Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

The Community Autism Service (CAS) is a new team, developed with commissioners,staffand Experts by Experience, to meet a gap within service provision for autistic adults across Lambeth,Lewishamand Southwark.The CAS aims to support autistic individuals who cannot access other services such as mental health or learning disability services, but wouldbenefitfrom specialist, autism focused, time-limited and targeted assessment and therapeutic input., o To provide specialist interventions including specialist assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes.o Have oversight of a small caseload managed in partnership with the Multi-Disciplinary team(MDT). The MDT team is a team of multi professionals with specialist skills and experience withthe client group.o To contribute to enabling other staff, service users and carers from diverse backgrounds to flourish by working to create a psychologically safe environment.o To provide consultation as appropriate.o To promote service evaluation, audit and research.o To work as an autonomous professional within registration body guidelines and codes of conduct, and guided by the policies and procedures of the service, taking responsibility for ownwork including treatment and discharge decisions with support of clinical supervisoro To offer training as required.o To be active in the provision of staff support within their area, including but not limited to Critical
Incident Staff Support and Reflect-Support-Resolve. To participate, as a recipient, in staffsupport work when appropriate.

About us

This post provides specialist speech and language therapy (SLT) to the newly formed Community Autism Service, a multi-disciplinary team supporting a small group of autistic adults across the Boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. The post holder will work alongside an occupational therapist, psychologist and peer support worker and will be supported by a team administrator.

The team will offer specialist health input to autistic adults within the Boroughs who require time focused, specialist health input. The team has been set up to fill a gap in service provision, with a focus on supporting autistic individuals whose needs are not catered to by other services (forexample mental health, learning disability or forensic services)

The team will be part of the wider neurodevelopmental pathway, which includes access to further MDT colleagues and opportunities for conducting research and undergoing CPD.