Specialist Speech & Language Therapist inNottingham inNottingham PUBLISHED
MON 21 OCT 2024
In this position, you will conduct speech and language therapy assessments, provide tailored interventions, and collaborate with families and healthcare professionals to improve communication support for children and young people. The role includes flexibility in service delivery, allowing outreach to various settings like homes and schools, and emphasises a neuro-affirmative approach to facilitate understanding and support for those with communication and developmental differences. Regular supervision and support from senior colleagues will be provided, ensuring a comprehensive and collaborative clinical environment.
Speech & Language Therapist for Head 2 Head:
We are excited to offer an opportunity for an experienced B6 wanting to progress to a B7 or an existing B7 wanting to pursue their clinical interest in Social, Emotional and Mental Health, to join the CAMHS Head2Head Multidisciplinary Team within Nottinghamshire Healthcare Foundation Trust. This clinical role requires a high level of clinical expertise and understanding of Neurodiversity including Autism and Developmental Language Disorder and an interest in Social and Emotional Mental Health.
The Head2Head team work with Young People who:
Experience First Episode psychosis and At Risk Mental State. Are open to the Youth Justice Service. Have Co-existing substance use difficulties. Display Harmful sexual behaviour.
You will be well supported by and will receive regular clinical supervision with the CAMHS Service Wide Clinical Lead Speech and Language Therapist, along with support from the specialist and senior colleagues within the MDT.
The Head2Head Team provide an Outreach Model for our CYP across Nottinghamshire inducing Nottingham City, seeing the CYP at home, education setting, and/or the clinic with opportunities for some remote and flexible working.
You will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting children and young people accessing CAMHS. This will include:
Carrying out individual Speech and Language Therapy assessments and produce reports and recommendations for implementing communication reasonable adjustments
Providing specific speech and language therapy interventions to individuals where appropriate
Liaison and advice with families, carers, and health care colleagues in how to support CYP with SLCN with/without neurodevelopmental differences in order to facilitate reasonable adjustments and increased access to services.
SLTs in CAMHS are a core part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the understanding of the patients communication needs, contributing towards neurodiversity diagnostic assessment and writing neuro-affirming reports, using a neuro affirmative approach to support individuals and people in their lives to understand their neurodevelopmental and communication differences.
About us
This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of the CAMHS Head2Head Multidisciplinary Team carrying out specialist speech and language therapy assessments and intervention where appropriate to children and young people who are referred to the Head2Head Team. This clinical role requires a high level of clinical expertise and understanding of Neurodiversity including Autism and Developmental Language Disorder and an interest in Social and Emotional Mental Health.
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