Speech and Language Therapist

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. 1. To manage a caseload of adults with learning disabilities who have complex communication difficulties and dysphagia / eating / drinking / swallowing difficulties. 2. To promote and enable service user and carer involvement and choice in intervention options. 3. To understand a clients' learning capacity and to approach gaining informed consent in ways which demonstrate good practice and conform to Trust consent policies. To ensure that consent is approached within the legal framework for clients who may be deemed to lack capacity to consent to treatment. 4. To undertake team Lead Practitioner role. This involves coordinating the care provided by the multidisciplinary team, organising and chairing meetings and updating clinical plans. 5. To undertake comprehensive assessment of clients referred using investigative and analytic skills, to formulate an individualised management and treatment programme. 6. To evaluate effectiveness of interventions using agreed outcome measures.

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.