Speech and Language Therapist

· Leading on service developments
· 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 profiles as part of a MDT
· Providing individualised training to families and care providers, In order to do this, we work with the network around the individual (e.g. Adult Mental Health, Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a speech and language therapist 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 individuals at their home / at school / 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 individuals with autism and mental health needs from being admitted to hospital, then we want to hear from you.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Kami Basra on telephone: Email [email protected]
We have drop in sessions over teams available in the next few weeks; if you are interested please email and we can book you into a slot.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of individuals and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, if appropriate for the role, it is mandatory requirement for all newly appointed staff to be registered with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Update Service.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications regardless of age, gender, race, disability or sexual orientation. Guidance and criteria on the filtering criminal cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service website.
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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

Base; Wayside House; but will be required to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire
Full time/part time hours considered -To support young people 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 Autism Intensive Support Team for Coventry and Warwickshire.
If you are driven, passionate and to want to work with Autistic adults 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 Therapy Assistants and Assistant Psychologists., 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.
These include:
· 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 groups
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.