South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Speech and Language Therapist
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About the Role
This is an exciting time to join our Trust. South West London St. Georges is at the beginning of an exciting journey of transforming our community mental health services. In 2021/22 the Trust will benefit from significant investment in community mental teams to strengthen provision across all our boroughs.
If you want to live locally and work locally, with an employer that offers flexible and agile working with great development and carer progression opportunities, then this may be the role you!
Role Description
The National Deaf Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service is part of a high quality comprehensive national service for children, young people and their families up to eighteen years of age who are severely or profoundly deaf and have significant difficulties with their mental health.
The post holder will provide a comprehensive speech and language therapy service to the multidisciplinary team in the Regional Deaf CAMHS Service. The work involves taking the lead role in assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of disorders of communication of this highly specialist caseload and being responsible for clinical governance. The post holder will work with interdisciplinary and cross national teams, including developing joint assessment and therapy programmes with Deaf colleagues.
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A high level of clinical experience is required with regard to both deafness and child mental health disorders and their relationship with disorders of communication. The post holder will be expected to represent both the service and their own clinical specialism, provide training, second opinions, consultations, and supervision to SLT students, other speech and language therapists and other professionals beyond the Trust. The post holder will work closely with Deaf colleagues and be expected to hold a BSL Level 2 qualification or equivalent.
They will undertake research and have a role in the SLT profession nationally.
This post would be suitable for SLTs with advanced skills in working with deaf people including those who sign but who may need some initial support and training in the specialist clinical area of mental health.
Requirements
- Advanced skills in working with deaf people
- Initial support and training in the specialist clinical area of mental health
- BSL Level 2 qualification or equivalent
Conditions
Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
About Us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
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This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Yvonne Barrett
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: Yvonne.Barrett@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02035135317
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