supportive service

What’s required

Qualifications

• Recognised qualification in speech and language therapy

Registration & licences

• Registration with the HCPC
• Membership of the RCSLT

Experience

• Experience with an adult learning disability population, professional or voluntary
• Administering formal and informal assessments to diagnose and plan speech and language therapy
• Working within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams, including collaboratively
• Using therapy interventions and designing care packages from assessment outcomes, including mental capacity

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of SLT assessments and interventions for learning disability that meet the five good communication standards
• Knowledge of SLT assessments and interventions for learning disability and eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties
• Ability to relate theoretical knowledge to clinical practice
• Understanding of clinical governance
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, adapting to people with communication difficulties
• Excellent written, spoken and presentation skills

Other

• Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills
• Ability to work independently and autonomously
• Evidence of developing reflective analytical practice

Nice to have

• Makaton at foundation or level 1-2
• Providing audiology care to people with learning disabilities
• Good practice in developing easy read material
• Understanding of reasonable adjustments for people with learning disabilities to access health and social care
• Experience of TEACCH, PECS, objects of reference, sensory stories, social stories or informal AAC
• Experience of informal or formal assessment and management of eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties

What’s offered

• NHS pay under Agenda for Change terms
• NHS pension scheme
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Staff discounts
• Supervision from highly specialist speech and language therapists
• Support for reflective practice and professional development
• Flexible working requests considered where possible