Job summary
- Main area
- Speech and language therapist
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 444-7471908-LD
- Employer
- Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wayside House
- Town
- Coventry
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapist
NHS AfC: Band 7
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.
Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services
‘We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’
Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.
PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.
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Job overview
Adults Autism Intensive Support Team– Speech and Language Therapist band 7
Do you want to work with individuals in mental health crisis who have diagnosis of Autism then please read on…
Base; Wayside House; but will be required to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire
Part time hours considered -To support individuals at key times, some work may be required outside of usual office hours.
Job overview:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Speech and Language Therapist to be part of our Adults Autism Intensive Support Team for Coventry and Warwickshire.
If you are driven, passionate and to want to work with Autistic individuals who are in mental health crisis and are at risk of admission to hospital, then we want to hear from you.
The team is a specialist, multi-disciplinary team currently consisting of Occupational Therapists, Clinical Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Nursing and social workers.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job:
Clinical assessments
· Communication plans
· Specialist speech interventions
· Reviewing targets
· Risk assessments
· Autism informed interventions to reduce the risk of an admission due to mental health crisis
· Trauma informed practice
· Creating autism informed personal profiles as part of a MDT
· Providing individualised training to families and care providers
Working for our organisation
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities:
As a team we work systemically to understand and support the significant impact and challenges experienced by adults with autism who are in mental health crisis, and their families.
In order to do this, we work with the network around the adult (e.g.Adult Mental Health, Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a speech and language therapist nurse you will have experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working as you will need to attend and chair regular MDT’s, CETR’s and EMDT’s.
As a Speech and Language Therapist you would visit the adult in their home or in appropriate setting multiple times a week to engage them and carry out our assessments and interventions.
This is an exciting time to join our Team as we mature and expand and continue to look for innovative ways to support the families we work with. If you are passionate and motivated and are driven to prevent children and adults with autism and mental health needs from being admitted to hospital, then we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Team Leader Kami Basra on telephone: 02476 961397 Email [email protected] or Ann Cordery email; [email protected]
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree or equivalent in Speech and Language Therapy
- Further training and experience in specialist area to Masters level or equivalent
- Significant post graduate training in Autism/Learning Disability
- Current Registration with Health Professions Council without restriction
Experience
Essential criteria
- Broad range of experience in working in Neurodevelopmental/ Learning disability Services
- Broad range of experience in working in Neurodevelopmental/ Learning disability Services
- Significant experience in working in Neurodevelopmental or mental health services
- Evidence of effective caseload management
- Competence with clients with complex needs
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kami Basra
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
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