# Senior Specialist Speech & Language Therapist

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Chalkhill
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Speech and Language Therapist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, Compressed hours, 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-11-29T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-11-13T15:40:44.455Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Sussex/Brighton/Sussex_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8437007
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8437007?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We are looking for a Speech and Language Therapist who is passionate about improving the lives of autistic young people and adults to join our innovative Transforming Care Autism Team (TCAT). This post can also be offered as a Band 6 developmental post.

### Main duties of the job

The MDT is Sussex wide and provides specialist assessment and consultation to colleagues in SPFT working with adults and young people aged 14 upwards who have a diagnosis of autism who are at risk of a mental health hospital admission.

The successful candidate will have experience in working with autistic people with presentations of risk and liaising with a range of different agencies.

The team supports a neuroaffirmative understanding of the individual’s needs in relation to their neurodiversity in order to support discharge from inpatient services or avoid admissions.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will report to the Principal Speech and Language Therapist and the Operational Team Leader and be responsible for specialist speech and language therapy assessments, consultations and making recommendations.

The team operates with a mix of virtual and face to face meetings and assessments.

We would consider applicants as a B6 development post on completion of agreed competencies.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Extensive postgraduate experience asa Speech & Language Therapist with experience of working with autistic individuals
- Experience of working in mental health settings
- Awareness of the wider context of the NHS within a specialist clinical field.
- Knowledge of assessment tools relevant to the client group
- Knowledge of a range of appropriate therapeutic interventions (relevant to client group)
- Knowledge of the principles of clinical governance / audit
- Knowledge of record keeping standards
- Ability to adapt written and verbal communication to suit the needs of people with communication and learning disabilities. This may include Makaton signing, symbols and pictures etc

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Recognised Speech & LanguageTherapy Degree or Master's Qualification or equivalent
- Health Professions Council – license to practice

## Documents

- [jd (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10772329)
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