This Specialist Speech and Language Therapist post sits within the Adult Community Learning Disability Service in Lowestoft, part of Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on assessing communication needs and dysphagia, then devising and reviewing treatment plans with service users, carers and families. The role suits an experienced therapist who will work autonomously with people who have complex mental and physical health needs, across settings from homes to residential and day services. A postgraduate dysphagia qualification is essential.
What the job involves
- Assess communication needs using standardised and non-standardised assessments
- Assess, diagnose and provide intervention across the full range of speech, language and communication needs
- Provide assessment and intervention for dysphagia
- Devise, deliver, monitor and evaluate treatment plans, modifying them where necessary
- Work with service users, carers and family so that co-production is central to care
- Devise, deliver, monitor and evaluate training and support packages for family and carers
- Provide assessment and intervention as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Be professionally and legally accountable for own work, including caseload management and direct clinical care
- Obtain and record informed consent at each contact under Trust policy, the MH Act, the MCA and DoLs
- Contribute to Positive Behaviour Support Plans
- Report verbally and in writing on observation and assessment of service users
- Attend and lead clinical meetings and contribute to professional and service discussions
Qualifications
- Degree in Speech and Language Therapy
- Postgraduate dysphagia qualification
Experience
- Experience of working with people with a learning disability
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary setting
- Experience of delivering teaching or training
Skills & knowledge
- Experience of using a range of SLT assessments and interventions with people with a learning disability
- Knowledge of relevant local and national documents and guidance on people with learning disabilities (PLD)
Nice to have
- Makaton or sign language qualification
- Further communication training
- Experience of supervising SLT assistants and/or SLT students
- Knowledge of intensive interaction, Talking Mats and social stories
What’s offered
- £3,000 recruitment premium, pro-rata for part-time roles, with half paid on appointment and half after a satisfactory six-month probation
- Premium is taxable and must be repaid in full or in part if you leave or move to a post without it within two years
- Ongoing training and development opportunities
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
