Speech and Language Therapist

Adults Autism Intensive Support Team– Speech and Language Therapist band 7

Do you want to work with individuals in mental health crisis who have diagnosis of Autism then please read on…

Base; Wayside House; but will be required to travel across Coventry and Warwickshire

Part time hours considered - To support individuals 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 Adults Autism Intensive Support Team for Coventry and Warwickshire.

If you are driven, passionate and to want to work with Autistic individuals 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 social workers.

Main duties of the job:

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 informed personal profiles as part of a MDT
• Providing individualised training to families and care providers

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.

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 group

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

As a team we work systemically to understand and support the significant impact and challenges experienced by adults with autism who are in mental health crisis, and their families.

In order to do this, we work with the network around the adult (e.g.Adult Mental Health, Social Care, Education) and work closely with commissioners. As a speech and language therapist nurse 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 the adult in their home or 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 children and adults with autism and mental health needs from being admitted to hospital, then we want to hear from you.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Team Leader Kami Basra on telephone: Email or Ann Cordery email;