Clinical Support Assistant - Marston Green, United Kingdom - Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

Verified Company

Marston Green, United Kingdom

1 week ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter

Description

Inpatient Learning Disabilities & Autism

Clinical Support Assistant - Speech & Language Therapy

Band 3

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join the Speech and Language Therapy team within our inpatient Learning Disability Service at Brooklands Hospital as a Clinical Support Assistant.

We are looking for someone creative and enthusiastic with an interest in developing their knowledge and skills of working with this complex, varied and often challenging client group.

Brooklands Hospital is a Specialist Inpatient Service for individuals with a Learning Disability - services on-site include male & female Secure Services, Assessment & Treatment Units and LD CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health).

Speech & Language Therapy provision is integral to the Treatment Pathways in each of our services; offering assessment and intervention as appropriate to the needs of the individual as they progress through an Inpatient admission.

The successful applicant will provide essential support to the qualified members of the team and should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

A key part of this role will be providing administrative support to the team, often focussing on creating and developing patient led resources.

Comprehensive IT skills are therefore essential.

There will also be some opportunities to work alongside the wider multi-disciplinary team to facilitate communication and engagement in therapy.

To work with a small caseload of clients under the direct guidance of a qualified Speech and Language Therapist, chiefly to produce accessible communication resources and assist patients and staff to use them appropriately.

To monitor, evaluate and modify interventions using appropriate therapy outcome measures under the direct guidance of a qualified AHP therapist to ensure effectiveness and demonstrate efficacy of therapy.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud.

We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

Please note many Trust interviews take place through Microsoft Teams, this can be downloaded either through the App Store or Google Play for use on your phone/tablet.