Hello, my name is Jon and I am the AHP Professional Lead for Inpatient CAMHS. I am delighted to share with you the opportunity for you to join our Speech and Language Therapy Team within inpatient services. This opportunity has arisen due to the recent expansion of the team.
Our Speech and Language Therapy Team are seeking a resilient, enthusiastic, and dedicated therapist to join the team. This is your chance to be part of an innovative, creative and compassionate service providing exceptional care to adolescents with complex mental health needs. As part of the team, you will provide specialist input across the trusts Inpatient CAMHS Units and Secure Children's home:
- Bluebird House (Medium Secure)
- Austen House (Low Secure & PICU)
- Serenity Path (Acute Psychiatric Unit) & Blake Day Service (Eating Disorder)
- Swanwick Lodge (Secure Children's Home)
This is an exciting opportunity to belong to growing team providing speech therapy assessment, intervention, consultation and training. You'll be part of an MDT working collaboratively to deliver therapeutic interventions and holistic care. You will be part of a team comprising of a Band 6 and Band 7 Therapist, with wider support from an Advanced Practitioner Occupational Therapist and Allied Health Professional (AHP) Lead for Inpatient CAMHS.
Please see the attached supporting document for a full job description. We would welcome applications from students who are coming to the end of their training.
We're looking for someone who is:
- Compassionate & Resilient: Passionate about supporting young people through vulnerable stages of their journey.
- Team-Focused: Ready to collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Curious & Looking to continue learning: We want this role to be the foundations of a fantastic Speech and Language Therapy career
- Good Communication skills.
- Excited about the innovative and creative potential of Speech and Language Therapy.
You will be expected to:
- Manage a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
- Plan, update and deliver training in response to service need.
- Participate in the planning, development and evaluation of the speech and language therapy services.
- Regularly supervise speech and language therapy students on practice placement.
- Develop skills and knowledge through participation in relevant training & learning opportunities.
Within our wider CAMHS AHP Team, you'll be part of a service that invests in your growth, offering ongoing development and the chance to make a lasting impact, on the lives of the young people we work with.
We welcome and encourage anyone who is interested in applying for this post to get in contact with Jon Booth (AHP Lead-Inpatient CAMHS) [email protected] or Anna Allison (Specialist Speech and Language Therapist) [email protected] for an informal conversation prior to applying.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.
Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.
We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.
Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.
We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
To hold a relevant degree or equivalent and to be registered with the HCPC (Health and Care Professions Council).
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
