Description
Are you inspired by helping adults with learning disabilities find their voice, make choices and participate more fully in everyday life? Do you want to start your career in a fun, friendly and highly supportive team of other speech and language therapists?
Join Your Healthcares Neurodevelopmental Service, part of an innovative not-for-profit social enterprise delivering high-quality NHS community services across Kingston and Richmond. Working within our specialist multidisciplinary team, you will help adults with learning disabilities overcome barriers to communication, increase their independence and access health and social care more effectively.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Speech and Language Therapist to assess and support adults with a range of communication needs. You will be supported to manage your own caseload, deliver evidence-informed, person-centred interventions, promote total communication and work closely with families, carers, residential and day services, and health and social care colleagues. With supervision from highly specialist Speech and Language Therapists, you will also develop competence in supporting people with eating, drinking and swallowing difficulties.
This is an excellent opportunity for a new graduate or one with a current clinical role wanting to build specialist experience, contribute to inclusive services and make practical, meaningful differences to people's communication, choice, safety and independence.
Main duties of the job
- Make a meaningful difference to the lives of adults with learning disabilities.
- Develop specialist experience in communication assessment, intervention, total communication and accessible information.
- Build competence in supporting eating, drinking and swallowing needs under specialist supervision.
- Work collaboratively with families, carers, residential and day services, health professionals and social care colleagues.
- Join a supportive service that values reflective practice, professional development, innovation and high-quality person-centred care.
Benefits
- NHS Pay & Benefits: Enjoy the security of NHS pay, Agenda for Change terms, NHS pension scheme, and salary sacrifice schemes.
- Bureaucracy-Free Environment: Implement good ideas quickly and effectively without delays.
- Work-Life Balance: Benefit from our Employee Assistance Programme and various staff discounts.
- Exceptional Staff Experience: Join a supportive workplace with positive feedback from staff and patients.
- Inclusive Culture: We promote equality, diversity, and inclusion, encouraging applications from all backgrounds.
- Impactful Community Involvement: Have a real voice in shaping care as part of our membership organization. Your ideas and contributions matter.
Job details
- Permanent post, 37.5 hours per week.
- Usual working hours: 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday.
- Based at Hollyfield Road in Surbiton or Sheridan house in Hampton Wick, with occasional travel to other sites.
Person Specification
- Recognised qualification in Speech Pathology & Therapy.
- Registered member of HCPC.
- Registered member of RCSLT.
- Knowledge of a range of Speech and Language Therapy assessments and interventions relevant to persons with a learning disability.
- Experience with an adult learning disability population.
- Excellent communication & interpersonal skills.