The Transforming Care Autism Team are a specialist assessment and consultation multidisciplinary team who work alongside SPFT colleagues to support discharges and avoid admissions for autistic young people and adults. We have some additional short term funding and we are looking for B6 or B7 Speech and Language Therapists who are interested in working with autistic young people and/or adults who are inpatient or at risk of admission using neuroaffirmative approaches. Main duties of the job
The Speech and Language Therapist role within the team provides specialist assessments of communication and language in order to support a holistic formulation of how neurodiversity may be contributing to presenting risks. Individual interventions may be completed with individuals to collaboratively understand their neurodiversity and make recommendations for communication strategies and reasonable adjustments required. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to autistic people who are on the Transforming Care Risk Register as part of TCAT to support discharge or avoid admission. To provide specialist assessment and contribute to differential diagnosis in the NDS as required by the Principal SLT NDS. To provide highly specialist supervision to other Speech and Language Therapists or Speech and Language Therapy Assistants within Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, as necessary. Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues and other agencies. Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and secondary provider services. To work within the MDT to undertake risk assessment, formulation, and management for individual clients with complex presentations and to provide advice to other professions on aspects of risk assessment, formulation, and management in relation to communication needs. To prioritise, organise, and manage a complex caseload as part of the MDT. To provide highly specialist evidence-based interventions and to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions using agreed outcome measures. To undertake comprehensive assessment of those referred to using investigative and analytical skills and to formulate individualized interventions based on advanced clinical reasoning and partnership working. To inform and counsel service users, relatives, and carers and significant others to present complex information clearly and comprehensively to optimise communication. To encourage and enable service users and carers involvement and choice in all intervention options and decisions regarding their care plans/goals wherever possible. To negotiate with clients, relatives, and carers and relevant others around care plans and complex case management to motivate and engage them in the therapeutic process. To provide specialist Speech & Language Therapy services for those referred based on national best practice. To be responsible for clinical administration and record keeping related to the specialist caseload according to Trust policy. To be aware of and adhere to Royal College of Speech and Language Therapy clinical guidelines, Health Professions Council standards of proficiency, conduct, performance and ethics, and policies and guidelines relating to the specialism. To work within the specialist multidisciplinary team advising on the management of specific Speech and Language Therapy related clinical issues, to collaborate in the development and co-ordination of team objectives and in the development of care pathways and care protocols related to the specialist area. Person specification
Qualifications
HCPC registered Speech and Language Therapist Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities. We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. In the event of an excessive number of applicants, the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarize themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role. Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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