Specialist Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

This is a part time post with the aim of developing specialist Speech and Language Therapy provision within the East of England Forensic CAMH Service. The client group is young people aged up to 18 who have been referred from professional agencies across the eastern region.      The post-holder will work within a multidisciplinary team which includes Psychiatry, psychologists, social workers, and nurses. The team works collaboratively with multi-agency colleagues from social care, education, and mental health teams to provide specialist input to assist in formulation, risk management and safeguarding of children referred to the service.     The post-holder is employed by CPFT and accountable through CPFT management and professional lines.  The post will be located at City Care centre, Peterborough however the FCAMHS team has well embedded remote working processes. Because we are a regional team one to one work with children could be anywhere across the eastern region and so a ability to travel independently is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the autonomous assessment and management of a highly specialist and complex caseload of young people with social emotional and Mental Health SEMH needs and other communication disorders which may present with additional diagnoses. The post holder will be responsible for management of all referrals relating to SEMH specialist settings across the region.

The post holder will be required to use their specialist clinical skills in the planning, development, and evaluation of the SEMH pathways, including contributing to defined projects as delegated by the Clinical Lead or Service manager. This involves supporting the local team in effective and equitable clinical decision making, ensuring that a good quality service is delivered and maintained.  The post holder will be required to use their specialist clinical skills to develop and provide a range of training packages relating to supporting the communication needs of service users, to equip support staff and others with the specialist communication skills required to work with them.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

• To be highly proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the highly specialist health and communication needs of children and young people. This may include assessment of complex conditions and presentations such as developmental trauma, neurodiversity as well as behaviour which challenges. 2.    To independently prioritise maintain and manage a caseload of young people who have speech, and language communication difficulties, within the FCAMH Service 3.    To undertake a range of assessments, both standardised and non-standardised, taking account of medical, social and educational factors, which combined with highly specialist theoretical knowledge will lead to differential diagnosis. 4.    To plan, deliver and evaluate intervention programmes following professional guidelines and agreed service standards. 5.    To ensure that all work is carried out in close collaboration with all those involved in children’s care so that the approach to intervention and support is co-ordinated and comprehensive. 6.    To work collaboratively with case managers in order to modify-intervention plans based on outcomes and assessment findings. 7.    To liaise and communicate effectively and sensitively with other professionals within the MDT and external agencies (e.g. Schools, Mental Health Teams, Pupil Referral Units, Children’s Services, Local Authority, Youth Offending Services) providing highly specialist advice as necessary. 8.    To undertake administrative duties connected with the caseload including maintenance of case notes and provision of written reports, following service standards.  9.    To make onward referral as appropriate 10.    To identify any variations to service delivery or demands and inform the line manager of the likely impact on the service.  11.    To identify risk and report to Clinical Lead/Service Manager 12.    To write timely professional reports and clinical records and action plans in line with professional guidelines that comply with CPFT and HCPC record keeping policies.