Speech and Language Therapist inBillericay inBillericay PUBLISHED
WED 8 JAN 2025
The position requires the ability to conduct specialized assessments of communication needs, particularly for individuals with complex and challenging conditions. The therapist will also offer a community-based service, including dysphagia management, while collaborating with other professionals. The role involves shift work, necessitates travel to various locations in South Essex, and requires the candidate to have a valid driver’s license and access to a vehicle.
This is an exciting opportunity for the post holder to join an effective multidisciplinary team. Offering enhanced support to adults with a learning disability, living in their own homes; preventing admissions into assessment and treatment units -as recommended within transforming care guidance.
The post holder will join another Senior Speech and Language Therapist and a Speech and Language Therapy Assistant to offer clinical assessment and treatment to patients living in the community and offering an in-reach service to the learning disability assessment and treatment ward based in Billericay (Byron Court).
The post holder will have clinical supervision form the Specialist Speech and Language Therapist in the learning disability service and will have day to day support from the team lead in Enhanced Support Team.
The working hours of the team are 8am-8pm Monday to Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Bank holidays 9am-5pm. The post holder will be required to work a shift pattern 8am-4pm/12noon-8pm and a rotation of weekends (one every 12 weeks). The post will require travelling to patients homes and day opportunities so a car driver is essential with access to their own vehicle. The post holder will be required to visit patients living in Southend, Castlepoint and Rochford, Basildon, Wickford, Brentwood and Thurrock.
To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs and their carers when required by communication service.
To provide a community based Speech and Language Therapy Service including Dysphagia to Adults with Learning Disabilities within the South Essex area and their staff/carers.
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To carry out and interpret specialist assessments of the communication skills and needs of people with learning disabilities including those with complex/challenging needs and their carers when required by communication service.
To undertake joint assessments with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professionals within this specialist area of adults with learning disabilities.
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