Speech and Language Therapist Band 6

Job overview

Would you like to join an innovative team committed to delivering the best possible care for our service-users? Essex Learning Disability Partnership are looking for a Registered Speech and Language Therapist with a passion for delivering the highest standard of care for individuals that have a learning disability.

You will be working as a Speech and Language Therapist within The Essex Community Learning Disability Team, based in Mid & West Essex Community at Tekhnicon House in Braintree, Spinks Lane Therapy Centre in Witham and Kao Park in Harlow.

The Essex Community Learning Disability Team provides person-centered and holistic assessment and care for adults with a learning disability. The multidisciplinary team works with individuals that live independently in the community, with family/carers, and those that reside in supported living schemes or 24-hour residential placements. The service is committed to improving the health and well-being of people with a learning disability across North-East, Mid & West Essex, by working in a simple, person-centred way that empowers individuals to maximise their potential.

Main duties of the job

As our new Speech and Language Therapist you will be welcomed into a safe and supportive staff team, who empower and encourage one another in being the best version of ourselves for the benefit of those we care for. Two of our current members of staff say that we are ‘caring, positive, professional and dedicated’ and a ‘friendly and caring team that is committed to helping you learn and grow as a therapist’.

You will contribute towards service development for the Speech and Language therapy team and the wider Essex Learning Disability Partnership.  The role will require travelling across the Mid and West Essex community to visit service users in their homes or day centre provision, or other locations as required by their specific needs.

Find out more about working at Essex Learning Disability Partnership here: www.eldp-hpfteput.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

In your new role you will:

Manage a defined and increasingly diverse caseload, using evidence-based person-centered principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions to those who present with communication and/or dysphagia difficulties

The role will involve working in an interdisciplinary way to assess service users’ needs, devise care plans and evaluate outcomes, by providing assessment, clinical advice, and support for those that present with communication and swallowing difficulties, and may have behaviour that challenges and require support with their mental health. You will work directly with service users, carers, colleagues, and other service providers, and may deliver training and education to other professionals/carers/family.

For more detailed information on the position, please access the Job Description and Person Specification documents provided.