Speech and Language Therapy Associate Practitioner

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Speech and Language Therapist Associate Practitioner to work alongside Specialist Speech and Language Therapists and Youth Justice staff in the Dorset Combined Youth Offending Team. You will be working at a universal and targeted levels supporting children and young people who are currently accessing the Youth Justice Service. Part of the role will involve working with children young people at risk of exclusion, their families and schools.

You will join a small established multi-disciplinary health team, comprising of  SLTs, a Clinical Psychologist and Mental Health nurses, who work within the wider Youth Justice Service to support the physical, social and emotional health needs of young people. You will work with colleagues to contribute to a holistic understanding of a young person’s strengths and needs and to formulate a support plan.

You will also be part of the wider team of Children and Young People's Speech and Language Therapy Service working across Dorset to deliver Speech and Language Therapy in close cooperation with other professional colleagues. This role will include the opportunity to contribute to service development and audit.

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only.  Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Main duties of the job

Working with the Speech and Language Therapy Specialist Therapists and the wider Youth Justice Service to deliver a high quality speech and language therapy service for children and young people

Deliver therapy programmes, training, coaching and other interventions devised by specialist speech and language therapists to individuals and groups.

Work collaboratively with the wider YJS to support communication friendly interventions in a range of locations.

Advise Teaching Assistants and parents about the speech, language and communication needs of individuals and to assist in the development of systems alongside the Speech and Language Therapist and supporting them to track access and frequency of interventions provided.

To support the development of appropriate resources and easy read information.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Prince’s Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact [email protected]

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.