Specialist Speech and Language Therapist for CFC
Pennine Care are proud to be developing our clinical offer for Cared For Children and Care Leavers, in conjunction with our local authority partners and colleagues across the Greater Manchester area. We aspire to provide our cared for children with high quality, trauma-informed services, and reduce the disadvantages faced by children when moving between boroughs.
We have an innovative new post providing Trust wide expertise, consultation and training in Speech and Language Therapy to enhance our Cared for and Care Leavers clinical offer. Working alongside Trust wide Consultant Clinical Psychologists leading the Cared For offer, you will work creatively and flexibly to develop the role and support the five existing teams across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham, Tameside and Stockport. These teams include skilled, passionate colleagues including clinical psychologists, mental health practitioners and assistant psychologists.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a highly skilled, compassionate, experienced Speech and Language Therapist with a passion for working with cared for children. The successful candidate will provide clinical expertise integrating SALT knowledge and skills into our existing mental health offer for CFCL across the Pennine Care footprint. We are keen to use this post to help develop our offer for cared for children with developmental language disorders, communication difficulties and learning disabilities, including those who are non-verbal.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
* Access to Continued Professional Development
* Involvement in improvement and research activities
* Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Job responsibilities
Through joint work, including screening, assessment, training and direct interventions, the post holder will ensure that the principles of Future in Mind and iThrive recommendations are delivered across the Pennine Care footprint for Cared For Children. You will have close connections with CAMHS services, and there will be opportunities to develop your mental health knowledge and skills as well as maintain your professional identity through connection with SALT colleagues Trustwide.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Successful completion of Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists training course (Degree or Equivalent)
* Certificate to practice
* Health and Care Professions Council, HCPC registration as a Speech and Language Therapist
* Evidence of Continuing Professional Development and relevant post-graduate training plus further experience equivalent to Masters level
* Member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists
* Masters Degree
* Post qualification training related to trauma-informed / responsive and / or neuroaffirmative approaches
* Member of any relevant special interest groups
Experience
* Relevant clinical experience at post-graduate level in driving forward assessment and care planning
* Experience of working within a relevant specialist area where there is clinical complexity (including trauma, neurodiversity and learning difficulties / disabilities)
* Experience of working within a team and without independently
* Experience of working collaboratively with parents, carers and professionals
* Experience of liaison with networks supporting clients
* Experience of training others
* Experience of providing consultation, supervision and appraisal for others
* Experience of coordinated screening, assessment and recommendations that help drive specialist care plans
* Child and Adolescent Mental Health or Cared For Children experience
* Experience of providing assessments like Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF)
* Experience of providing consultation and feedback with recommendations to stakeholders
* Research, audit and development experience
* Contribution to service and staff development
* Previous experience within a senior clinical role
* Seeking and employing Lived Experience and Expert By Experience feedback to help develop services
Knowledge
* Evidence of knowledge of specialist area to comply with RCSLT guidelines
* Good working knowledge of all areas of clinical governance including quality, audit and risk management
* Proficiency in the use of computer technology and their application to clinical practice
* Advanced clinical reasoning skills
* Well established knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
* Well established knowledge of relevant national and local policies, procedures and clinical guidelines (relevant to the client group)
* Well established knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to the client group)
* Understanding of roles of the other professionals (relevant to the client group)
* Knowledge of standards of clinical record keeping
* Good working knowledge of multidisciplinary and agency working
* Awareness of the health inequalities agenda for Cared for Children and Care Leavers - demonstrating knowledge of the speech, language and communication needs of children in care
* Value placed on working with Protected Characteristics
Skills and Abilities
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including observation, listening and empathy
* Ability to present information in a clear and logical way with engaging presentation skills
* Teaching, supervisory and appraisal skills
* Proven organisational skills including time management, effective delegation and prioritisation, and the ability to complete tasks
* Good analytical and reflective skills
* To work autonomously as a clinician
* Prioritisation skills and caseload management skills
* Able to work as part of a Team
* Ability to comprehend and work within the Trust policies of data protection and Health and Safety to meet the differing needs of the clients we serve
* Competencies to effectively communicate clearly in the language of the client or utilise support such as interpreters
* Ability to help contain and work with distress behaviours on the part of professionals, carers and children
* Capacity to work with others in a compassionate, relational and trauma-informed way
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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