Speech and Language Therapist

Job overview

West London FCAMHS is a community-based forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service model that is delivered across eight boroughs in North West London. It is a service which sits alongside two other London based FCAMHS and will be part of a nationwide network of new and existing services.

The core North West London FCAMHS team is made up of a Forensic Adolescent Psychiatrist, a senior Clinical Psychologist, a Clinical Nurse Specialist, Senior OT and an administrator. The team base is currently in Armstrong Way. The primary aim of the FCAMHS is to provide specialist forensic child and adolescent mental health expertise at a variety of levels to a variety of institutions and networks working with young people under 18 years of old who meet referral criteria.

A wide range of agencies will have contact with young people who are exhibiting high risk behaviour. It is anticipated that a proportion of these young people will already be within the Youth Justice system but that many will not. For this reason, West London FCAMHS will welcome initial contacts about possible referrals from all agencies and responses to enquiries will be prompt and timely.

Following successful referral, the FCAMHS team will provide consultation and advice to the referring team, a small number of young people will be case managed by FCAMHS but this will be done in partnership with the local team who will retain the care co-ordination responsibility.

Main duties of the job

. To provide expert SLT (speech and language therapy) assessment, treatment and consultation skills in working with vulnerable young people.

2. To contribute to the safety and effectiveness of the team in working with vulnerable young people.

3. To develop and provide specialist Speech and Language Therapy (SALT) to young people with speech, language, communication and dysphagia needs across North West London as part of the Forensic CAMHS service.

4. To develop partnership opportunities and joint workings with other clinical and non-clinical professionals and liaise with other agencies as appropriate, particularly MDT colleagues, schools, social services and SEN education colleagues within the 8 London Boroughs that the service covers.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached.

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.