Speech and Language Therapist | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 08 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 £28,407-£34,581 per annum |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 08 May 2024 |
| Location: | Horsham, RH12 2DR |
| Company: | Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6192564/150-KB9996-CSS |
Summary
We are offering a full time Band 5 post with a half day a week specifically identified during your first year with us for Continuing Professional Development and working on your Competencies.
You will work with early years and school age children in a range of settings: community clinics; preschool settings; homes, schools and sometimes remotely. You will learn to assess children, put together therapy plans, advise and train others as well as carrying out therapy yourself.
You will have a comprehensive induction period and be supported by friendly and experienced colleagues across all the teams. Specifically, you will have supervision from a clinical lead fortnightly to begin with and then tailored to your needs. You will have easy access to a buddy for those questions you feel you can't KEEP asking and be part of a peer supervision group which meets every two or three months.
You will join other CSALT Band 5s across the Trust, with whom you may spend your weekly CPD afternoon (ftf or on Teams). There will be a number of short tutorials during these sessions covering a wide range of topics such as time management, writing reports, how to choose the right assessment etc
In the Mainstream Schools Team you will work towards becoming the Link Therapist for a group of schools: each school is allocated a Link SLT, who meets with the Special Educational Needs Coordinator for Planning meetings at the start of term to establish caseload priorities, give advice, discuss school led support, such as Narrative Groups or School Start, identify any Education Health Care Plan support required and talk about any training needs within the school. During the term, the Link SLT will assess children, and discuss findings and any speech language and communication needs with school staff and parents/carers. Together you will agree a plan of action to meet the child's speech, language or communication needs, this might be through advice and an intervention plan for school staff to carry out, staff training, direct therapy demonstration, or perhaps a referral on to a different team.
In the Early Years Team you will work towards becoming an autonomous clinic therapist: you will meet with families, assess their children, and discuss your findings with parents/carers and/or setting staff. Together you will agree a plan of action to meet the child's speech, language or communication needs, this might be through advice and a home, or setting, intervention plan, parent coaching, direct therapy, or perhaps a referral on to a different team.
We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.
Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.
We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.
Why work for us?
• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff
To assess, treat and manage own caseload of children with speech, language and communication delay and disorder.
To provide advice to other professionals and parents in order to support the needs of children with speech, language and communication delay and disorder in clinical area.
To liaise with other agencies and services e.g. schools, social care, and voluntary agencies.
To plan and demonstrate therapy activities to parents/carers and/or assistants and multidisciplinary staff.
To record notes and prepare reports and therapy plans using electronic notes systems (Systm 1)
To take an active part in the team, participating in meetings and forums.
To access and make use of clinical and management supervision.
To gather data as required, participate in audits and comply with Information Governance
You will also attend Team Meetings, clinical forums and relevant in- house training. You will contribute to team and service development initiatives, audits and data collection as required.
Across the year you will write short reports, devise intervention plans, signpost setting staff to further information, provide child specific training and therapy demonstrations, and contribute to Education and Health Care Needs Assessments and Annual reviews.
These posts are for a two-year fixed term although extension is possible and as a large team, progression opportunities are usually available.
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This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024