Speech and Language Therapy Assistant - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

The Children's Speech and Language Therapy Service aims to maximise the potential of children to communicate in the environments and languages in which they need to function, including related impairments of eating and drinking.

The role requires experience of working with children and their families. Well-developed IT skills are essential.

The post holder needs excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively and competently with children, their families and other professionals.

To provide agreed SLT support to children and their families who have been referred to the Paediatric SLT Service. This post will have a key focus on supporting children with social communication difficulties, including Autism.

Support may be for individuals or within groups and is under the direction of a qualified speech and Language Therapist.

Individual packages of care may be delivered without supervision in homes / other community settings.

The role of a Speech and Language Therapy assistant is very varied

The duties include:

Being part of the SLT team providing support to children with speech, language and communication difficulties. This will include both verbal and nonverbal children with social communication difficulties and Autism. Due to Covid19 we have explored innovative ways to support families, including using 'telehealth' video calls for families and schools
Assisting in assessment and the delivery of appropriate packages of care in a variety of settings.
To prepare equipment and produce resources as requested by the SLT, to agreed departmental standards and sensitive to all issues of diversity
To carry out other administrative duties related to clinical work, such as photocopying, collating materials, data entry and sending out letters

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences.

We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career. Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all about our people - our staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

You will join our well established assistant team, supported by Speech and Language Therapists from the Locality and Specialist teams.

The role includes both working with children and families and non clinical duties as detailed below:

Clinical Practice

To assist in assessment and the delivery of appropriate packages of care in a variety of settings. This will include support for children who may be verbal or preverbal with social communication difficulties or Autism.
To independently book and carry out agreed packages of care to children / families referred to the Paediatric SLT service, as directed by a qualified speech and language therapist. This role will mainly focus on supporting children with social communication difficulties and Autism
To observe children in a range of settings and report observations to the Speech and Language Therapist
Contribute to the planning of group and individual therapy programmes.
To order supplies for own use.
To cost and order SLT department equipment as required with the team leader. Monitoring stock levels and ordering appropriately using own initiative.
To work collaboratively as part of multidisciplinary teams ensuring a wellcoordinated care planCommunication resources / equipment
To prepare equipment and produce resources as requested by the SLT, to agreed departmental standards and sensitive to all issues of diversity
To carry out other administrative duties related to clinical work, such as photocopying, collating materials, data entry and sending out letters
To be responsible for communication equipment i.e. maintenance, including arranging repairs, booking out system and cleaning.

Policies and procedures

To work within defined departmental protocols/policies/ procedures and professional code of conduct
To maintain clinical and administrative records in accordance to team and Trust standards.

Education and development

To provide support and advice to families within the remit of the package of care being delivered
To implement planned induction of new SLT assistants
To support the qualified speech and Language Therapist in the delivery of staff training

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