Do you want to advocate for people with a learning disability to communicate and live well?
As senior specialist speech and language therapist in this role, you will use your clinical expertise and experience to support people with the most
complex needs to live well with their learning disability. You will provide specialist communication and dysphagia assessments and interventions
for people referred to the service as well as being an integral member of a very friendly and supportive team. You will have the autonomy to
manage your own diary, and opportunities for hybrid working. You will be a key figure in shaping service provision in this area and across the
county.
This post is for 18.75 hours per week.
Please contact either the Team Leader or the Principal Speech and Language Therapist if you would like to discuss the role further.
Contributing to the management of a team caseload of individuals with complex needs, you will assess, plan, implement and evaluate
interventions, which will be delivered in a variety of community settings. The team encourages multi-disciplinary working wherever possible and
you will convene, facilitate, and contribute to meetings to develop a holistic understanding of the person and their needs.
You will supervise more junior therapists within the team and have leadership opportunity and responsibility within a West Sussex LD SLT leads
team in the management of LD SLT services across the county.
You will be supervised by the Principal Speech and Language Therapist.
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the
immensely important work they do.
You can expect:
- Excellent supervision programmes.
- Flexible working opportunities
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- Generous holiday entitlement
- Excellent NHS Pension Scheme
- The trust also offers a wide range of training specifically targeted towards AHPs and promotes ongoing learning.
1. This role sits within the multidisciplinary Community Learning Disability Team. The post holder will need a minimum of 4 years
post qualification experience and a recognised post basic qualification in dysphagia.
2. The clinical role will be to provide Speech & Language Therapy assessment, diagnosis and intervention to Adults with a Learning
Disability and their carers referred to the service, using established models of Speech & Language Therapy, ensuring practice is
evidence based.
3. To provide a highly specialist Speech and Language Therapy service to people with learning disabilities , who have complex
communication disorders and /or dysphagia (eating, drinking and swallowing disorders).
4. To provide supervision to other Speech and Language Therapists or Speech and Language Therapy Assistants within Sussex
Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as necessary.
5. Work in collaboration with multidisciplinary colleagues.
6. Liaise and consult with other Speech and Language Therapists and/or other professions within mainstream primary and
secondary provider services.
7. Take on a supervisory role with other SALTS as part of the Teams role in building capacity of others working with people who
have complex communication needs and/or dysphagia
