Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

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.

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., #TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment