Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Community Learning Disability Service
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 457-25-7212478
- Employer
- Sheffield Health & Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grenoside Grange
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- dependent on experience
- Closing
- 05/06/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/06/2025
Employer heading
Speech and Language Therapist band 5
NHS AfC: Band 5
About us
At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city.
We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: working together for our service users, respect and kindness, everyone counts, commitment to quality, improving lives.
Job overview
You will be working in a well-established, committed and friendly Speech and Language Therapy team, who are passionate in their support of the Sheffield learning disabilities community. Within the wider Specialist Community Learning Disability Service (SCLDS) we are part of a collaborative multi-disciplinary team including, Nursing, Psychology, Occupational Therapy , Music and Art therapy etc.
You will carry a caseload of Adults with Learning Disabilities and associated needs working into the community including, services users homes and community service provider bases.
You will work on our communication pathways. With the possibility of becoming involved with dementia and autism diagnosis.
You will be supported with regular supervision, weekly team meetings and access to continued professional development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
• Working on our communication pathways
• To manage a defined caseload of service users with communication needs, using specialist Speech and Language
Therapy skills and evidence based /client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions.
• To include baseline communication assessment to guide other professionals’ interaction with clients.
• To supervise Speech and Language Therapy students on practice placement once you have completed your competencies.
• To participate in the implementation of 5 good communication standard projects
• To participate in the development and evaluation of Speech and Language Therapy services within a designated team, under the supervision of a Senior Therapist (Band 6)
• To participate in the MDT HUB
• To contribute to the development and maintenance of the highest professional standards of practice, through active participation in internal and external CPD training and development programs, in consultation with the post holder’s professional and team/operational manager(s).
Working for our organisation
At SHSC, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy. For those requiring a Basic DBS check, it is necessary to register for a DBS Online Account.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of your work.
To select and apply assessments for a designated caseload with communication needs including alternative methods of communication and engagement.
To assess and provide communication guidance to colleagues in CLDT regarding specific client communication needs to enhance other professions’ interactions and improve engagement
To undertake Speech and Language therapy assessment of service users using investigative and analytical skills to formulate individual interventions
To help plan and implement person-centred, individual and group interventions using clinical reasoning and a range of interventions to achieve agreed goals
To assess capacity, gain valid informed consent and work within a legal framework with the service users who lack capacity to consent to assessment and treatment interventions
To work with service users, carers and relatives who may have distressing social/clinical circumstances
To ensure all clinical targets are achieved
To have a working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and other relevant legislation
See Job description and person spec for more details
Person specification
training / quailifications
Essential criteria
- Speech and Language Therapy Degree
- other training relevant to the role
Experience
Essential criteria
- knowledge of learning disabilities
- experience of completing communication assessments
- experience of direct service user working
Desirable criteria
- experience of delivering training
- Experience of community working
- Experience of MDT working
skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of the application of communication tools and therapeutic interventions
- Up-to-date knowledge of legislation relevant to service user group
- excellent communication skills verbal and written
- computer literacy
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Commitment to client-centred practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Hannah Gill
- Job title
- Senior Speech and Language Therapist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2261562
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