Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as part of a newly developed Alternative Provision Specialist Taskforce.  The team consists of mental health professionals, educationalists, speech and language therapy, family workers, and other specialists who provide intensive support aimed at preventing vulnerable pupils from disengaging from education and potentially being vulnerable to child criminal exploitation.

This is a pilot taskforce who aim to support the needs of a targeted group of young people as well as influencing the way in which the Local Authority provides future provision to support the needs of this population.  The role will be supported by Speech and Language Therapists within the core Speech and Language Therapy team as well as colleagues within the Specialist Taskforce.

Main duties of the job

· To liaise with and offer advice in the management and implementation of Speech and Language Therapy programmes and to monitor and evaluate progress and revise programmes accordingly.

· To liaise with and/or train relevant professionals, may be uni-professional and/or interdisciplinary/agency.

· To support the development of universal and targeted level strategies and planning within the context of the Alternative Provision and wider educational settings.

· To provide and demonstrate specialist evidence-based programmes of care and follow care pathways and published evidence-based packages of care.

· To provide leadership and support to junior members of the team including one to one supervision, IPDR, clinical supervision and first line management response where required.

· To provide clinical expertise based on evidence-based practice.

· To work independently managing a caseload of clients with a range of SLCN in the context of SEMH.

· To work autonomously within Trust policy and professional practice and maintain accurate and comprehensive records.

· To be accountable for own professional action and recognise own professional boundaries, seeking advice as appropriate.

· To decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.

· To demonstrate knowledge of and adhere to RCSLT professional and clinical guidelines as well as national policies and procedures in clinical area

Working for our organisation

We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.

We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.

We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza. 

We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.

Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.