CAMHS CLA (City) Highly Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

Job overview

Use your clinical expertise to make a lasting difference to the lives of children and young people.

Highly Specialist Speech and Language Therapist sought to join our CAMHS Looked After Children's Team, to support children whose early experiences may have included trauma, neglect and loss.

Working within a specialist, trauma-informed multidisciplinary team, you will help identify and address speech, language and communication needs, enabling young people to express themselves, build relationships, and engage fully.

Key responsibilities include:

Specialist speech, language and communication assessments. Delivering evidence-based, individualised interventions. Consultation, advice and training Contributing to service development and quality improvement.

We offer excellent support, monthly clinical supervision with the Clinical Lead SLT, strong peer networks, multidisciplinary working, and outstanding CPD opportunities.

Based at St Ann's Valley Centre, Nottingham, this role offers the chance to help young people find their voice, strengthen relationships, improve emotional wellbeing, and achieve better outcomes.

Every child deserves to be heard. Join us and help them thrive.

We encourage informal enquiries.

Please contact

Danielle Haddon, Clinical Lead SLT Danielle.Haddon@nottshc.nhs.uk or Matthew Jenkins, Team Manager CAMHS LAC (City) matthew.jenkins@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Main duties of the job

What We’re Looking For

A qualified Speech and Language Therapist with HCPC registration Significant experience working with children and young people with SLCN, ideally in youth justice, social care, or CAMHS Excellent clinical reasoning, advocacy, and interpersonal skills A commitment to anti-racism, trauma-informed practice, and inclusive communication Confidence working autonomously and collaboratively in fast-paced environments

You will be contributing to a multi-disciplinary service supporting children and young people accessing CAMHS. This will include:

• Carrying out specialist Speech and Language Therapy assessments and bespoke packages of intervention, including specialist reports, recommendations and bespoke resources.
• Developing Training / advice in collaboration with the MDT to support the CYP, and CAMHS.

SLTs in CAMHS are a core part of the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the understanding of the patients communication needs, contributing towards neurodiversity diagnostic assessment and writing neuro-affirming reports using a neuro-affirmative approach to support individuals and people in their lives to understand their neurodevelopmental and communication differences.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• You will be responsible for completing specialist speech and language therapy assessments and contributing to the identification of speech, language and communication needs
• You will highlight communication risks and reasonable adjustments when providing 1:1 interventions and when formulating as part of the MDT.
• where appropriate you will contribute to neurodevelopmental assessment and report writing.
• You will contribute directly to offering bespoke therapeutic interventions working directly with service users, carers and families, the MDT and other agencies.
• The role requires a high level of clinical and professional expertise to ensure that children and young people with speech, language and communication needs accessing CAMHS, can benefit from a well co-ordinated pro-active, specialist, efficient and effective speech and language therapy service within the designated setting.
• The service includes individual assessment, therapy and management, training, advice and liaison.
• We have various CPD opportunities including a SLT journal club and it is an opportunity for anyone who is interested in continuing their academic development whilst in the role.

All Speech & Language Therapy employees must hold a relevant degree in Speech and Language Therapy and be registered with RCSLT and HCPC.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

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.